The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• The new Ford Expedition adds Android Automotive and half of the Lincoln’s panoramic screen [55d]
• Port workers on the East and Gulf coasts agree to end their strikes [55d]
• Disney Imagineer wants his amazing retractable lightsaber to become a toy [55d]
• Watch what it’s like to handle an overturned truck full of burning batteries [55d]
• Apple releases iOS 18.0.1 with bug fixes for iPhone 16 touchscreen and more [55d]
• Sid Meier’s Civilization 7: all the latest on the strategy epic from Firaxis Games [55d]
• Sony’s best ANC headphones and earbuds are getting Google’s Find My Device [55d]
• The big boys want in on crypto, too [55d]
• Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro earbuds add a charging case screen [55d]
• Senator Laphonza Butler thinks supporting Big AI or human workers is a ‘false choice’ [55d]
• Now you can use Apple’s Home Key to get into your garage or home office [55d]
• A new Ray-Ban Meta update adds reminders and voice messages [55d]
• The SEC is appealing a federal court’s ruling on Ripple [55d]
• Samsung is turning your Galaxy phone into a smart door key [55d]
• Your smart fridge can now warn you when you’ve spent too long in the shower [55d]
• Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads [55d]
• YouTube Shorts are getting less short [55d]
• Google Lens now lets you search with video [55d]
• Inside Elon Musk’s AI party in OpenAI’s old headquarters [55d]
• How four expensive cards imploded Magic: The Gathering’s most popular format [55d]
• Spotify now automatically creates an offline playlist when you lose internet [55d]
• Tesla recalls over 27,000 Cybertrucks over laggy reverse cameras [55d]
• Avatar: The Last Airbender’s next game will let you play as a new Avatar [55d]
• The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard [55d]
• What’s on your desk, David Pierce? [55d]
• How to import email from other accounts into Gmail [55d]
• Uber partners with ex-Yandex self-driving group for robotaxis and robot delivery [55d]
• Gemini Live will support more languages for its AI voice chat [55d]
• John Deere accused of ‘excluding’ right-to-repair language in its manuals [55d]
• You can easily upgrade all of Apple’s AirPods to USB-C using these smart cases [55d]
• Silicon Valley gets its first drone delivery service [55d]
• Epic knows its game store social features ‘suck,’ but it wants to fix that [55d]
• The ‘WordPress’ fight is now a lawsuit [55d]
• The Oura Ring 4 has slimmer sensors, increased accuracy, and more sizes [56d]