The Brutalist Report

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• Instagram is feeling the love with a surprise set of Valentine's Day easter eggs [176d]
• If you've bought an internal Seagate hard drive, beware of the growing refurbished Chia scandal - here's what you need to know [176d]
• Meta purportedly trained its AI on more than 80TB of pirated content and then open-sourced Llama for the greater good [176d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Friday, February 14 (game #1117) [176d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, February 14 (game #614) [176d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, February 14 (game #348) [176d]
• Massive online data breach sees 2.7 billion records leaked - here's what we know [176d]
• Not even emoji are safe from hackers - smiley faces can be hijacked to hide data, study claims [176d]
• Google Maps is ramping up its Waze-like incident reports – and that could split opinion among users [176d]
• Waze gets a big update that makes it easier to navigate to your favorite places [176d]
• 'Two more seasons after this and we’re done’: HBO says The Last of Us could be on track for four seasons on Max [176d]
• Prime Video just launched a new app for Apple TV devices with 6 major improvements [176d]
• Nvidia systems could be facing another worrying security flaw [176d]
• The latest Astro Bot update adds five new levels and a 'constant best resolution' at 60FPS for PS5 Pro [176d]
• Whoops! Garmin Instinct 3 Tactical Edition leaked in full [176d]
• Tim Cook says we'll meet the newest member of the Apple family on February 19 and it might just be the next iPhone [176d]
• Canal+ wants to block VPN usage – and VPN providers are fuming [176d]
• Housemarque's next game is Saros, launching on PS5 and PS5 Pro in 2026 [176d]
• Cybercrime gang targets victims with "triple threat" attacks [176d]
• Nvidia announces RTX 5070 Ti GPU is out on February 20, but RTX 5070 is delayed to March 6 – and I’m far from surprised [176d]
• Turns out the leak was accurate - Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater releases in August this year and the inner PS2 gamer in me cannot wait [176d]
• Bad news: the OnePlus Open 2 won’t be released in 2025, OnePlus confirms [176d]
• What is 6G and what does it mean for businesses? [176d]
• Microsoft makes another tweak to Windows 11’s taskbar – but it’s probably not the change you were hoping for [176d]
• Garmin just announced support for rucking on the new Tactix 8 – but will it come to any of its other smartwatches? [176d]
• New Lazarus Group campaign sees North Korean hackers spreading undetectable malware through GitHub and open source packages [176d]
• The Rings of Power season 3 is officially in the works for Prime Video – and filming on the hit Amazon show's next entry will begin sooner than you think [176d]
• Looking before we leap: why security is essential to agentic AI success [176d]
• Does the Nvidia RTX 5090 have a cable melting problem? It's complicated - but you probably don’t need to panic [176d]
• Nikon launches two cheaper RED cinema cameras plus its own cine lens – and it's a sucker punch to Canon [176d]
• Lies of P's Overture DLC is finally coming this year, closing the book on my favorite soulslike [176d]
• Monster Hunter Wilds roadmap - all confirmed DLC so far [176d]
• Salt Typhoon strikes again - more US ISPs, universities and telecoms networks hit by Chinese hackers [176d]
• Your YouTube TV app could get much easier to use with these 2 new features [176d]
• Stellar Blade is getting a new crossover DLC with some of its most outrageous outfits yet [176d]
• MindsEye is a single-player action thriller from former GTA producer, launching Summer 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC [176d]
• Nvidia RTX 5070 and 5060 GPUs rumored to be delayed to March and April respectively, and stock could be every bit as dire as the RTX 5090 and 5080 [176d]
• Oracle head Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data into one big system to study - including your DNA [176d]
• Apple event rumors – here’s when we could see the iPhone SE 4, MacBook Air M4 and more [176d]
• IBM under fire as return-to-office order suspected of replacing human staff with AI [176d]
• Free Gemini Live update brings better conversation skills and understanding of accents [176d]
• New Borderlands 4 trailer shows off explosive gameplay and gives us a release date [176d]
• Garmin Tactix 8 just launched, and it might be the most formidable Garmin ever [176d]
• Wharfedale's new strictly limited-edition stereo speakers are custom-crafted and surprisingly affordable (for this kind of thing) [176d]
• Paramount is leaving YouTube TV – but YouTube is cutting some bills as compensation [176d]
• Farewell HoloLens - Microsoft officially quits wearable headset technology, hands over billion-dollar DoD contract to Anduril [176d]
• First revealed way back in 2016, action RPG Lost Soul Aside finally has a release date and it's dropping the same day as Elden Ring: Nightreign [176d]
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds just got a truckload of new details with a closed network test happening this month [176d]
• Google Messages now lets you send yourself RCS messages – trust me, it’s more useful than it sounds [176d]
• Paramount Plus' hit Yellowstone prequel series 1883 is coming to Netflix, but not for everyone [176d]
• Hear me out, Days Gone Remastered doesn't actually look that bad [176d]
• Don’t want to pay full price for a cutting-edge MacBook Pro or Mac mini? Apple’s now selling M4 refurbs that are more affordable, but still have a year’s warranty [176d]
• Major Russian hacking group shifts focus to US and UK targets [176d]
• Fortnite's next season is called 'Lawless' and will seemingly let you play as a pickle [176d]
• AMD raises the bar for gaming on lightweight laptops - its new Strix Halo chip could run games better than an Nvidia RTX 3060 [176d]
• Nintendo Switch 2 patent suggests you’ll be able to use the console upside down for some reason [176d]
• OpenAI is finally going to make ChatGPT a lot less confusing – and hints at a GPT-5 release window [176d]
• The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 could be the slimmest Z Fold yet, but that might mean some compromises [176d]
• Windows 11 is set to offer the option nobody was crying out for – having Copilot automatically load in the background when the PC boots [176d]
• Innovation in AI is in danger of outpacing governance [176d]
• Elden Ring Nightreign is arriving in May and you can pre-order it now [176d]
• The critical role of data hygiene in AI: learning from history [176d]
• Audio-Technica's new cartilage conduction headphones turn your ears into speakers [176d]
• Max’s hit show The White Lotus season 3 is the one series I won’t skip the opening credits for [176d]
• Eradicating Europe's tech skills gap with no-code technology [177d]
• I pitted Gemini 2.0 Flash against DeepSeek R1, and you might be surprised by the winner [177d]