The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Google’s AR software leader is out over the company’s ‘unstable commitment and vision’ [1017d]
• Porsche is updating how CarPlay works in its cars, adding climate controls and more [1017d]
• Foxconn drops out of another big factory deal, this time in India [1017d]
• That Google memo about having ‘no moat’ in AI was real — and Google’s AI boss disagrees with it [1017d]
• On the cusp of 24/7 service, robotaxis face pleas and protest in San Francisco [1017d]
• Tumblr says it’s going to ‘fix’ its ‘core experience’ to appeal to new users [1017d]
• Inside Google’s big AI shuffle — and how it plans to stay competitive, with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis [1017d]
• Sega workers form largest multi-department video game union in the US [1017d]
• Social networks can keep storing EU user data in the US under new agreement [1018d]
• The person who swatted Ubisoft has been sentenced. [1018d]
• Twisted Metal fires off lots of bullets and even more jokes in new trailer [1018d]
• Deadpool 3’s well-dressed Wolverine may be a sign of good things to come [1018d]
• Here’s why Threads is delayed in Europe [1018d]
• Google’s Pixel 7A is an even better value now that it’s $50 off ahead of Prime Day [1018d]
• EA is making a single-player Black Panther game [1018d]
• The Elon Musk private jet tracker resurfaces on Threads and immediately goads Mark Zuckerberg [1018d]
• Ugreen’s 300W GaN charger features four high-power USB-C ports for all your devices [1018d]
• Rad Power Bikes is pulling out of Europe to focus on US e-bike sales [1018d]
• Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users [1018d]