The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Brach’s turned candy corn into a perfume, and it’s exactly as wild as it sounds [30d]
• This UN week, Bill Gates is touting a new coalition that aims to make AI more inclusive [30d]
• TGI Fridays store closures: See an updated list of doomed locations as footprint continues to shrink [30d]
• Reinventing the customer experience with AI [30d]
• Fall Equinox 2026: What it means and when it happens [30d]
• Jeff Bezos repeated these 2 words for 30 years. They built Amazon [30d]
• Patagonia will give you $100 to get your friends to vote [30d]
• Caraway’s $495 coffee maker is designed to keep plastic out of your morning cup of joe [30d]
• Hundreds of flights were canceled throughout the Northeast. This key air traffic control center is the culprit [30d]
• How regenerative agriculture builds more resilient food systems [30d]
• Why a food and drinks giant is betting big on crop science [30d]
• Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger: Investors react after last major hurdle clears [30d]
• Nor’easter update: Will a powerful September storm pummel the Northeast? [30d]
• Winamp is back and wants a piece of Spotify’s business [30d]
• Levi’s, Marks & Spencer launch a collaborative effort to get fashion suppliers on renewable energy [30d]
• Where the enterprise AI advantage comes from [30d]
• How I learned to build a thriving culture, not a surviving one [30d]
• AI needs its own accident investigators [30d]
• The workplace has an optimism crisis. Here’s why that matters—and what to do about it [30d]
• 20 Google Docs tips even longtime users may not know [30d]
• This futuristic Nike speed suit has an opening for a ponytail [30d]
• Stitched amid conflict, this Palestinian luxury sneaker is now available in the U.S. [30d]
• The word Steve Jobs wouldn’t let us say—and how it built Apple’s most loyal customers [30d]
• The last starchitect: Ma Yansong’s ostentatious, otherworldly case for the architectural showstopper [30d]
• The future of design is on printed paper [30d]
• Understand a job before you eliminate it—a guide to redesigning work in the age of AI [30d]
• The internet is arguing about Gen Zers bringing this to job interviews [31d]
• Can cloud seeding fight drought? Startup Rainmaker just raised $100 million to find out [31d]
• 54 major housing markets with falling home prices [31d]
• Trump’s new ‘AI Force’ comes at a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence [31d]
• Fed official says inflation fight will likely be ‘painful’ [31d]
• Ed Sheeran breaks his silence after Macklemore controversy throws tour into chaos [31d]
• The Trump admin is so toxic, brands now have crisis responses for being used in propaganda [31d]
• TV networks suspend White House pool coverage in solidarity with news outlets banned by Trump [31d]
• Google fined $462 million after regulators uncover problems with a familiar feature [31d]
• 3 mistakes to avoid when you have a 1:1 with a direct report [31d]
• Using AI isn’t the advantage. Rethinking work is [31d]