The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Wordle’s upgraded Wordlebot has a new recommended starting word [1081d]
• Yes, the new electric vehicle tax credits are really confusing, but we can help [1081d]
• Code in the Netflix app suggests the ad-supported version may have a drawback [1082d]
• China’s heatwave closes factories that supply parts to Tesla, Intel, and Toyota [1082d]
• Adidas will now sell you a pair of solar-powered headphones [1082d]
• Sony has opened another public queue to buy the PlayStation 5 [1082d]
• Turtle Beach’s new React-R controller brings handy audio features down to a lower budget [1082d]
• Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ apparently vibed too hard for some laptops [1082d]
• Substack’s promise to be different than a newsroom is getting messy [1082d]
• Reddit is going to make it easier to create great bots [1082d]
• We stress-tested the microphones on Samsung and Google’s new earbuds [1082d]
• This is Facebook’s plan to be cool again [1082d]
• Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for tweeting [1082d]
• Netflix’s take on Wednesday Addams is the ultimate transfer student in series’ new trailer [1082d]
• Escape Academy has made it harder to mess up your perfect score [1082d]
• Apple’s iPhone 14 event will reportedly take place in early September [1082d]
• Yes, the new electric vehicle tax credits are really confusing, but we can help [1082d]
• Facebook won’t rush the review of its Donald Trump ban [1082d]
• Airbnb accidentally sent tons of Android users a ‘test’ notification [1082d]
• Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sold Verzuz to Triller — and now they say Triller didn’t pay [1082d]
• Get three months of Apple TV Plus for free at Best Buy [1082d]
• What’s on your desk, Alex Heath? [1082d]
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 review: incremental innovation [1082d]
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is peak uncanny valley, but it works [1082d]
• This Kickstarter project turns an iPhone into your smart home’s magic wand [1082d]
• Electric vehicle owners are fed up with broken EV chargers and janky software [1082d]
• TikTok preps for midterm misinformation chaos [1082d]
• Airbnb is rolling out ‘new anti-party technology’ in North America [1082d]
• Windows 11’s widgets can now trigger notifications on your taskbar [1082d]
• Period and pregnancy tracking apps have bad privacy protections, report finds [1082d]
• Logitech’s Chorus open-back headphones slide onto the Quest 2 [1082d]
• Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 3 improves on a good thing [1082d]
• Elon Musk wins access to files from Twitter’s former head of product [1082d]