The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion [52d]
• We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings [52d]
• ISS astronauts are in the middle of a tech overhaul [52d]
• Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind [52d]
• AI backlash is coming for elections [52d]
• OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web [52d]
• Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro launch event [52d]
• X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links [52d]
• Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, ‘the MacBook Pro for Linux users’ [52d]
• Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC [52d]
• Framework is building a better couch keyboard because everyone hates the Logitech one [52d]
• The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement [52d]
• Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube [52d]
• Twelve South’s magnetic PowerBug charger is down to just $35 [52d]
• Govee’s new rechargeable table lamp is less than half the price of Hue’s [52d]
• The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era [52d]
• Wearable health tech might be Tim Cook’s greatest legacy  [52d]
• Oppo’s new phone has one camera too many [52d]
• Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare [52d]
• Dyson’s newest floor scrubber is already on sale for 20 percent off [52d]
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games [52d]
• The next evolution of The Verge’s homepage is here [52d]
• New leaks reveal pricing and performance specs for DJI’s next beginner drones [52d]
• Apple TV has another busy summer of sci-fi with Silo season 3 in July [52d]
• The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition [52d]
• The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition [52d]
• John Ternus’s first big problem is AI [52d]
• Splatoon Raiders hits the Switch 2 in July [52d]
• The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space [52d]
• Apple will have a product guy as CEO again [53d]
• Yelp is making its AI chatbot way more useful [53d]
• Microsoft Teams is trying to fix accidental hand-raising [53d]
• Ikea and Samsung promise glitch-free SmartThings integration [53d]
• Apple Sports now lets you follow scores in a CarPlay widget [53d]
• PlayStation’s age-gating restrictions are coming to UK consoles [53d]
• Dyson’s back with a travel-size Supersonic hairdryer [53d]
• Tim Cook will still be Apple’s Trump whisperer [53d]