The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• TikTok says it will go offline on Sunday if Biden doesn’t intervene [6d]
• CBS considers caving on Trump censorship lawsuit to save Paramount merger [6d]
• How TikTok backed itself into a corner [6d]
• Instagram profile grids are going to feature rectangles instead of squares [6d]
• AT&T pulls its 5G internet service in NY over new affordable internet law [6d]
• Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as CEO amid a dating app decline [6d]
• Nintendo omits original Donkey Kong Country Returns team from the remaster’s credits [6d]
• Automakers sue to block Biden’s ‘flawed’ automatic emergency braking rule [6d]
• Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season is another soft-spoken knockout [6d]
• SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights [7d]
• The Supreme Court ruled on TikTok — and nobody knows what comes next [7d]
• TikTok CEO flatters Trump ahead of US ban deadline [7d]
• Nvidia CEO will be one of the few tech bigwigs to skip Trump’s inauguration [7d]
• Samsung’s priciest Care Plus plan now includes unlimited $0 screen repairs [7d]
• Here’s how to play the Switch 2 early [7d]
• Microsoft triples down on AI [7d]
• It’s perfectly fine to ignore your smartwatch this January [7d]
• Prime members can save $50 on the Amazon Kindle Colorsoft in its first sale [7d]
• A giant battery power plant is on fire in California [7d]
• Lawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donations [7d]
• Some of the Switch’s 2 first accessories are all about Mario Kart [7d]
• Instagram will show your friends what Reels you’ve liked [7d]
• The Ring Battery Doorbell Pro, one of our favorite video doorbells, is cheaper than ever [7d]
• Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law [7d]
• Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements [7d]
• Maybe giant gaming handhelds are where it’s at [7d]
• Nintendo’s Switch 2 is here — sort of [7d]
• 6 TikTok creators on where they’ll go if the app is banned [7d]
• Google rejects EU fact checking commitments for Search and YouTube [7d]