The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• General Motors is laying off IT workers to hire people who specialize in AI [16d]
• 4 things you should do before purchasing a hybrid car in 2026 [16d]
• Anthropic courts mom-and-pop shops with Claude for Small Business [16d]
• Culture is infrastructure—and Stockholm is betting on it [16d]
• Yeti’s logomark is its best brand asset. It just got rid of it in a new ad [16d]
• Trump’s reality TV presidency rolls out a reality TV road trip at the worst possible moment [16d]
• Trump’s tax cuts are colliding with inflation as voters consider candidates for the midterms [16d]
• What new AI design tools mean for brand typography [16d]
• Soaring gas prices aren’t the only reason Americans are paying more for groceries [16d]
• Wendy’s long-suffering stock gets a boost after reports that billionaire Nelson Peltz wants to take it private [16d]
• Why Jensen Huang joined Trump’s high-stakes China summit at the last minute [16d]
• Can this Silicon Valley startup make autonomous fleets profitable? [16d]
• Duolingo’s CEO admits where he got AI wrong [16d]
• Walmart layoffs today: Tech-related jobs get cut as retail giant consolidates product and design operations [16d]
• Out of work? Don’t think twice about collecting unemployment benefits [16d]
• The Cannes Film Festival is happening right now. Here are the movies to watch for in 2026 [16d]
• Gen Alpha is already planning to be your boss [16d]
• Your fitness app is becoming an AI wellness overlord [16d]
• Victoria’s Secret tests a blueprint for the future of Pink with a cozy, glossy new store [16d]
• The environmental cost of putting data centers in space [16d]
• The global oil crisis is proving the case for sustainable aviation [16d]
• Ikea’s newest furniture makes Scandinavian design fun again [16d]
• Lyft CEO David Risher on his first job and what he learned from it [16d]
• The Demi Moore-AI debate is missing the point [16d]
• The app this Nebraska roofing company built to help its business has become a super tool for contractors nationwide [16d]
• This tiny Maine town used AI to make a new logo. Its residents had other ideas [16d]
• ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott: Silicon Valley is getting enterprise AI wrong [16d]
• The 3 career narratives keeping designers stuck (and how to break them) [16d]
• AI is changing who you should hire. Here’s how to get it right [17d]
• False arrests and wrongful convictions: Why AI gets policing wrong [17d]
• 9 calming hacks for anxious minds every high achiever needs [17d]
• 3 ways to appear smarter than you are [17d]
• How new BuzzFeed CEO Byron Allen turned the ‘worst thing that ever happened’ into success [17d]
• Crumbl’s founders just made a surprise announcement that could change the chain forever [17d]
• Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Connect 2026 playlist has the vibe of a cringy college party [17d]
• Threads finally gets a logo worthy of its ambitions [17d]
• The $5.5 trillion talent crisis starts in kindergarten [17d]
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to new grads: ‘Run, don’t walk’ toward AI [17d]
• Homebuilders in Sun Belt housing markets are working through a ‘spec overhang’ [17d]
• Japan’s biggest snack maker is changing its iconic chip bags because of a growing global crisis [17d]
• A study just found brain-eating amoeba in 2 popular U.S. national parks. Here’s what you need to know [17d]
• A condition affecting 1 in 8 women just got renamed after decades of confusion and misdiagnosis [17d]
• A growing list of snacks are being recalled over Salmonella fears: Toss these products sold at Target and elsewhere [17d]
• Inflation surges to 3.8% in April as the war in Iran spikes gas and food prices [17d]