The Brutalist Report

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• This 24-foot inflatable drone can fly for 10 hours, covering 500 miles one way, and can probably fit in your car [36d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 22 (game #1137) [36d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, July 22 (game #1640) [36d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 22 (game #871) [36d]
• Leaving Apple, Intel, and Nvidia in the dust? Huawei could join Samsung as the only tech firms producing its own CPUs, SSDs, and DRAM [36d]
• 'Either you betray your values, or you become irrelevant': Quote of the day by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on the emerging AI industry [36d]
• US Navy plans for 'Air Wing of the Future' with next-generation, pilotless carrier-based 1,150-mile-range drones to fly alongside manned aircraft [36d]
• Forget traditional shipbuilding: Saronic’s new $3.2 billion 'Port Alpha' autonomous navy drone shipyard will be bigger than every 2026 World Cup stadium combined [36d]
• The 8-Hour challenge: SK On says solid-state robot batteries must justify a 4x manufacturing cost jump to replace 'inferior' lithium-ion [36d]
• Trump’s head of AI safety agency just resigned, but he was only on the job for three months [36d]
• UK government says plug-in solar panels will be legal from August 27 — opening the door for Amazon, Lidl, Currys and more to help save you £110 a year [36d]
• Experts warn hackers could shut down entire power grids by hijacking cloud accounts [36d]
• 'Can't fault the HEDDphone D1 in any meaningful way': HEDD's progeny are emphatically excellent wired headphones at a not-unreasonable price [36d]
• This popular simulator game has thousands of positive Steam reviews — and it drops on consoles later this month [36d]
• 'I can't say anything officially, but it doesn't feel like a crazy bet' — Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced director can't confirm post-launch content, but hopes fans continue playing even after GTA 6 comes out [36d]
• Oh thank goodness: the ATSC has updated its rules on TV advertising volume limits to include streaming ads [36d]
• Watch out - that Microsoft Calendar invite dated 2050 could be hiding stolen files and worse [36d]
• '$3.7B lost to deepfakes' — Why social media is the perfect launchpad for AI fraud [36d]
• Little House on the Prairie season 3 and beyond would be a 'dream come true' for one Netflix star — and we can even guess season storylines way before they're renewed [36d]
• Pop singer Lorde slammed Spotify’s AI ‘About the Song’ feature, claiming it’s full of nothing but false details — and now subscribers are starting to catch on [36d]
• Best Buy takes up to $500 off Apple tech in its latest sale — I've picked the 10 best deals on MacBooks, iPads, Apple Watches, and AirPods [36d]
• 'A reveal later this year has been planned' — Hold on to your sabers fellow Star Wars fans, a new report claims Knights of the Old Republic remake will finally be re-revealed soon [36d]
• 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark Anne Frank copyright ruling [36d]
• Arozzi Arena Nordico Electric Standing Desk review: minimalist design with maximum appeal, but key accessories cost extra [36d]
• Fake FBI social media scams are on the rise — here's what to look out for [36d]
• 10 tech deals for professionals I actually recommend from Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale [36d]
• Is your college laptop struggling? This Intel i5 and 16GB RAM-powered Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 will get you back up and running for £499.99 [36d]
• Exclusive: 'I will always say' — Marvel star Tom Hiddleston reveals whether you 'need to watch' Loki on Disney+ before Avengers: Doomsday is released [36d]
• Universal has dropped a terrifying trailer for new movie Other Mommy — and I can't wait for Jessica Chastain's return to horror [36d]
• ‘The closest thing to an iPad Air in Android form’ — I was impressed by the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11, but there’s one area where it can't beat Apple [36d]
• Canva wants you to have full control over the design – Code 2.0 just does the heavy lifting for you [36d]
• I asked AI for financial advice on everyday money decisions — and now I understand why regulators are worried [36d]
• Protecting creative storytelling in an AI-first marketing world [36d]
• The best budget OLED TV you can buy just had its price slashed to under $600 at Best Buy [36d]
• Estée Lauder says it was hit by data breach caused by Oracle E-Business issue [36d]
• The agent problem nobody budgeted for [36d]
• Experts warn millions of WordPress websites could be at risk following reveal of worrying bugs [36d]
