The Brutalist Report

Engadget

• OpenAI will initially only release ChatGPT 5.6 to government-approved customers [1d]
• The most popular Grok feature is, apparently, exactly what you think [1d]
• Commodore has dropped the price of its retro phone by $100 ahead of preorders [1d]
• Notion Mail is shutting down [1d]
• Spain will require carriers to keep mobile networks live during power outages [1d]
• Polestar won't be able to sell its cars in the US next year [1d]
• Retroid's Pocket Nova is a very capable 4:3 handheld that costs $229 [1d]
• As everything gets more expensive, it's time to make do and mend [1d]
• You may be plugging your Fire TV Stick into the wrong HDMI port [1d]
• Apple will reportedly skip the M6 Pro and Max and jump straight to M7 [1d]
• Xbox prices are rising again after Microsoft helped drive up component costs [1d]
• Sony announces major layoffs at Bungie, including most of the Destiny team [1d]
• Russia allegedly used a forensics platform to hack an activist's phone, despite having its access cut off [1d]
• Samsung's latest budget phone has mild upgrades and a $50 price hike [2d]
• Google Finance is now available as a standalone Android app [2d]
• Sony A7R VI review: A huge speed boost makes this a nearly perfect high-resolution camera [2d]
• IBM says it has created the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip [2d]
• Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware [2d]
• Can your smartwatch detect sleep apnea? [2d]
• Google will open the Play Store to outside billing on June 30 [2d]
• Nothing teases the Phone 4b, launching on July 7 [2d]
• C'mon, you don't need an AI to check your spelling [2d]
• Xbox is testing support for longer gamertags [2d]
• Amazon Zoox's latest robotaxi looks (marginally) less like a toy car [2d]
• OpenAI's free GPT-5.5 model makes ChatGPT better at understanding context [2d]