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 [37d]
• Trump’s head of AI safety agency just resigned, but he was only on the job for three months [37d]
• 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 [37d]
• Experts warn hackers could shut down entire power grids by hijacking cloud accounts [37d]
• 'Can't fault the HEDDphone D1 in any meaningful way': HEDD's progeny are emphatically excellent wired headphones at a not-unreasonable price [37d]
• This popular simulator game has thousands of positive Steam reviews — and it drops on consoles later this month [37d]
• '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 [37d]
• Oh thank goodness: the ATSC has updated its rules on TV advertising volume limits to include streaming ads [37d]
• Watch out - that Microsoft Calendar invite dated 2050 could be hiding stolen files and worse [37d]
• '$3.7B lost to deepfakes' — Why social media is the perfect launchpad for AI fraud [37d]
• 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 [37d]
• 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 [37d]
• 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 [37d]
• '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 [37d]
• 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark Anne Frank copyright ruling [37d]
• Arozzi Arena Nordico Electric Standing Desk review: minimalist design with maximum appeal, but key accessories cost extra [37d]
• Fake FBI social media scams are on the rise — here's what to look out for [37d]
• 10 tech deals for professionals I actually recommend from Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale [37d]
• 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 [37d]
• Exclusive: 'I will always say' — Marvel star Tom Hiddleston reveals whether you 'need to watch' Loki on Disney+ before Avengers: Doomsday is released [37d]
• Universal has dropped a terrifying trailer for new movie Other Mommy — and I can't wait for Jessica Chastain's return to horror [37d]
• ‘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 [37d]
• Canva wants you to have full control over the design – Code 2.0 just does the heavy lifting for you [37d]
• I asked AI for financial advice on everyday money decisions — and now I understand why regulators are worried [37d]
• Protecting creative storytelling in an AI-first marketing world [37d]
• The best budget OLED TV you can buy just had its price slashed to under $600 at Best Buy [37d]
• Estée Lauder says it was hit by data breach caused by Oracle E-Business issue [37d]
• The agent problem nobody budgeted for [37d]
• Experts warn millions of WordPress websites could be at risk following reveal of worrying bugs [37d]
• With wonderfully designed missions and a plethora satisfying progression systems, Splatoon Raiders is a must-play for Nintendo Switch 2 owners [37d]
• I gave ChatGPT’s new Work mode my most annoying life-admin tasks — and it handled them like a pro [37d]
• 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 [37d]
• '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 [37d]
• Geekom AX8 Max vs Geekom A9 Max: Which mini PC deal should you buy from $619? [37d]
• HP’s Smart Tank 5101 drops to $170 for back-to-school — and includes 2 years of ink free in the box [37d]
• 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 [37d]
• 'The trust problem with agentic AI is really a data problem': New report shows rushing into AI deployment could cost your business big time [37d]
• 5 questions to ask before choosing a robot lawn mower, according to a lawnbot exec [37d]