The Brutalist Report - tech
- SteelSeries is launching $160 gaming earbuds for your Xbox, PlayStation, or PC [21d]
- Intel is releasing another microcode update to protect crashing Raptor Lake CPUs [22d]
- Blue Origin gets its New Glenn rocket on track with new test fire [22d]
- OpenAI’s for-profit switch could include equity for Sam Altman [22d]
- Just 5,000 people use the Rabbit R1 every day [22d]
- The Moonwalkers robot shoes are back, and they’re lighter this time [22d]
- ‘Robot lawyer’ company faces $193,000 fine as part of FTC’s AI crackdown [22d]
- This Apple Watch clone straps a retro gaming machine to your wrist [22d]
- Why California is suing ExxonMobil for ‘perpetuating the lie’ of plastic recycling [22d]
- Suunto’s new bone conduction headphones are up to $30 off right now [22d]
- Meta is giving its metaverse avatars a glow-up [22d]
- OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving [22d]
- Meta’s VR app store is about to fill up with phone-style 2D apps [22d]
- Finally, HP is adding AI to its printers [22d]
- Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health [22d]
- Mark Zuckerberg: publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI [22d]
- Meta is working on recreating influencers with AI [22d]
- Everything announced at Meta Connect 2024 [22d]
- Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks AR glasses will replace your phone [22d]
- Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses [22d]
- Meta’s Ray-Bans will now ‘remember’ things for you [22d]
- VR artists can now buy Logitech’s pen-shaped Meta Quest controller [22d]
- Meta’s AI can now talk to you in the voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench [22d]
- Meta’s going to put AI-generated images in your Facebook and Instagram feeds [22d]
- Meta releases its first open AI model that can process images [22d]
- Meta is discontinuing the Quest Pro two years after launching it [22d]
- Meta’s cheaper Quest 3S might just be an upgrade [22d]
- The best free or low-cost photo storage services [22d]
- Here’s how much Disney Plus will charge to share your password [22d]
- Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: big upgrade, much smaller earbuds [22d]
- Ubisoft delays Assassin’s Creed Shadows to February 2025 [22d]
- The biggest news from Meta Connect 2024 [22d]
- Microsoft is moving Game Pass into a single Xbox mobile app [22d]
- I played the PS5 Pro, and it’s clearly better [22d]
- California’s new law requires schools to limit phone use [22d]
- Google files EU antitrust complaint over Microsoft’s cloud practices [22d]
- A second Apple Store just ratified a union contract [22d]
- A fan of AMC’s The Terror helped identify real-life crew member of doomed expedition [22d]
- Amazon’s next entry-level Kindle with a brighter screen leaks [22d]
- Raycast is bringing its super-powerful Mac launcher to iOS and Windows [22d]
- Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom doesn’t test your intelligence enough [22d]
- Why did Caroline Ellison do it? [22d]
- Duolingo now offers a portable piano for its music course [22d]
- watchOS 11 puts a Dynamic Island on your wrist [22d]
- If your AI does the crime, you'll do the time, warns DoJ [21d]
- China's Salt Typhoon cyber spies are deep inside US ISPs [21d]
- Unions 2, Apple 0: Cupertino caves after fresh strike threat [21d]
- 91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with return-to-office, 3-in-4 want to jump ship [21d]
- Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters [21d]
- US Army drafts AI to combat recruitment shortfall [21d]
- A look under the hood of the 3D-printed, Raspberry Pi powered 'suicide pod' [21d]
- RansomHub genius tries to put the squeeze on Delaware Libraries [21d]
- Google's Rust belts bugs out of Android, helps kill off unsafe code substantially [22d]
- The early bird gets a touch of nostalgia as Ubuntu 24.10 hits beta [22d]
- ESA spending €17M on spacecraft just to watch it go up in flames [22d]
- US may exempt chip giants' billion-dollar fabs from some rules, but the laws of physics still apply [22d]
- Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite [22d]
- Apple ropes off 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI models [22d]
- Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft [22d]
- Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages [22d]
- Hyperscalers are carving up the ocean floor into private internet highways [22d]
- Messaging app makers' dilemma: Keeping comms private and funding open source [22d]
- Fujitsu wins spot on £600M framework after vowing to sit out public sector [22d]
- AI PCs will dominate shipments by 2026, but not because of demand [22d]
[ai]
- NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own [22d]
- VMware reportedly investigated by Japanese antimonopoly authorities [22d]
- India funds Moon lander, space station module, and Venus orbiter [22d]
- Samsung and pals Hyundai, Kia, team for software-defined cars, IoT integration [22d]
- AI chatbot gets green light to hallucinate your investment portfolio [22d]
- SBF's right-hand woman praised for testimony – and jailed for two years [22d]
- China claims Taiwan, not civilian hackers, behind website vandalism [22d]
- CrowdStrike apologizes to Congress for 'perfect storm' that caused global IT outage [22d]
- Peak XV has reaped $1.2B in the year since it split from Sequoia [21d]
- WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources [21d]
- Marvel Fusion lands $70M for laser-powered fusion bet [21d]
