The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Leak: AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D chips aren’t looking like a leap forward [46d]
• Boeing is cutting 10 percent of its workforce [46d]
• Google pulled its Wear OS update for old Pixel Watches to fix a big problem [46d]
• Casio made a furry robot designed to cuddle and calm you down [46d]
• The Internet Archive is still down but will return in ‘days, not weeks’ [46d]
• Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license [46d]
• Xbox Cloud Gaming will let you stream your own games next month [46d]
• You must watch this amazing presentation about a bespoke McDonald’s mural [46d]
• Imgur is going to be less strict about memes with adult humor [46d]
• Mosseri acknowledges ‘mistakes’ in Threads and Instagram’s broken moderation [46d]
• Thrustmaster brings direct drive steering wheels to console racing sims [46d]
• Marques Brownlee says ‘we failed on the price’ with Panels [46d]
• X drops Unilever from its ‘advertiser boycott’ lawsuit [46d]
• Apple’s USB SuperDrive might be gone for good [46d]
• The Tesla Cybercab is a cool-looking prototype that needed to be much more than that [46d]
• The Beats Pill speaker is even cheaper than it was during Prime Day [46d]
• How to lock any app with Face ID on an iPhone using iOS 18 [47d]
• Stellantis’ CEO promises to leave in 2026 after mostly making a mess of things [47d]
• Crucial North Carolina quartz mine is up and running following Hurricane Helene [47d]
• The Google breakup is looming [47d]
• Lynk & Co’s first EV is meant to be shared to lower its price [47d]
• How SpaceX became the MyPillow of government contractors [47d]
• Bluesky pitches new features at disgruntled Threads users [47d]
• What to expect from Apple’s next Mac and iPad announcements [47d]