• I gave ChatGPT’s new Work mode my most annoying life-admin tasks — and it handled them like a pro [36d]
• With wonderfully designed missions and a plethora satisfying progression systems, Splatoon Raiders is a must-play for Nintendo Switch 2 owners [36d]
• Industry analyst reports only 7 PlayStation games 'have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date' in the US, as fans demand Sony kill its plan to end the production of discs [36d]
• 'I can assure you, Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are not the only titles we're planning' — Xbox's chief strategy officer confirms the company wants to make more exclusives, but 'large live-service titles' will be multiplatform going forward [36d]
• Geekom AX8 Max vs Geekom A9 Max: Which mini PC deal should you buy from $619? [36d]
• HP’s Smart Tank 5101 drops to $170 for back-to-school — and includes 2 years of ink free in the box [36d]
• Ill-fated Companion Cube case for Steam Machine returns as a 3D-printed effort — and it's not the only striking DIY project around Valve's gaming PC [36d]
• 'The trust problem with agentic AI is really a data problem': New report shows rushing into AI deployment could cost your business big time [36d]
• 5 questions to ask before choosing a robot lawn mower, according to a lawnbot exec [36d]
• The MacBook Air config you should actually buy just got cheaper: Apple's 'best ultraportable' with an M5 chip, 16GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD is $100 off at Best Buy [36d]
• It’s officially the end of the road for the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro — but here are 6 clever ways to reinvent your old Android phone [36d]
• Philips Hue’s rumored TV camera would be a huge shift for the smart lighting giant — but rival brands Govee and Nanoleaf have been doing it for years [36d]
• A new Google Home Display is reportedly on the way — but what our smart homes actually need in 2026 is a proper Pixel Tablet successor [36d]
• Starlink Mini 2 may come with a major speed downgrade, according to a new leak —and that’s bad news for some users [36d]
• Top AI coding agents can be easy victims to sandbox escapes, showing they aren't as secure as they claim to be [36d]
• How to watch World Matchplay Darts 2026: Free Streams & Schedule [36d]
• AI in orbit: The next evolution of compute infrastructure [36d]
• 'A clever concept, and for those with a video or photo editing workflow, it's genuinely useful': The TobenONE 11-in-1 USB-C Docking Station is 36% off — now just $82.79 [36d]
• What the 2026 World Cup is revealing about the future of product identification [36d]
• Score a Minisforum Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 mini PC from $600 in Best Buy's big sale [36d]
• Agentic AI in the enterprise: Why architecture matters more than marketing claims [36d]
• Over half of all new music on streaming sites is now AI-generated, and the number is growing rapidly — but one platform is bringing the hammer down hard [36d]
• UK AI data centers could be given water priority during heatwaves and hosepipe bans — trade body warns that usage hasn’t been factored into AI growth zone projections [36d]
• Samsung Galaxy Unpacked [36d]
• How to watch The Hundred 2026: Free Streams & TV Channels [36d]
• Lenovo’s new Yoga might be the thinnest laptop I’ve ever tested — but there’s one spec that impressed me even more [36d]
• Why AI is re-designing data center architecture [36d]
• New data claims small businesses haven't expanded their use of AI in the past few years [36d]
• Why AI is rewriting the rules of team structure in SaaS [36d]
• Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi release date and time on Netflix — how to stream movie 'companion' in the US, UK and Australia [36d]
• The hidden tax on your AI ambitions [36d]
• Insta360 says it wants to replace photographers with an ‘intelligent photography robot’ that will become ‘imperceptible’ — and it sounds like a nightmare for privacy and creativity [36d]
• Adobe Firefly AI video editor review [37d]
• Watt a load of crap: UK start-up is turning number twos into number one with shockingly superior sewage battery tech [37d]
• What is the release date for Stuart Fails to Save the Universe on HBO Max? [37d]
• US startup founded by former teenage drone racers just won one of the Pentagon's biggest small-drone deals — Neros has shipped tens of thousands of UAVs to Ukraine and inked a $500M contract [37d]
• Garmin just accidentally revealed pricing for its own Fitbit Air rival — but leaked images look awfully dubious [37d]
• I swapped my mechanical keyboard for Turtle Beach’s new Hall effect, touchscreen-equipped TKL model — and its smooth typing and high customizability made me never want to go back [37d]