The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Valve says you shouldn’t fix the Steam Deck’s noisy fan this way [1342d]
• Elon Musk’s plans for making money with Twitter reportedly include job cuts [1343d]
• Snap CEO Evan Spiegel thinks the metaverse is ‘ambiguous and hypothetical’ [1343d]
• Netflix is laying off staff from the fan site it just launched [1343d]
• Amazon’s growth continues to slow after surging in pandemic [1343d]
• Yuji Naka says Square Enix doesn’t ‘value games’ after Balan Wonderworld mess [1343d]
• Apple reports best March quarter ever with new records for iPhone and Mac [1343d]
• Researchers find Amazon uses Alexa voice data to target you with ads [1343d]
• How to migrate your games from the Bethesda game launcher [1343d]
• Amazon Prime Day 2022 will take place in July [1343d]
• DJI insisted drone-tracking AeroScope signals were encrypted — now it admits they aren’t [1343d]
• GM denies reports about Spark EV battery replacements, blames supply disruption [1343d]
• The EU, US, and 32 other countries just announced a ‘Declaration for the Future of the Internet’ [1343d]
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene throws support behind Section 230 repeal bill [1343d]
• Startup Trail is Oregon Trail for tech policy wonks [1343d]
• A dog’s breed doesn’t determine much about its behavior [1343d]
• Schitt’s Creek is moving from Netflix to Hulu come October [1343d]
• Google’s ad-tracking overhaul continues with first developer preview of Privacy Sandbox on Android [1343d]
• Disney Dreamlight Valley looks like Animal Crossing with a Kingdom Hearts twist [1343d]
• Sonos joins Matter but hasn’t committed to supporting the new standard [1343d]
• Crypto is winning and Bitcoin diehards are furious about it [1343d]
• Snapchat’s flying camera [1343d]
• Snapchat’s Dress Up feature turns your phone into an AR shopping mall [1343d]
• Samsung’s noise-canceling Galaxy Buds 2 are an even better value now that they’re $50 off [1343d]
• Valorant is getting proper pro leagues starting in 2023 [1343d]
• Snap’s first drone, Pixy, fully revealed in FCC photos [1343d]
• Windows 11 basics: how to personalize your wallpaper and lock screen [1343d]
• The Verge’s 2022 Mother’s Day Gift Guide [1343d]
• Netflix anime Bubble turns post-apocalyptic Tokyo into a colorful playground [1343d]
• Microsoft is holding an Xbox and Bethesda games showcase in June [1343d]
• A VR company is using an artificial patient group to test its chronic pain treatment [1343d]
• OnePlus Nord N20 5G review: a better budget phone [1343d]
• Twitter miscounted its daily users for three years straight [1343d]
• Leftist gimmick accounts want their tweets to influence politics, too [1343d]
• Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 (15-inch) review: a light and bright convertible [1343d]
• Google will let you request fewer ads about weight loss and dating [1343d]
• Twitter reassures advertisers Musk won’t make the platform more of a toxic hell-hole than it already is [1343d]
• Call of Duty anti-cheat system makes legit players invisible to cheaters [1343d]
• A warming world gives viruses more chances to hitchhike from species to species [1343d]
• PlayStation Plus’s upcoming game trials will reportedly be at least 2 hours long [1343d]
• Dell’s new-look XPS 13 Plus is now available, starting at $1,299 [1343d]
• Boeing CEO calls Trump’s Air Force One deal a risk it ‘probably shouldn’t have taken’ [1343d]
• Mark Zuckerberg wants to spend big on the metaverse, but investors are skeptical [1343d]