The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Airbnb is adding AI, hotel bookings, and social features in its biggest app overhaul in years [15d]
• Fibermaxxing: Viral wellness trend has TikTok sharing tips on how to eat more fiber [15d]
• Wall Street expected to open with gains as oil prices fall [15d]
• Samsung is heading towards a strike that could impact global chip supplies and smartphones [15d]
• Figma’s new agentic design tool is like getting an ultra-fast coworker [15d]
• Target sales and stock price are on an upswing this year. Is the retail giant finally poised for a comeback? [15d]
• Credit scores are flawed. FICO has a new model that adds cashflow data. It might just offer the boost you need [15d]
• Eva Longoria announces a $1 million investment to prove the real value of Latina entrepreneurs [15d]
• ‘AI imagineer.’ ‘Design crafter.’ ‘Builder.’ Why design is suddenly full of Frankenjobs [15d]
• Areaware, the shuttered design brand, is getting a second chance [15d]
• LinkedIn declares war on AI slop [15d]
• YouTube may be building different political realities for men and women [15d]
• Why ’empowerment’ is a management lie [15d]
• Firefox wants to be the anti-Chrome browser for the AI era [15d]
• Canva’s new Gemini integration just made AI graphic design ubiquitous [15d]
• Chinese chains Luckin Coffee and Mixue are coming for U.S. customers, because U.S. companies taught them how [15d]
• 4 signs it’s time to change your boss [15d]
• How to fight the money stress ruins sleep and tanks productivity [15d]
• 85% of workers can’t connect AI training to their job [15d]
• Siemens had a wildly popular childcare center. Then it shut it down [15d]
• Expedia is preparing for a future beyond travel websites [16d]
• AI slop farms are churning out anti-AI data center memes on Facebook [16d]
• Exclusive: Amazon and Walmart workers are concerned that AI is making HR decisions [16d]
• Your boss’s AI may already be reading your Slack messages [16d]
• The students booing AI aren’t Luddites [16d]
• The Onion’s next move after buying InfoWars? A documentary called ‘Birth of a Nation,’ says CEO Ben Collins [16d]
• The country needs a resilient domestic battery supply chain [16d]
• TSA is quietly testing a new airport security system that could change how you get through checkpoints forever [16d]
• Google’s AI strategy is finally coming into focus [16d]
• Why some Harry Styles fans say they’re paying more for less [16d]
• Time to redefine healthcare “quality” [16d]
• U.S. stocks slide from records as bond market rattles under pressure [16d]
• Students keep booing AI at graduation speeches this year [16d]
• Barnes & Noble CEO: I have ‘no problem’ selling AI-generated books [16d]
• What will the court of public opinion think about Musk’s loss against OpenAI? [16d]
• Barnes & Noble CEO comment about AI-generated books has social media rethinking the brand’s good will [16d]
• Warby Parker and Google take on Meta with new AI smart glasses [16d]
• Inside Google’s quest to build AI products for creatives [16d]
• Google redesigns Gemini AI to break down the ‘giant wall of text’ [16d]
• The economic power of narrative storytelling [16d]
• The housing market quietly changed — and buyers who gave up may want to look again [16d]