The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• NASA’s AI Earth Copilot will take your questions about our planet [508d]
• Pokémon TCG Pocket will let you trade cards starting early next year [508d]
• Teenage Engineering’s new OP–XY makes me wish I had a bigger budget for music gear [508d]
• TikTok plugs Getty Images into its AI-generated ads and avatars [508d]
• You can save up to $270 on the Garmin Fenix 7S Pro and other Garmin watches [508d]
• Twinkly’s smart holiday string lights have dropped to a new low price [508d]
• Fortnite’s new TMNT roguelike shows the potential for user-made games [508d]
• CFPB is reportedly trying to put Google under bank-like supervision [508d]
• Ford penalized $165 million over moving too slowly on a rearview camera recall [508d]
• Nike’s new easy open backpack was designed to prioritize accessibility [508d]
• Bluesky has been acting up today [508d]
• Google says it will stop serving political ads in the EU [508d]
• Mythic Quest is getting a spinoff anthology series [508d]
• Threads grew by a Bluesky this month [508d]
• Arc’s mobile browser is now available to everyone on Android [508d]
• Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until election day [508d]
• Xbox continues its push beyond consoles with new ad campaign [508d]
• Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop [508d]
• Meta hit with $840 million fine for linking Facebook and Marketplace [508d]
• The Onion just bought Infowars [508d]
• Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now? [508d]
• How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs — but great for Tesla [508d]
• The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for tinkerers [508d]
• YouTube is getting in on the digital gifting game [508d]
• Disney’s streaming business is finally finding its footing [508d]
• Amazon announces its first Mini LED Fire TV — and this one’s also built for gaming [508d]
• Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles [508d]
• Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage [508d]
• Snapchat will let parents request their teen’s real-time location [508d]
• Google’s Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app [508d]
• Google will let you search for products on Maps to help with holiday shopping [508d]
• PayPal will let you pool money for group gifts and shared expenses [508d]