The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Microsoft locks down a building after protesters get inside president’s office [22d]
• Here are 30 of our favorite deals from REI’s ongoing Labor Day sale [22d]
• Anthropic settles AI book piracy lawsuit [22d]
• Looks like nuclear fusion is picking up steam  [22d]
• KPop Demon Hunters is Netflix’s most popular movie of all time [22d]
• AI super PACs, the hottest investment in tech [22d]
• The winners and losers of Taylor Swift’s engagement announcement [22d]
• Framework is working on a giant haptic touchpad, Trackpoint nub, and eGPU for its laptops [22d]
• CRKD’s $99 Peak Design clone is great for handhelds [22d]
• Dish gives up on becoming the fourth major carrier [22d]
• Apple’s iPhone 17 launch event is set for September 9th [22d]
• EA’s free-to-play Skate revival hits early access in September [22d]
• Google is building a Duolingo rival into the Translate app [22d]
• Dyson’s 360 Vis Nav, our favorite robot vacuum for carpets, is half off [22d]
• Tesla rejected $60 million settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amount [22d]
• Framework is now selling the first gaming laptop that lets you easily upgrade its GPU — with Nvidia’s blessing [22d]
• Bye-bye barrel jack: Framework brings 240W USB-C charging to laptops [22d]
• TikTok Shop, Amazon, and other marketplaces hosted antisemitic T-shirts [22d]
• Google will verify Android developers distributing apps outside the Play store [22d]
• Marshall’s first Bluetooth party speaker has a hidden light show [22d]
• Logitech’s MX Master 4 leaks point to haptic feedback [22d]
• Zooming in on weird cameras [22d]
• Hands-on with the Level Lock Pro: sleeker, smarter, still very expensive [22d]
• Wyze’s newest pan and tilt cam can track your pets in 4K [22d]
• Hasselblad X2D II: the luxury sports car of medium format cameras [22d]
• Hasselblad’s new medium format flagship comes with end-to-end HDR [22d]
• Spotify is adding DMs [22d]
• YouTube TV could lose Fox channels this week [23d]