The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• How New York mayor Zohran Mamdani solved the city’s budget crisis [16d]
• Gantri just reinvented the wireless light. Now you can, too [16d]
• Small businesses should be a much bigger part of the ‘AI transformation’ conversation [16d]
• AI arms race or not, the U.S. and China need to talk about the tech [16d]
• Tech weary parents call for ