The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Google’s Android-based earthquake detector had a false alarm [172d]
• Trump admin pulls hundreds of videos from CFPB’s YouTube channel [172d]
• OpenAI’s board ‘unanimously rejects’ Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company [172d]
• Trump administration adds anti-trans notices to restored websites [172d]
• Mastodon will add quote posts, even though some users don’t want them [172d]
• Climate group that called for ‘free Palestine’ stripped of federal funding [172d]
• WhatsApp is getting themed chat bubbles [172d]
• Meta’s Ray-Bans have sold 2 million pairs — its maker is prepping to sell 10M each year [172d]
• Senate Republicans introduce bills to make EVs more expensive [172d]
• Netflix says its brief Apple TV app integration was a mistake [172d]
• Treasury inspector general will investigate DOGE payments access [172d]
• The inexpensive Roomba Combo j5 is over 50 percent off for Verge readers [172d]
• TikTok isn’t out of the woods yet [172d]
• Meta is working on ‘humanoid’ robots, too [172d]
• Roblox is still trying to convince lawmakers it’s not social media [172d]
• Instagram starts testing new button that might downrank comments [172d]
• Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books [173d]
• Small businesses are already feeling Trump’s tariffs [173d]
• Nosferatu is making its Peacock streaming debut next week [173d]
• You can get a 55-inch Hisense U7 for under $500 [173d]
• Yellowjackets continues to stretch itself thin in season 3 [173d]
• Xiaomi’s 15 Ultra looks a lot like a Leica in new leaks [173d]
• Kagi’s search engine adds a more private way to search [173d]
• More Tesla showroom protests planned for this weekend [173d]
• Elon Musk: agent of chaos [173d]
• Netflix finally decides to play nice and support the Apple TV app [173d]
• The technology team at financial regulator CFPB has been gutted [173d]
• Elden Ring Nightreign’s director isn’t sorry about how stressful it is [173d]
• Elon Musk’s DOGE website has been defaced because anyone can edit it [173d]
• Microsoft Outlook’s new minimize button makes mobile emails much easier [173d]
• Open source code repository says ‘far-right forces’ are behind massive spam attacks [173d]
• TikTok is back in the App Store [173d]