The Brutalist Report

Business Insider

• Gavin Newsom proposes a California digital software tax [21d]
• OpenAI is making it easier to keep tabs on your AI coding project — without a cracked-open laptop [21d]
• Cary Elwes says working on 'Being Charlie' with Rob Reiner was 'bittersweet' [21d]
• Paramount+ is exploring adding podcasts, following Netflix's lead [21d]
• I build homes for billionaires. Here are 5 features my ultrawealthy clients request — and what I tell them not to do. [21d]
• Audemars Piguet and Swatch's new pocket watch collab has fans camping outside stores for days [21d]
• Anthropic exec's message to parents of college grads: Know you're not alone, and the jobs market won't be uncertain forever [21d]
• I'm an influencer stuck in hantavirus quarantine. I have complicated feelings about my sudden fame. [21d]
• A 222-day Wordle streak had taken over my life. Losing it was painful — and completely liberating. [21d]
• Delta won't use Starlink. Elon Musk is not happy. [21d]
• Alex Karp is gobsmacked that Germany's military is snubbing Palantir [22d]
• The backlash against AI in schools is starting [22d]
• I paid $1,000 for a professional organizer to fix my home. Here's what actually changed. [22d]
• We couldn't afford elder care for my mom. A little-known program changed everything. [22d]
• I thought college would be the happiest 4 years of my life. They've been the loneliest. [22d]
• 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. [22d]
• The Burberry scarf is so back [22d]
• Big Tech's layoffs have been a win for PitchBook, its HR chief says [22d]
• BCG trained an AI agent on the worst things its salespeople do [22d]
• I tried eating vegetables every day for a month — by the end, I didn't want to stop [22d]
• I've worked at Costco for 20 years. Here are 8 items that caught my eye this month. [22d]
• My kids didn't become independent overnight. It took me years of not hovering. [22d]
• Inside 14 of the most unique bookstores around the world, from boats to bank vaults [22d]
• Anthropic expands its partnership with PwC as it pushes to get Claude into the hands of corporate America [22d]
• This couple (literally) married AI and filmmaking. Read the pitch deck they used to raise $6 million for their startup. [22d]