The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Trevor Noah is hosting Google’s Pixel 11 launch event [19d]
• Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker [19d]
• The AirPods Pro are $60 off, their best price since late June [19d]
• The Zelda movie’s Ganondorf casting hints at more movies [19d]
• Suno shares plans to combat spammy AI music [19d]
• Brendan Carr officially unleashes broadcast consolidation [19d]
• OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats [19d]
• TikTok blames ‘moderator error’ on slow response to Perez Hilton livestream [19d]
• Apple increases trade-in offers and adds new Android devices [19d]
• SoftBank donated $50 million to Trump’s library just months before federal data center deal [19d]
• It’s the last day to get a $350 gift card with your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 preorder [19d]
• The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers [19d]
• The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup [19d]
• AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed [19d]
• Dolby Vision 2 will be available first on some 2026 Hisense TVs [19d]
• Bose’s upgraded QuietComfort headphones add head-tracking immersive audio [19d]
• Viture’s cheapest AR glasses have the sharpest image clarity I’ve seen yet [19d]
• Ford’s first ultra-cheap EV is called Fathom, a full-featured truck for $28,350 [19d]
• You can now ask Google Maps’ AI to order food for you [19d]
• GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August [19d]
• Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers [20d]
• OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’ [20d]
• Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months [20d]