- OpenAI’s chief research officer has left [22d]
- Dinii, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises $45M Series B [22d]
- Pear wants to empower up-and-coming VCs with its new emerging managers in residence program [22d]
- 13 companies from YC Demo Day 1 that are worth paying attention to [22d]
- Sam Altman reportedly poised to get equity in OpenAI for the first time [22d]
- Zuckerberg chats with AI clone as human creator looks on in year’s weirdest demo [22d]
- OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she’s leaving the company [22d]
- What does Mark Zuckerberg’s shirt say? [22d]
- Meta pitches VR to mobile developers with new support for Android apps on Quest [22d]
- Meta teases Orion, brain-powered true AR glasses in a tiny package [22d]
- Y Combinator’s next Demo Day will include in-person seats for top VCs, Garry Tan says [22d]
- Meta Connect 2024: Orion glasses, Quest 3S headset, Meta AI upgrades, Ray-Ban Meta real-time video and more [22d]
- Meta developed a ‘neural interface’ for its next-gen Orion AR glasses [22d]
- Meta teases Orion, ‘the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen’ [22d]
- Meta Ray-Bans are getting live translation [22d]
- Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has nearly 500 million users [22d]
- Meta Connect 2024: Quest 3S headset, Meta AI upgrades, Ray-Ban Meta real-time video and more revealed [22d]
- Meta updates Ray-Ban smart glasses with real-time AI video, reminders, and QR code scanning [22d]
- Meta’s Hyperscape lets you scan and explore real-life spaces in VR [22d]
- Meta has rebuilt Instagram and Facebook for its Quest headsets [22d]
- Canva adds new abilities for app developers and improves discoverability [22d]
- Meta AI can now understand and edit your photos [22d]
- Meta AI’s genAI ‘Imagine’ features expand across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger [22d]
- Meta lets businesses create ad-embedded chatbots [22d]
- Meta AI gets celebrity voices and lip-synced translations [22d]
- Meta AI gets lip-synced translations and celebrity voices, like Judi Dench and John Cena [22d]
- Meta discontinues Quest 2 and Quest Pro [22d]
- Meta announces $300 Quest 3S, a cheaper take on mixed reality [22d]
- Convergence AI played with agents ‘for years’ until raising $12M to give them long-term memory [22d]
- Meta Connect 2024: Everything announced on AI, the metaverse, Quest headsets and more [22d]
- Diagrid launches Catalyst to help enterprises build their microservices [22d]
- Amazon employees beg management to reverse 5-day RTO mandate [22d]
- Consumer, culture, and creators with Erin and Sara Foster at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [22d]
- Longshot Space closes over $5M in new funding to build space gun in the desert [22d]
- After losing a peering lawsuit in Germany, Meta says it’s never getting back together with Deutsche Telekom [22d]
- Ayrton Energy mimics margarine to store hydrogen safely [22d]
- Meta’s Llama AI models get multimodal [22d]
- Audible experiments with new AI features for tailored audiobook recommendations [22d]
- Meta acquires the Threads.com domain name [22d]
- Early sign-ups to EU’s AI Pact include Amazon, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI — but Apple and Meta are missing [22d]
- Final 3 days to score up to $600 in savings on TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 passes [22d]
- Meta Connect 2024: How to watch the metaverse and generative AI event today [22d]
- Google files antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Europe over cloud licensing practices [22d]
- Backyard Baseball ’97 is back, with a re-release coming soon on Steam [22d]
- Tomasz Tunguz’s Theory Ventures bets $12M on Initia, the ‘iOS for web3’ [22d]
- Raycast raises $30M to bring its Mac productivity app to Windows and iOS [22d]
- AI2’s Molmo shows open source can meet, and beat, closed multimodal models [22d]
- Supabase, a Postgres-centric developer platform, raises $80M Series C [22d]
[ai]
- Uber will soon offer WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi [22d]
- Mozilla hit with privacy complaint in EU over Firefox tracking tech [22d]
- Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype space plane [22d]
- WhatFix raises a whopping $125M for its in-app user guides [22d]
- Google’s revised ad targeting plan triggers fresh competition concerns in UK [22d]
- Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries [22d]
- Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement [22d]
- Vsim, founded by Nvidia alums, raises $21.5M for robotics simulation tech [22d]
- 3 Benefits of AI live support in enhancing the customer experience [21d]
- How consumer behavior is driving the B2B payments industry [21d]
- Some of the world's biggest tech firms have signed up to the EU's promise for safe AI [21d]
- Hacker creates false memories in ChatGPT to steal victim data — but it might not be as bad as it sounds [21d]
- SteelSeries announces new Arctis GameBuds designed for every beat of a modern gaming lifestyle [21d]
- Nintendo jumps on AI images of Mario shared on X [21d]
- NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, September 26 (game #207) [22d]
- NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Thursday, September 26 (game #473) [22d]
- Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait [22d]
- Intel debuts super-fast AI chips – looking to match AMD in the race for AI chip supremacy [22d]
- HP makes bold claims that it can improve your life with AI, but can they back them up? [22d]
