The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• 18 states want the SEC to stop enforcing crypto regulation [8d]
• WhatsApp now lets you save message drafts [8d]
• Half-Life 2 is getting a huge 20th anniversary update [8d]
• ESPN is testing a generative AI avatar called ‘FACTS’ [8d]
• Google will let you make AI clip art for your documents [8d]
• Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story [8d]
• The M4 MacBook Pro features a quantum dot display [8d]
• Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts [8d]
• Senator to Valve: what’s with all the Nazis on Steam? [8d]
• The new Mac Mini is great — now do the iPhone SE [8d]
• Casio’s first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm [8d]
• Cruise fined $500k for submitting a false report after last year’s pedestrian crash [8d]
• Facebook is changing its primary metric to ‘views’ [8d]
• Threads is testing custom feeds for your favorite topics [8d]
• Elon Musk targets Microsoft in amended OpenAI lawsuit [8d]
• The Rabbit R1 now lets you remake its whole interface [8d]
• The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for new parents [8d]
• Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max has plunged to a record-low for Black Friday [8d]
• Bluesky’s quest to be the next Twitter [8d]
• Dune: Prophecy is a slow and cerebral meditation on the power of patience [8d]
• Bitfinex hacker receives five-year sentence for record-breaking crypto heist [8d]
• Google Photos Partner Sharing is less of a snitch now [8d]