The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Customers go ‘Back to Starbucks’ as company posts first U.S. growth in 2 years [27d]
• From unemployed to self-employed: Why the switch is more common than ever [27d]
• Why ‘nihilist penguin’ is the mood of the moment [27d]
• Popeyes franchisee closes 17 restaurants in bankruptcy. See the full list of doomed locations [27d]
• Trump signs an order to boost reconstruction in L.A., but Gov. Newsom says it misses the mark [27d]
• Chip firm ASML to slash 1,700 jobs and posts record profit for 2025 thanks to AI boom [27d]
• March 28 ‘No Kings’ protests will shift focus as outrage escalates over Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis [27d]
• Uber’s founder wants to disrupt your apartment [27d]
• Got an AI skill? Now you can prove it on LinkedIn [27d]
• Smokey Bones and Johnny Rockets restaurant closures: See list of doomed locations after FAT Brands bankruptcy [27d]
• Two federal agents fired shots during fatal encounter with nurse Alex Pretti, DHS analysis reveals [27d]
• Amazon layoffs today: Tech giant slashes more jobs ‘in a world that’s changing faster than ever’ [27d]
• ‘Don’t worry, I’ve got you’: 3 artists channel the outrage of Minneapolis [28d]
• 9 startups from Palantir alumni you need to know [28d]
• Oxford’s giant new lab building has a secret hidden in its facade [28d]
• This is what happens when failure leads to a promotion [28d]
• What if hope is a strategy? [28d]
• TikTok is tracking you now. Here’s how to protect yourself [28d]
• Why Yann LeCun left Meta, and what it means for AI’s next frontier [28d]
• EVs just outsold gas cars in Europe for the first time [28d]
• How K-12 schools are left on their own to develop AI policies [28d]
• The rise of weather influencers [28d]
• If work leaves you no time for life, try this calendar trick [28d]
• Why agentic AI belongs on every CEO’s 2026 roadmap [28d]