The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• The National Science Foundation won’t rebuild the Arecibo Observatory telescope [1303d]
• T-Mobile social media support workers are trying to form a union [1303d]
• Google Fiber is launching 5-gig and 8-gig plans early next year [1303d]
• Samsung SmartThings is now Matter certified [1303d]
• Google built a spam backdoor for Republicans — and they aren’t using it [1304d]
• Samsung’s One UI 5 is coming soon with some very iOS-like vibes [1304d]
• Twitter is working on an official don’t @ me feature [1304d]
• Take-Two is shutting down the developer of the puzzle game Two Dots [1304d]
• Amazon’s set to launch its prototype internet satellites early next year [1304d]
• The best smart locks you can buy right now [1304d]
• Check out these jarring images of urban wildlife [1304d]
• TikTok’s Profile Kit is an embeddable collection of your best videos [1304d]
• Fossil’s first Wear OS 3 watch is a wellness-focused Gen 6 [1304d]
• Netflix’s ad tier will cost $6.99 a month and launch in November [1304d]
• Nvidia’s ‘priority access’ program is one way to get your hands on an RTX 4090 [1304d]
• Huge Elden Ring update will seemingly make players a lot harder to kill [1304d]
• It’s not just you — Slack says it’s having issues with threads, channels, and more [1304d]
• Apple looks even more like a bank now that it’s adding a savings account to Apple Card [1304d]
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales launches on PC in November [1304d]
• Adderall is officially in short supply [1304d]
• Sony’s new ZV-1F vlogging camera comes with a lower price but a lot fewer features [1304d]
• I want to skip out on the Disney Plus Skip Intro button [1304d]
• Decentraland’s billion-dollar ‘metaverse’ reportedly had 38 active users in one day [1304d]
• How to follow the biggest Fortnite tournament in years [1304d]
• Eero scrubs its cheapest subscription plan, moves customers to $10 a month service [1304d]
• Nintendo settles labor dispute with former employee [1304d]
• SoundCloud takes a page out of MySpace’s playbook [1304d]
• Matilda the Musical trailer kicks off Netflix’s Roald Dahl ambitions [1304d]
• Best deals from Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale you can still get [1304d]
• GeForce Now can now stream games at 1600p in Chrome browsers [1304d]
• BMW will be the first automaker to use Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform [1304d]
• The OnePlus N300 is coming next month with 33W fast charging [1304d]
• Acer’s Chromebook 516 GE is here to play — if you’ve got great internet [1304d]
• A meeting in Google’s 3D chat booth felt like real life science fiction [1304d]
• How to increase your personal safety with Pixel and Samsung phones [1304d]
• Microsoft’s AR glasses aren’t cutting it with US soldiers, says leaked report [1304d]
• Microsoft has teased a Windows 11 floating taskbar [1304d]
• Smartwatches, not phones, are where the action is at this year [1304d]
• Firefox’s new service gives you a burner phone number to cut down on spam [1304d]
• Here’s an early look at Android’s app archiving feature [1304d]
• Sony and Honda plan to start selling their electric cars in the US in 2026 [1304d]
• Microsoft Office will become Microsoft 365 in major brand overhaul [1304d]
• The guy in charge of Dish wants to buy Boost from Dish [1304d]
• The Apple Watch Series 8 is still available for $50 off for Prime Day [1304d]