The Brutalist Report

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• I built a personal Netflix in three hours using the free Plex app — and I’m convinced it’s the future for Blu-ray and DVD fans [27d]
• ‘Exceptional espresso every time’: The KitchenAid KF3 is a gorgeous fully automatic coffee machine ideal for smaller kitchens [27d]
• Google has a new way of talking about the latest cyber threats — so get ready for a whole load of crazy new names [27d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #1145) [27d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #1648) [27d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #879) [27d]
• Who needs Dolby Atmos? These 6 4K Blu-rays support with DTS Master Audio surround sound (and 1 with stereo) are perfect for showing off what your your home theater can really do [27d]
• Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle 'are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt', drawing comparison with the historic Enron debacle [27d]
• 'What is that perfect shot?': Inside Apple’s MLS All-Star Game broadcast and the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s search for new angles [27d]
• Quote of the day by Tom Hanks on AI in cinema: 'Without a doubt, people will be able to tell. But the question is, will they care?' — a cynical observation about modern film audiences [27d]
• I bought a power bank for summer travel, but it actually fixed my bedside cable nightmare [27d]
• Ukrainian hackers claim to have shot down a $50m SU-57 fighter using Russia's own air defense [27d]
• Ukraine military to get DragonFire-style drone-killing lasers within months [27d]
• The Gen Z 'Neo-Luddism' movement is right about the downsides of technology — but can any of us afford to truly disconnect? [27d]
• 'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer [27d]
• Feeling stressed and overworked? Don't worry - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks that we just love to work, and that's why AI won't result in a four-day working week [27d]
• Playing Black Flag Resynced on the PS5 Pro and a 120Hz display has confirmed my love of 40fps modes on console — and given me more confidence if GTA 6 can’t hit 60fps [27d]
• I watched the viral The Odyssey 4DX screening, and think it's better than the IMAX 70mm format — the 5 most brutal scenes are worth the extortionate ticket price alone [27d]
• Thousands of iOS and Android VPNs are hiding behind fake websites and useless privacy policies — here's how to spot them [28d]
• What's stopping robot vacuums from going mainstream? I grilled execs from five of the biggest brands to find out [28d]
• GMKtec launches the new Evo-X1 Pro mini PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and OCuLink — and it already has an early bird deal [28d]
• Custom McLaren paint jobs, tapered damping tubes, and drivers that ‘hang in the air’: I spoke to Bowers & Wilkins about its massive snail-shaped loudspeaker Nautilus, and why it’s still so successful it's backordered for years, even 33 years after launch [28d]
• I asked Control Resonant's gameplay designer all my burning questions — how the combat's 'melee focus' differs from the original, and why you 'haven't played anything exactly like' what you'll see in its 30-hour length [28d]
• It’s hard to feel sorry for AI companies when China is giving them a taste of their own medicine [28d]
• Updating your app might not keep you safe: How outdated OpenVPN code leaves VPNs exposed [28d]
• Agentic security doesn't need a whole new definition – you just need to reframe what you already know [28d]
• I watched Tom Holland's new Marvel movie Spider-Man: Brand New Day and it spins a fun and functional yarn but one that ultimately fails to avoid the same pitfalls where the MCU continues to go wrong [28d]
• 'I’m paying for things I sincerely did not ask for': Squarespace users aren’t happy with recent price hikes [28d]
• 'Best processor on the market': The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D drops to its lowest-ever price [28d]
• ‘We are the reason that data centers get built and expanded’: It’s not about whether we need them, but it’s about where we build them, IDCA founder and CEO says [28d]
• I have to use a mouse and keyboard all day — so can Logitech adding a simple cushion actually make that much difference? [28d]
• The cyber risk hiding in plain sight [28d]
• Exclusive: ‘When it comes to recording our lives, I believe there is a line AI cannot cross’. Here's what Insta360's founder and CEO told me when I asked about his controversial ‘photography robot’ vision [28d]
• I gave Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.6 access to my entire digital life — here’s which one actually helped me more [28d]
• Britain should turn Ukrainian wartime innovation into shared leadership [28d]
• Low-power AI could define the next era of global innovation [28d]
• Agentic AI has a price: it's called ERP migration [28d]
• Elevating the IoT: How AI is introducing a new era of connectivity [28d]
• The AI investment gap [28d]
• The new HP Omen 16 Slim isn't actually that skinny, but it is a surprisingly good budget gaming laptop - if you can get it at the right price [28d]
• Power 50 2026 - All our finalists revealed [28d]
• Why proving personhood is the new standard for identity verification [28d]
• I turned my guitar amp into a giant home speaker and it was a loud and stupid idea, but it basically worked (with some serious caveats) [28d]
• ‘Construction sites are probably one of the hardest environments you could ask an autonomous system to operate in’: Are autonomy and robotics gaining momentum in the industry? [28d]
• DataImpulse Proxy Service Review [28d]
• How cloud architecture is reinventing primary storage for the AI era [28d]
• Silent Hill: Townfall is shaping up to be a great analog horror take on the series [28d]
• Can smartwatches and glasses get smarter? Inside Qualcomm and MediaTek’s new wearable AI play [28d]
• They might have grown up online — but Gen Z are apparently far less likely to use antivirus, study finds [28d]
• Stung by Apple's recent iPad price hike? This budget Samsung tablet costs less than half the price of the entry-level iPad [28d]
• 'I refused to let 3D die!': Someone built a custom player for all 3D movie formats — and is even futureproofing it to preserve the grandeur of 3D for whatever the future of projectors and TVs holds [28d]
• Nvidia paid $20 billion for SRAM decode - AMD just partnered for it instead [28d]