The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Google’s stranglehold on the mapping space could be challenged by new initiative from Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and others [1238d]
• LG’s UltraGear OLED gaming monitors look as good in person as I hoped [1238d]
• How NASA’s newest satellite will monitor lakes and rivers from space [1238d]
• Tim Sweeney wants Epic to help build a metaverse that’s actually positive [1238d]
• Belkin’s Continuity Camera mount for desktops is here [1238d]
• Google is beta testing digital state ID cards in its Android Wallet app [1238d]
• World of Warcraft veteran Chris Metzen returns to Blizzard [1238d]
• Hitman players about to be abandoned by Stadia will be able to transfer their progress [1238d]
• A plasma physicist explains what’s next after this week’s nuclear fusion breakthrough [1238d]
• Death Stranding is getting a film adaptation [1238d]
• Apple is expanding Mythic Quest with a new spinoff series [1238d]
• The Echo Show 15 with Fire TV: a major upgrade with a major flaw [1238d]
• Some Peacock originals are coming to JetBlue’s in-flight entertainment system [1238d]
• You’ll be able to do push-ups and pet a cute pup in Fire Emblem Engage’s main hub [1238d]
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launches on PS5 in fall 2023 [1238d]
• Apple’s planned classical music app is still MIA as 2022 winds down [1238d]
• You can save $250 on the HP Spectre x360 today [1238d]
• Corsair’s Xeneon OLED flexes on them other gaming monitors [1238d]
• Amazon is publishing the next Tomb Raider game [1238d]
• Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access [1238d]
• Nothing starts opening up its Android 13 beta for the Phone 1 [1238d]
• HoloLens 2 now has full Microsoft Teams integration [1238d]
• Apple is seriously screwing up its big play for an Oscar [1238d]
• Valve answers our burning Steam Deck questions — including a possible Steam Controller 2 [1238d]
• How to order free rapid covid tests from the US government — again [1238d]
• How to use Instagram’s new Notes feature [1238d]
• HearUSA will add Sony’s OTC hearing aids to its stores in 2023 [1238d]
• Google Nest and Android devices are now Matter compatible — yes, right now [1238d]
• Dell’s repairable Concept Luna laptop has a long road ahead of it [1238d]
• Uber Eats will use sidewalk robots to make food deliveries in Miami [1238d]
• Oppo’s next foldable is actually getting a release outside of China [1238d]
• Where are all the new Macs? [1238d]
• Lucid Air Grand Touring review: a dream made real [1238d]
• What in the world is nuclear fusion — and when will we harness it? [1238d]
• Grand Theft Auto 5’s new ray tracing on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S looks fantastic [1238d]
• Thursday’s top tech news: leaving, on an @ElonJet plane [1238d]
• Ex-Twitter employee receives over three years in prison for spying for Saudi Arabia [1239d]
• Elon Musk sells yet another $3.58 billion of Tesla shares [1239d]
• Resident Evil Village’s VR mode will launch alongside Sony’s PSVR2 as a free update [1239d]