The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Overwatch Contenders teams ‘go on strike’ mid-broadcast [1104d]
• Apple says Mac sales are getting hit hard by supply constraints [1104d]
• People aren’t buying as many PCs — and Intel is feeling the multibillion-dollar burn [1104d]
• Amazon says sales are picking up following a big Prime Day [1104d]
• Sony’s got another queue to buy the PS5, and it’s open now [1104d]
• Annapurna teases new games from creators of Katamari, Kentucky Route Zero, and more [1104d]
• Google’s new Play Store rules target annoying ads and copycat crypto apps [1104d]
• CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries [1104d]
• Democrats revive the fight for net neutrality [1104d]
• Instagram is walking back its changes for now — Adam Mosseri explains why [1104d]
• Biden’s climate plan is back, and it’s all about building things [1104d]
• SoulCycle dangles free classes to Peloton users who trade in their bikes [1104d]
• MrBallen is YouTube’s big podcast breakout [1104d]
• Google Pixel Buds Pro review: the sweet sound of redemption [1104d]
• JetBlue will acquire Spirit, creating the fifth-largest airline in the US [1104d]
• Instagram will start asking some users for their race or ethnicity [1104d]
• Spotify’s Friends Mix playlists are auto-generated mixtapes from your pals [1104d]
• Apple and Google come under scrutiny for scammy crypto apps [1104d]
• EV tax credits are back — and bigger — in new Senate climate bill [1104d]
• Sony introduces its first gamepad for iPhone — and it’s a Backbone One [1104d]
• Spotify paid $123 million for Findaway, the bedrock of its audiobook ambitions [1104d]
• It’s time for another round of anxiety over a Chinese rocket booster falling back to Earth [1104d]
• The 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro is $200 off for the first time [1104d]
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s second wave of DLC tracks is coming August 4th [1104d]
• Asus’ compact Zenfone 9 comes with incredible gimbal-like camera stabilization [1104d]
• Can hydrogen fuel cells power Microsoft data centers? [1104d]
• Comcast’s broadband business stopped growing for the first time ever [1104d]
• Scientists reanimate dead spiders as robot gripping claws [1104d]
• DeepMind found the structure of nearly every protein known to science [1104d]
• The electricity demands of data centers are making it harder to build new homes in London [1104d]
• Daniel Radcliffe’s Weird Al biopic gets November release date [1104d]
• Snap’s first AR game is a spooky ‘found phone’ mystery [1104d]
• The Ford F-150 Lightning Pro SSV is an electric truck made for cops [1104d]
• Sony starts testing 1440p support for PS5 [1104d]
• Twitter goes full circle with Status feature test [1104d]
• These 26 Amazon workers want the feds to investigate racist death threats [1105d]
• You can finally see a live feed of your Google Nest cameras on your TV [1105d]
• Facebook and Instagram are going to show even more posts from accounts you don’t follow [1105d]