The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• China announces plans for a new asteroid-deflecting mission [1346d]
• BioWare might be the next game studio with unionized workers in its midst [1346d]
• Google’s not being very subtle with its wearables push [1346d]
• Pony.ai is the first autonomous car company with a taxi license in China [1346d]
• Sennheiser’s Momentum True Wireless 3 earbuds have a fresh design and better ANC [1346d]
• Twitter CEO tells employees no layoffs planned ‘at this time’ following Elon Musk buyout [1346d]
• The latest version of color E Ink brings us closer to the perfect tablet [1346d]
• How Elon Musk and Twitter can really fix free speech: act like a messaging app [1346d]
• Microsoft is finally adding Teams to its own store [1346d]
• Warner Bros. and J.J. Abrams are working on a live-action Hot Wheels movie [1346d]
• The most advanced mobile hotspot yet has C-band 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, and 2.5Gbps ethernet [1346d]
• Trump says he won’t leave Truth Social, despite Musk’s Twitter takeover [1346d]
• The PlayStation 5 will be available directly through Sony at 4:30PM ET [1346d]
• Apple hires anti-union lawyers in escalating union fight [1346d]
• Brooklyn Public Library is offering free digital library cards to young adults in the US [1346d]
• Sony’s PS5 variable refresh rate feature begins rolling out this week [1346d]
• Knotwords mashes Wordle with crossword puzzles [1346d]
• How to opt out of Venmo’s new arbitration clause [1346d]
• Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company [1346d]
• Ram aims to ‘steal’ some of Ford’s electric truck ‘thunder’ with 1500 EV tease [1346d]
• The Amazon Labor Union beat a behemoth — can it keep winning? [1346d]
• Thief steals $1 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs with Instagram hack [1346d]
• First private mission to the ISS splashes down off Florida coast [1346d]
• Apple Music and the iOS App Store are having problems [1346d]
• Stripe test lets Twitter creators get paid in cryptocurrency [1346d]
• Leaked Sony earbuds have a big ol’ vent [1346d]
• Google Cloud’s Media CDN lets companies build on the network that keeps YouTube running [1346d]
• Research on COVID-detecting smartwatches still hasn’t panned out [1346d]
• Amazon’s latest Echo Dot is cheaper than ever at $27.99 [1346d]
• Starlink is coming to Hawaiian Airlines in a bid to try and fix in-flight Wi-Fi [1346d]
• Elon Musk privately raged at Saudi officials over his failed plan to take Tesla private [1346d]
• Meta is opening its first retail store next month [1346d]
• Xbox just had its best March sales performance in 11 years, bringing in more money than Switch or PS5 [1346d]
• GM teases ‘electrified’ version of the Chevy Corvette coming next year [1346d]
• Diablo Immortal is launching on Android, iOS, and PC on June 2nd [1346d]
• Asus’ new portable monitor looks like it was ripped from a Duo laptop [1346d]