The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• FTC Chair praises Justice Thomas as ‘the most important judge of the last 100 years’ for Black History Month [4d]
• DOGE can keep accessing government data for now, judge rules [4d]
• HP is buying Humane and shutting down the AI Pin [5d]
• Marvel Rivals’ US team is undergoing layoffs [5d]
• Facebook is about to mass delete a lot of old live streams [5d]
• Google Meet’s AI transcripts will automatically create action items for you [5d]
• Rockstar’s working on bringing Roblox creators to GTA VI [5d]
• Amazon scraps its TikTok-style Inspire feed [5d]
• Acer is the first to raise laptop prices because of Trump [5d]
• Electricity demand surges for the world’s two biggest polluters [5d]
• Mira Murati is launching her OpenAI rival: Thinking Machines Lab [5d]
• Three months later, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is the glorious pain in the ass its makers intended [5d]
• WhatsApp is now a Very Large platform in the EU, and will face tougher regulation [5d]
• Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy sets will tell the stories of the games [5d]
• All of Chipolo’s Bluetooth trackers are discounted in sitewide sale [5d]
• Meta’s new ‘LlamaCon’ event will focus on AI [5d]
• Insta360’s new gimbal add-on brings subject tracking to any camera app [5d]
• Chase will start blocking Zelle payments over social media [5d]
• Nothing’s new video pits the Phone 3A’s camera against the iPhone 16 Pro Max [5d]
• Can Meta still make the metaverse? [5d]
• Nanoleaf is permanently cutting prices for its signature LED light panels [5d]
• Elon Musk doesn’t work for DOGE [5d]
• The OnePlus Watch 3 finally adds a proper rotating crown [5d]
• DJI’s new Osmo Mobile 7 Pro has so very many tricks up its sleeve [5d]
• Huawei’s trifold phone launches outside China [5d]
• Microsoft isn’t automatically keeping you signed into your account just yet [5d]
• Elon Musk’s xAI adds ‘Big Brain’ reasoning to Grok-3 [5d]