The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Musk’s SpaceX Starship launch suddenly aborted in what would have been it’s 13th flight [2d]
• Nearly 736,000 Pillsbury bread rolls recalled over possible glass contamination [2d]
• Cyclospora outbreak map: Don’t eat shredded lettuce at Taco Bell in these states, CDC warns [2d]
• AI is turning the Smithsonian into an illuminated fever dream [2d]
• Kalshi hands over Trump’s teleprompter operator to the feds. Here’s why [3d]
• After ceasefire collapse, U.S. expands attacks on Iranian infrastructure to gain control of the Strait of Hormuz [3d]
• Verizon layoffs today: More jobs slashed as wireless giant moves to sell retail stores to franchisees [3d]
• Netflix stock is getting battered again. Now it says it will share viewership metrics even less frequently [3d]
• Smoke from fires in Canada is traveling thousands of miles. Here’s how to protect yourself [3d]
• Trust is borrowed, not owned [3d]
• Designing for the edges improves the center [3d]
• Military personnel will be tested for low testosterone. Is that a good idea? [3d]
• Forget AI training data. This startup learned from slime mold [3d]
• SpaceX uses ‘chopsticks.’ China uses ‘nets.’ Here’s how these space superpowers design their rocket recovery systems [3d]
• The real winners and losers of the 2026 World Cup [3d]
• Siri is finally good, but AI assistants still have miles to go [3d]
• Loonen and the rise of consumer safety as status symbol [3d]
• 8 ways you definitely shouldn’t use AI [3d]
• What Canva’s cofounder really thinks about the SaaSpocalypse [3d]
• Don’t block the bots. Build the gate [3d]
• Getting started with vibe coding as a solopreneur [3d]
• The cruel ‘loyalty tax’ blindsiding workers who stayed at their jobs for years [3d]
• Becoming an athlete helped this blind baseball player amplify her creativity [3d]
• Mid-career and feeling stuck? Here’s how to reclaim your value [3d]
• The happiness mistake almost every entrepreneur makes [3d]
• What is a micro cap IPO, and why are they disappearing from the stock market? [3d]
• Truth Social is selling real-time access to posts that could move the markets [3d]
• Shared charging is the key to electric trucking’s success [3d]
• 21 leaders on making cross-functional collaboration work [3d]
• Jensen Huang says the more AI is used, the more ‘we have to hire’ [3d]
• Salads are giving people the ick. What does it mean for slop bowl chains? [3d]
• Trump administration revives ‘public charge’ rule that could deny green cards to immigrants [3d]
• S&P 500 companies with this AI strategy dramatically outperformed their peers: New data [3d]
• ‘Dirty Jobs’ host just revealed the lucrative salary Gen Z electricians make from AI data centers—the number is eye-popping [3d]
• A growing number of homeowners are avoiding foreclosure with one little-known option [3d]
• This Meta study shows AI chatbots could be spreading restrictions on free expression [3d]
• We let job candidates use AI. It made hiring better [3d]
• The Hinge founder’s new dating app lets AI be your matchmaker. There’s already a waitlist [3d]