The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• TikTok says it will go offline on Sunday if Biden doesn’t intervene [1h]
• CBS considers caving on Trump censorship lawsuit to save Paramount merger [1h]
• How TikTok backed itself into a corner [2h]
• Instagram profile grids are going to feature rectangles instead of squares [2h]
• AT&T pulls its 5G internet service in NY over new affordable internet law [5h]
• Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as CEO amid a dating app decline [5h]
• Nintendo omits original Donkey Kong Country Returns team from the remaster’s credits [7h]
• Automakers sue to block Biden’s ‘flawed’ automatic emergency braking rule [7h]
• Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season is another soft-spoken knockout [7h]
• SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights [8h]
• The Supreme Court ruled on TikTok — and nobody knows what comes next [8h]
• TikTok CEO flatters Trump ahead of US ban deadline [9h]
• Nvidia CEO will be one of the few tech bigwigs to skip Trump’s inauguration [9h]
• Samsung’s priciest Care Plus plan now includes unlimited $0 screen repairs [9h]
• Here’s how to play the Switch 2 early [10h]
• Microsoft triples down on AI [10h]
• It’s perfectly fine to ignore your smartwatch this January [10h]
• Prime members can save $50 on the Amazon Kindle Colorsoft in its first sale [10h]
• A giant battery power plant is on fire in California [11h]
• Lawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donations [11h]
• Some of the Switch’s 2 first accessories are all about Mario Kart [11h]
• Instagram will show your friends what Reels you’ve liked [11h]
• The Ring Battery Doorbell Pro, one of our favorite video doorbells, is cheaper than ever [11h]
• Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law [12h]
• Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements [12h]
• Maybe giant gaming handhelds are where it’s at [13h]
• Nintendo’s Switch 2 is here — sort of [13h]
• 6 TikTok creators on where they’ll go if the app is banned [14h]
• Google rejects EU fact checking commitments for Search and YouTube [15h]