- "Perfect storm" - CrowdStrike VP apologizes as Congress hearing into outage begins [22d]
- Meta Connect 2024: the 6 biggest announcements from a packed keynote [22d]
- Fitbit redesigns its Stress Management pages as part of its bigger redesign [22d]
- Meta announces Orion, its first fully functional AR glasses protype [22d]
- I tried the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses' newest AI features, and they're about to become a much better – and cooler-looking – companion [22d]
- Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are getting even more AI features, like live language translations and Meta AI for live video [22d]
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — working with AI will soon be just like onboarding new employees [22d]
- Samsung zeroes on AI storage domination as it starts mass production of 1Tb QLC NAND chips targeting enterprise servers — but don't worry, it will come to consumer SSDs, maybe one day [22d]
- I spoke to Meta AI and, yes, it can carry on a conversation [22d]
- Facebook and Instagram can now use AI to answer questions about your photos and edit them too [22d]
- Meta AI adds a voice mode featuring celebrities like John Cena, Keegan Michael Key and Kristen Bell [22d]
- You’ll soon be able to use Meta’s Imagine to generate images in Facebook and Instagram [22d]
- Meta announces an AI translation tool that could change the way you watch Instagram and Facebook Reels forever [22d]
- Meta has officially discontinued three of its VR headsets, including my current favorite [22d]
- Following a backlash around a recent Windows 11 Start menu change, Microsoft reverses course in new preview build [22d]
- Finally, hi-res Bluetooth on your iPhone: this cheap, tiny dongle adds aptX Adaptive and LDAC to any USB-C device [22d]
- The US government is suing Visa over its dominance of the payments market [22d]
- Google Chrome tried to block infostealer malware — but these hackers say they've already beaten it [22d]
- Windows 11 could get a ‘Hand Off’ feature that brings Apple-like convenience in integrating your phone and PC [22d]
- OperaVPN never logs your activities, independent auditors confirm [22d]
- Microsoft's new AI tool wants to find and fix AI-generated text that's factually wrong [22d]
- Box Hubs wants to make sure all your workers get the right info just when they need it [22d]
- OpenAI’s Advanced Voice mode is unavailable in the EU, and now we might know why [22d]
- PR's role in accelerating B2B tech sales [22d]
- Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered offers a range of technical improvements on PS5 and PS5 Pro that actually sound pretty worthwhile [22d]
- US government probes SAP and other for overcharging it on software use [22d]
- Beware, Facebook and LinkedIn are the worst social media for your privacy [22d]
- US government agency confirms it was hit by major ransomware attack [22d]
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is Netflix's #1 show but it’s not as popular as Dahmer – here are 3 better crime dramas to watch with over 85% on Rotten Tomatoes [22d]
- Fuel storage tanks put at risk by worrying security flaws [22d]
- Strava adds all-new Quick Edit function, allowing users to tweak data with ease [22d]
- New Apple TV Plus thriller Disclaimer gets an official trailer and Lydia Tár fans will be delighted [22d]
- PlayStation developers reveal how the PS5 Pro will help them achieve "ultra-high fidelity at blazing fast framerates" [22d]
- Millions more Google Workspace users are getting access to Gemini AI [22d]
- Pro-Ject's affordable new T1 EVO turntables are ideal to get serious about vinyl without breaking the bank [22d]
- Lyft and tech provider Smartcar partner to ease range anxiety for ride-share drivers [22d]
- It looks as though another Motorola Razr flip foldable is about to launch [22d]
- Hackers are getting more imaginative when it comes to writing new malware [22d]
- Nothing OS 3.0 just got previewed with a bunch of interesting new features [22d]
- Gemini AI could soon be adding narration to your memories in Google Photos [22d]
- Google suggests sunsetting WHOIS [22d]
- Secure some victory royales in style with the newly revealed Limited Edition Fortnite Dualsense controller [22d]
- Leveraging immutable and cross-cloud backups for protection and recovery [22d]
- Sony has unveiled new PS5 Chroma Collection DualSense and console cover colorways, and they might be some of the best yet [22d]
- AMD’s Ryzen 9000 CPUs could be a flop according to a new survey that’ll make difficult reading for Team Red [22d]
- How CISOs are adapting after the biggest IT outage [22d]
- Meta Connect 2024 live reporting – will we finally see the Quest 3S and Meta AR glasses? [22d]
- Meta Connect 2024 live reporting – will we finally see the Quest 3S and Meta AR glasses? [22d]
- AI-written malware is here, and going after victims already [22d]
- Whoops! Samsung accidentally leaks prices for the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and Galaxy S24 FE [22d]
- Google is ditching Fitbit.com in a few days, in yet another cruel blow to Fitbit fans [22d]
- This new Android malware impersonates VPN and browser tools, but don't be fooled [22d]
- Inside Out 2 spin-off show Dream Productions has a Disney Plus release date – and it's taking the spot of Pixar's first original series [22d]
- Balancing internal innovation and third-party vendor risk [22d]
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