The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Apple is going to allow third-party app stores in Brazil, too [79d]
• The Pixel 10, our favorite Android phone, is nearly 50 percent off right now [79d]
• Samsung’s 2026 gaming monitors promise 6K, 3D, and up to 1,040Hz [79d]
• 007 First Light’s release date gets shaken up [79d]
• Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law [79d]
• These great digital gifts will arrive just in time for Christmas [79d]
• DOJ appears to bungle Epstein Files redactions [79d]
• Watch lists are broken. Federation could fix them. [79d]
• New York’s landmark AI safety bill was defanged — and universities were part of the push against it [79d]
• Dozens of Flock AI camera feeds were just out there [79d]
• Belkin’s camera grip power bank is a few upgrades away from being a must-have [79d]
• One last holiday hurrah for the $50 off deal on the Switch 2 [79d]
• How Last Samurai Standing adds kinetic action to the Battle Royale formula [79d]
• The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular [79d]
• How AI broke the smart home in 2025  [79d]
• The year the government broke [79d]
• Apple fined $116 million over app privacy prompts [79d]