The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• The Boring Phone is a nostalgic branding exercise by HMD and Heineken [455d]
• Drake muddies the ‘Push Ups’ AI debate with a deepfake [455d]
• Boston Dynamics Atlas robot, 2013-2024 [455d]
• A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store [455d]
• Report: TikTok’s efforts to silo US data are ‘largely cosmetic’ [455d]
• Motorola’s new $130 earbuds are a Bose collab [455d]
• People are afraid of self-driving cars — can the industry change that? [455d]
• Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventure [455d]
• Humane AI Pin launch: the reviews are in, and they’re not good [455d]
• Kickstarter is adding the ability to collect money indefinitely [455d]
• Amazon Music’s Maestro lets listeners make AI playlists [455d]
• Truth Social says it’s building a live TV service [455d]
• Telehealth firm Cerebral fined $7 million over ‘careless’ privacy violations [455d]
• Spotify bought Parcast — now its founder is launching a new entertainment studio [455d]
• Babies born this year face a $500,000 climate bill [455d]
• The 1970 Let It Be Beatles documentary is coming to Disney Plus [455d]
• GMC Sierra EV Denali gets range boost while showing off its crab walk [455d]
• Broadcast TV still exists, and now it’s sort of getting a built-in DVR [456d]
• The internet really is a series of tubes [456d]
• The Echo Pop is down to one of its best prices to date with a free smart bulb [456d]
• The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat [456d]
• Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco might have just led to a lawsuit from the DOJ [456d]
• How to improve the quality of the audio in your streaming apps [456d]
• Sony wants 60fps PS5 Pro ‘Enhanced’ games, but it’s happy to settle for less [456d]
• Insta360’s first 8K camera comes with a removable lens guard [456d]
• Motorola is bringing the wooden phone back with its new Edge series [456d]
• Anker’s latest Soundcore Sleep earbuds actually improve slumber for less than $90 [456d]
• NASA confirms origin of space junk that crashed through Florida home [456d]