The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Google is fighting the defamation battle Meta caved on [16d]
• OpenAI is finally letting employees donate their equity to charity [16d]
• Google updates its weather forecasts with a new AI model [16d]
• Google Calendar can finally block off time without faking a meeting [16d]
• NetChoice sues Virginia to block its one-hour social media limit for kids [16d]
• Bose’s noise-canceling QuietComfort Headphones are more than 50 percent off [16d]
• How Jeffrey Epstein used SEO to bury news about his crimes [16d]
• Your online reservations are telling restaurants all about you [16d]
• Google’s AI Mode can now help you visualize your travel plans [16d]
• Netgear’s $499.99 5G hotspot lets you swap eSIMs at will [16d]
• A treasure trove of Criterion Collection DVDs are now on half-price sale [16d]
• 2TB SSD upgrades for Steam Deck are surprisingly cheap [16d]
• Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on [16d]
• Some of our favorite gifts will cost you less than $25 [16d]
• Ring’s Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime [16d]
• I looked into CoreWeave and the abyss gazed back [16d]
• MSNBC’s website is now MS.NOW [16d]
• You can now buy pre-owned Ford vehicles on Amazon [16d]
• MSI’s $380 QD-OLED gaming monitor is one of 2025’s best deals so far [16d]
• X launches Chat, its new encrypted DMs [16d]
• Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats [16d]
• Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus [16d]
• Europe banned new gas cars after 2035 — now it’s reconsidering [17d]
• Sky Sports killed off its female-focused Halo brand after just three days [17d]