The Brutalist Report - tech
system |
|
- A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned "ICE Sightings - Chicagoland" Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget) [1d]
- An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge, appears to have drained ~$292M worth of rsETH before Kelp paused all rsETH contracts (Zack Abrams/The Block) [1d]
- Anthropic's Mythos adds to concerns about rising workloads for open-source maintainers, as many have already been dealing with a "crazy" number of bug reports (Chris Stokel-Walker/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Airbnb launches a pilot in NYC, LA, and other cities that lets users to select from a range of boutique hotels alongside private homes in a bid to boost growth (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times) [1d]
- Salesforce announces Headless 360, an initiative that will give AI agents access to Salesforce's platform capabilities through APIs, MCP tools or CLI commands (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat) [1d]
- A profile of OpenTable CEO Debby Soo, who shifted its focus from diners to restaurants; it now seats ~2B diners a year across 65K restaurants, an all-time high (Brent Crane/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Global DRAM supply is likely to meet only 60% of demand through 2027; memory to hit ~40% of low-end smartphone manufacturing costs by mid-2026, up from 20% now (Nikkei Asia) [2d]
- Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4B across 34 deals through April 15, up from $5.9B raised across 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) [2d]
- Chinese lidar maker Hesai, a primary supplier for Nvidia's ADAS, announces EXT lidar, calling it the industry's first to integrate spatial and color detection (Reuters) [2d]
- Some Mac Mini and Mac Studio models are unavailable or facing up to 12-week wait times in the US, with analysts citing strong demand from AI agent power users (Nicole Nguyen/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- The EC awards a six-year, €180M sovereign cloud contract to four European providers as part of a push to reduce the EU's dependence on non-European tech (Leo Marchandon/Reuters) [2d]
- Sources suggest Anthropic's holding back from a wider Mythos release until it can reliably serve it to customers; Anthropic has suffered outages in recent weeks (Financial Times) [2d]
- What some leaders think of using universal income to mitigate AI-fueled layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way", OpenAI's policy doc mentions a Public Wealth Fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes) [2d]
- No new articles in the Past 24 Hours.
- Now is your last chance to grab our EXCLUSIVE Surfshark deal — year-low prices with 4 months extra protection included [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, April 19 (game #1546) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, April 19 (game #777) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, April 19 (game #1043) [1d]
- 'A mosaic-like pattern': This new ‘Swiss-Army’ optical chip replaces bulky hardware to deliver better, faster broadband [1d]
- 'For nocturnal creatures, there's nothing better than camera traps' — how an award-winning wildlife photographer used old secondhand DSLRs and custom camera traps to make discoveries that 'stunned' Kenya's Masai Mara rangers [1d]
- '1,000x faster internet': New Chinese crystal breakthrough could make the world's GPS obsolete overnight [1d]
- 'Birds avoid turbines far more than prediction models assume': Spoor’s AI monitoring is changing how wind farms measure wildlife risk [1d]
- The Narwal Flow 2 an AI-forward robot vacuum and mop that uses its smarts to determine how dirty your floor is, and the best way to clean it [1d]
- I took the DJI Pocket 4 vlogging camera traveling — it's a polished successor to the wildly popular Pocket 3 [1d]
- 'An impressive leap': Artemis II used lasers to communicate 100000x faster than the Apollo 13 mission [1d]
- How to watch WrestleMania 42: WWE live streams, TV channels and preview [1d]
- I signed up to a YouTube Premium free trial, and it was annoyingly brilliant — but there’s one setback that’s keeping me from returning [1d]
- I tried a new ChatGPT tool to help me find a better wedding venue — and I’m very glad it isn’t planning my big day [1d]
- 'Update immediately': 60,000 WordPress websites at risk after experts discover flaw that allows hackers to create hidden admin accounts [1d]
- How to watch Copa del Rey final 2026: Free Streams & TV Channels for Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad [1d]
- 'No onboard pilot needed': Massive 2-ton VTOL “mega drone” just hauled fresh tea leaves over 75 miles autonomously [1d]
- Dead as Disco is easily one of the best indie games I’ve ever played — and after 20 hours of demo, it beats the ‘brilliant’ Hi-Fi Rush in one major way [1d]
- Sorry Apple, the iPhone 17e is slick but the OnePlus 15R is a bigger bargain [1d]
- Score $200 off this pre-built gaming PC with an RTX 5060 and 32GB of DDR5 RAM at Best Buy [1d]
- Lepow TriScreen Pro review: This 27in 4K monitor with dual detachable 16in side screens is a space-saver for your desk [2d]
- DJI Avata 360 vs Antigravity A1: I compared the world's first 360 camera drones, and there was one clear winner [2d]
- France has ditched Windows 11 for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs — here's why Microsoft should worry that millions more could follow by the end of 2026 [2d]
- 'This device prevents sideloading': Amazon warns Fire TV Stick HD buyers that it can't be turned into an illegal 'Fire Stick' for free streaming [2d]
- I was one of the first to test Sony's latest Inzone headset, and it sets a new standard for open-back gaming audio [2d]
- 'Productivity and creativity shouldn’t live in separate silos': Why Canva's AI push is no different to its core principles of democratizing design [2d]
- This hidden Samsung Galaxy S26 feature has changed how I watch Netflix and YouTube on the move [2d]
- Best Buy's Ultimate Upgrade sale ends soon — here are the 23 best deals I'd buy on TVs, laptops, headphones, and more [2d]
- How I quit social media for a month… and then ended up right back where I started [2d]
- ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from new GoPro cameras to the 'most beautiful phone of 2026' [2d]
- Astell & Kern's off-shoot brand just dropped some of the best budget audiophile earbuds of the year — and you won't believe how cheap they are [2d]
- I would ditch all my headphones in favor of these brilliant open earbuds' stacked feature set, were it not for one flaw... [2d]
- The Pitt season 3: shock cast changes and everything we know so far about the hit HBO Max medical drama's return [2d]
- Gemini can now see your Google Photos — and generate AI images of ‘you’ from them [2d]
- World Snooker Championship 2026 live streams: How to watch tournament for FREE, TV channels, preview, seeds [2d]
- 'No barbell, no special equipment and no gym membership required': the forward lunge is the best simple move you're not doing, and it's vital for over-50s [2d]
- Creality Sermoon S1 review: This pro-grade 3D scanner produced impressive results, but my tests revealed a huge learning curve [2d]
- I swapped my phone for a cycle computer after a crash — but a tiny, underrated device was the real safety upgrade [2d]
- No new articles in the Past 24 Hours.
- No new articles in the Past 24 Hours.
Previous Day