The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• The world’s biggest battery maker says Elon Musk’s 4680 cell ‘is going to fail’ [9d]
• NASA’s AI Earth Copilot will take your questions about our planet [9d]
• Pokémon TCG Pocket will let you trade cards starting early next year [9d]
• Teenage Engineering’s new OP–XY makes me wish I had a bigger budget for music gear [9d]
• TikTok plugs Getty Images into its AI-generated ads and avatars [9d]
• You can save up to $270 on the Garmin Fenix 7S Pro and other Garmin watches [9d]
• Twinkly’s smart holiday string lights have dropped to a new low price [9d]
• Fortnite’s new TMNT roguelike shows the potential for user-made games [9d]
• CFPB is reportedly trying to put Google under bank-like supervision [9d]
• Ford penalized $165 million over moving too slowly on a rearview camera recall [9d]
• Nike’s new easy open backpack was designed to prioritize accessibility [9d]
• Bluesky has been acting up today [9d]
• Google says it will stop serving political ads in the EU [9d]
• Mythic Quest is getting a spinoff anthology series [9d]
• Threads grew by a Bluesky this month [9d]
• Arc’s mobile browser is now available to everyone on Android [9d]
• Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until election day [9d]
• Xbox continues its push beyond consoles with new ad campaign [9d]
• Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop [9d]
• Meta hit with $840 million fine for linking Facebook and Marketplace [9d]
• The Onion just bought Infowars [9d]
• Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now? [9d]
• How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs — but great for Tesla [9d]
• The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for tinkerers [9d]
• YouTube is getting in on the digital gifting game [9d]
• Disney’s streaming business is finally finding its footing [9d]
• Amazon announces its first Mini LED Fire TV — and this one’s also built for gaming [9d]
• Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles [9d]
• Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage [9d]
• Snapchat will let parents request their teen’s real-time location [9d]
• Google’s Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app [9d]
• Google will let you search for products on Maps to help with holiday shopping [9d]
• PayPal will let you pool money for group gifts and shared expenses [9d]