The Brutalist Report

Business Insider

• Gavin Newsom proposes a California digital software tax [10d]
• OpenAI is making it easier to keep tabs on your AI coding project — without a cracked-open laptop [10d]
• Cary Elwes says working on 'Being Charlie' with Rob Reiner was 'bittersweet' [10d]
• Paramount+ is exploring adding podcasts, following Netflix's lead [10d]
• I build homes for billionaires. Here are 5 features my ultrawealthy clients request — and what I tell them not to do. [10d]
• Audemars Piguet and Swatch's new pocket watch collab has fans camping outside stores for days [10d]
• Anthropic exec's message to parents of college grads: Know you're not alone, and the jobs market won't be uncertain forever [10d]
• I'm an influencer stuck in hantavirus quarantine. I have complicated feelings about my sudden fame. [10d]
• A 222-day Wordle streak had taken over my life. Losing it was painful — and completely liberating. [10d]
• Delta won't use Starlink. Elon Musk is not happy. [11d]
• Alex Karp is gobsmacked that Germany's military is snubbing Palantir [11d]
• The backlash against AI in schools is starting [11d]
• I paid $1,000 for a professional organizer to fix my home. Here's what actually changed. [11d]
• We couldn't afford elder care for my mom. A little-known program changed everything. [11d]
• I thought college would be the happiest 4 years of my life. They've been the loneliest. [11d]
• I left the US to retire in Mexico at 50. My first year of mistakes and surprise expenses taught me what it really takes to live abroad. [11d]
• The Burberry scarf is so back [11d]
• Big Tech's layoffs have been a win for PitchBook, its HR chief says [11d]
• BCG trained an AI agent on the worst things its salespeople do [11d]
• I tried eating vegetables every day for a month — by the end, I didn't want to stop [11d]
• I've worked at Costco for 20 years. Here are 8 items that caught my eye this month. [11d]
• My kids didn't become independent overnight. It took me years of not hovering. [11d]
• Inside 14 of the most unique bookstores around the world, from boats to bank vaults [11d]
• Anthropic expands its partnership with PwC as it pushes to get Claude into the hands of corporate America [11d]
• This couple (literally) married AI and filmmaking. Read the pitch deck they used to raise $6 million for their startup. [11d]
• A strength training expert, who runs the 'hardest workout in NYC,' shares 3 habits to build muscle without working out on weekends [11d]
• I tried on sundresses from Old Navy. Of the 8 I tested, only 3 would earn a spot in my closet. [11d]
• I'm self-employed, so I rarely take time off. I've found 5 ways to work while traveling with my kids — without ruining our trip. [11d]
• America's productivity boom may have an unlikely hero: working from home [11d]
• Inside a mom's legal battle to turn her $55,000 student-loan balance to $0 [11d]
• US Army Ranger School soldiers are fixing bayonets as they train for brutal future fights [11d]
• Bryan Johnson's list of 41 things he's learned, spending millions' on longevity [11d]
• A YouTuber who saved enough cash to quit his job explains the 'Camp FIRE' path to financial freedom [11d]
• What bank execs are saying AI is doing to their workforces, from 'human assembly lines' to redeployment plans [11d]
• I went $141,000 into debt after becoming a stay-at-home mom. These side hustles are helping me pay it off before I turn 30. [11d]
• BI Debate: Should I make a digital clone of myself using AI? Or is that a terrible idea? [11d]
• I wanted an adventure after college, so I traveled abroad. Now I feel pressure to match my family's success. [11d]
• Delta's CEO says he asked AI to write his commencement address, but he threw it out because it lacked 'soul' [11d]
• LinkedIn wants to host thousands of events a year as part of its bet on creators [11d]
• Uber has been taking direct — and indirect — shots at its partner, Waymo [11d]
• I tested Claude Design and Canva AI. One had to be coached, the other anticipated my every need. [11d]
• Tech's hottest job: Documentary filmmaker [11d]
• I'm an early participant in a UBI program that helps workers displaced by AI, and the support is life-changing [11d]
• Moscow is banning almost everyone from posting on social media about damage from Ukraine's drone strikes [11d]
• OpenAI and Anthropic are trying to out-freebie each other [11d]
• Russia's unusual daytime drone attack on Ukraine turned into unrelenting overnight missile fire. We felt it from inside a Kyiv bomb shelter. [11d]
• We left Texas for a year in Spain. After 3 countries and 3 school systems, we found where we belong. [11d]
• The defense in Andrew Left's fraud trial is hammering down on a simple question: Can people disagree about stocks? [11d]