The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Netflix is sticking to ‘sports-adjacent’ streaming instead of live sports, for now [1008d]
• Tesla’s Cybertruck is less than 19 feet long so it can fit in your garage [1008d]
• Blizzard nerfs Diablo IV character builds ahead of new season launch [1008d]
• Tesla in discussion to license Full Self-Driving software to another automaker [1008d]
• They made a movie of that nightmarish ‘Dear David’ Twitter thread, and yes, there’s a trailer [1008d]
• Tesla starts production of Dojo supercomputer to train driverless cars [1008d]
• Tesla’s revenue soars amid rampant price cutting [1008d]
• Netflix says password-sharing crackdowns caused more signups than cancellations [1008d]
• Microsoft Teams is adding Maybelline’s AI-powered ‘makeup’ filters [1008d]
• Reddit is now inviting mods to participate in weekly ‘feedback sessions’ [1008d]
• Amazon says it’ll ditch plastic padded mailers [1008d]
• Your Starbucks order is not ready [1008d]
• How Dell dodged a class action suit over Alienware Area-51m GPU upgrades [1008d]
• DoorDash fired an employee for trying to organize a union, NLRB alleges [1008d]
• Instagram embeds don’t violate copyright laws, court rules [1008d]
• The official Windows launch of Nearby Share adds some new features [1008d]
• US antitrust enforcers lay down plans to block Big Tech mergers [1008d]
• Nissan is on board with Tesla’s charging revolution [1008d]
• I don’t know where to post about the World Cup [1008d]
• Oppenheimer is an unrelenting stream of bombastic vignettes in need of a narrative chain reaction [1008d]
• Blizzard games are coming to Steam [1008d]
• Meta’s AR glasses reportedly won’t feature the high-end displays it planned [1008d]
• Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time [1008d]
• Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it [1008d]
• Apple’s cheapest iPad has returned to its all-time low price at Amazon [1008d]
• ‘Welcome to EV dongle town’ [1008d]
• WhatsApp is rolling out to Wear OS smartwatches [1008d]
• Samsung debuts the industry’s first GDDR7 memory chips [1008d]
• How Tesla almost went out of business — and then broke the auto industry [1008d]
• Beats’ new Studio Pros are its first flagship headphones since 2017 [1008d]
• Beats Studio Pro headphones review: leaning on a legacy [1008d]
• Netflix just axed its basic ad-free plan in the US and UK [1008d]
• Nothing CEO Carl Pei on the Phone 2, AI, and the future of gadgets [1008d]
• Pikmin 4 embraces the series’ hidden horror roots [1008d]
• Microsoft and Activision Blizzard agree to extend merger agreement to October [1008d]
• Activision Blizzard lays off esports staff as it faces potential dramatic changes for the Overwatch League [1008d]
• Readers pick the best tech books of all time [1008d]
• The self-transforming Optimus Prime now has a $1,700 dinobot friend [1008d]
• TikTok Music rolls out to more countries [1008d]
• Intel mini NUC computers get a second life thanks to Asus [1008d]