The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech [5d]
• Adobe is building AI agents for Photoshop and Premiere Pro [5d]
• Aqara adds support for 50 new Matter device types [5d]
• Framework’s entry-level modular Laptop 12 starts at £499 [5d]
• Trump says the future of AI is powered by coal [5d]
• Framework raised prices and then un-raised them an hour later because of Trump [5d]
• Gemini can now turn your Google Docs into podcasts [5d]
• Smart home device manufacturers are bracing for chaos — again [5d]
• One of our favorite video doorbells is on sale for $80 [5d]
• Trump announces a ’90-day pause’ on tariffs outside of China [5d]
• Teenage Engineering has updated its KO II synthesizer with new sampling powers [5d]
• The best AirPods to buy [5d]
• The best AirPods to buy [5d]
• WordPress.com is offering a new AI site builder [5d]
• The Switch 2’s Joy-Con charging grip has two extra buttons [5d]
• You can now give Google’s AI video model camera directions [5d]
• Why I love Twinkly Strings and Twinkly Flex [5d]
• Adobe brings 1,500 new fonts to Creative Cloud [5d]
• YouTube is supporting the ‘No Fakes Act’ targeting unauthorized AI replicas [5d]
• Trump’s chaos is threatening the bipartisan movement to break up Big Tech [5d]
• Anthropic launches a $200 per month tier for “power users” [5d]
• The Last of Us renewed for season 3 just ahead of HBO return [5d]
• Samsung is finally releasing Ballie [5d]
• These might be Microsoft’s new Office icons [6d]
• Sony adds three new wireless speakers to bass-boosted ULT Power Sound lineup [6d]
• Sony seemingly bakes tariff penalty into its new US TV pricing [6d]
• Murderbot is going through it in the first trailer for Apple’s sci-fi series [6d]
• Samsung’s The Frame Pro was never going to be cheap — and it isn’t [6d]
• Trump’s new tariffs leave small creators scrambling [6d]
• Google used AI to enhance The Wizard of Oz for the Las Vegas Sphere’s giant screen [6d]
• Trump triples tariffs on low value packages from China and Hong Kong [6d]
• Xbox’s next major games showcase streams in June [6d]
• Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic’s rarest bird [6d]
• Google Maps is launching tools to help cities analyze infrastructure and traffic [6d]
• China retaliates with additional 50 percent tariff on US goods, matching Trump’s [6d]
• Universal is building a UK theme park [6d]
• Framework delays Laptop 12 orders in the US over tariffs [6d]
• Microsoft starts testing Copilot Vision update that can ‘see’ your screen and apps [6d]
• Trump’s tariffs are officially in effect, including 104 percent on China [6d]