The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• FTC withdraws its in-house challenge to Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard deal [1007d]
• Epic Games is taking 75 percent off select titles as part of its summer sale [1007d]
• Spider-Man 2’s new story trailer and PS5 bundle are consumed by Venom [1007d]
• AMC scraps plan to make the best movie theater seats more expensive [1007d]
• AOC is going to stream on Twitch again [1007d]
• The Federal Reserve’s 24/7 payment system could deposit your paycheck instantly [1007d]
• Feast your eyes on the first 11 minutes of the Pokémon Horizons dub [1007d]
• TSMC delays Arizona factory that will eventually build chips for iPhones and AI [1007d]
• Samsung Wallet now supports student IDs [1007d]
• The Borderlands movie comes out next year [1007d]
• Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation workers are organizing to form a union [1007d]
• Meta is improving Quest VR hand tracking and adding system-level live captions [1007d]
• Leaked Galaxy Watch 6 specs list a bigger screen and slimmer bezels [1007d]
• Dolphin emulator gives up on Steam — but won't remove Wii decryption key [1007d]
• Neopets is moving into a ‘new era’ — and leaving NFTs and the metaverse behind [1007d]
• ChatGPT can now remember who you are and what you want [1007d]
• Reddit’s r/Place is going about as well as expected [1007d]
• How tree trimming became the latest Hollywood drama [1007d]
• All 500-plus Whole Foods stores will soon let you pay with a palm scan [1007d]
• People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars [1007d]
• GitHub’s Copilot Chat AI feature is now available in public beta [1007d]
• Google Messages signs onto cross-platform encrypted group chat standard [1007d]
• Shinichirō Watanabe is working on a new Adult Swim animated series [1007d]
• The AI wars might have an armistice deal sooner than expected [1007d]
• Pokémon Sleep is now available in the US on Android and iOS [1007d]
• HP’s Spectre x360 13.5 is nearly perfect, except for one thing [1007d]
• Logitech’s MX Mechanical Mini mechanical keyboard is available at a rare discount [1007d]
• Google will switch on its cookie-replacing tools for Chrome developers next week [1007d]
• Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2023) review: welcome to bloatware hell [1007d]
• Here’s why the best IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work [1007d]
• Five apps that help you check your local air quality [1007d]
• President Joe Biden wanted Gigi Sohn to fix America’s internet — what went wrong? [1007d]
• Tesla’s Cybertruck didn’t always look so cyberpunk [1007d]
• YouTube Premium now costs an extra $2 each month [1007d]
• Google’s rumored ‘Genesis’ AI tool for journalists could probably write this article [1007d]