The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code [2h]
• Nothing plans to launch ‘first AI-native devices next year’ [2h]
• Microsoft’s Xbox PC app adds Steam games and access to other stores [3h]
• Amazon’s next Prime Day sale is happening on October 7th [7h]
• Facebook gave our data to Cambridge Analytica and all I got was this $38.36 [15h]
• The Supreme Court is Google’s last hope to avoid an Epic reckoning in October [16h]
• Meta leaks its new smart glasses with a display [17h]
• Trump says foreign workers are ‘welcome’ after ICE raid in Georgia targets hundreds of South Koreans [17h]
• Google thinks it can have AI summaries and a healthy web, too [18h]
• Microsoft’s Office apps now have free Copilot Chat features [18h]
• I’ve been using macOS Tahoe 26 since June and here are the best eight things about it [19h]
• The unbearable sameness of Liquid Glass [19h]
• Apple releases macOS Tahoe 26 with more powerful Spotlight search and its own Phone app [19h]
• watchOS 26 is now available with a new wrist flick gesture and Notes on your wrist [19h]
• iOS 26 with Apple’s Liquid Glass redesign is out now [19h]
• NY could force TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram to roll out age verification [20h]
• Spotify’s free users can finally play the songs they want [20h]
• Samsung’s 2TB 990 Evo Plus SSD is $100 for a limited time [21h]
• Elon Musk responds to Tesla pay proposal by buying $1 billion worth of stock [21h]
• Here’s why usage of Gemini’s Nano Banana image editor is growing [21h]
• The US and China might finally have a TikTok deal [21h]
• How brands and creators are fighting for your attention — and your money [22h]
• Amazon announces fall hardware event [22h]
• Battling for the lead at an IRL version of Mario Kart [23h]
• Your iPhone is about to look way different [23h]
• Snap OS 2.0 is a small step towards AR glasses you might actually wear [23h]