The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement [26d]
• SB 53, the landmark AI transparency bill, is now law in California [26d]
• Microsoft is bringing its Windows engineering teams back together again [26d]
• Tile’s lack of encryption could make tracker owners vulnerable to stalking [26d]
• What EA’s buyout might mean for its future [26d]
• PlayStation is getting a big, fancy art book full of unused designs [26d]
• Amazon’s Echo Pop and Dot speakers are the cheapest they’ve been in months [26d]
• RidePods is the first iPhone game you control with AirPods [26d]
• Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy [26d]
• Anker’s fastest airline-friendly power bank is now available [26d]
• Alexa Plus is smarter — but it’s not yet smart enough [26d]
• Amazon’s kid-friendly Kindles are cheaper than ever ahead of October Prime Day [26d]
• Keychron mechanical keyboards are up to 62 percent off [26d]
• OpenAI’s parental controls are out — here’s what you should know [26d]
• GameSir’s clip-on controller turns smartphones into Game Boys [26d]
• Ford’s CEO isn’t impressed with Apple CarPlay Ultra [26d]
• Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV [26d]
• Google’s gradient ‘G’ logo is rolling out everywhere [26d]
• Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word [26d]
• Get a look at the OnePlus 15 from every angle [26d]
• $55 billion EA buyout hands Madden over to investors including Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner [26d]
• CMF’s first over-ear headphones have an energy slider for boosting bass and treble [27d]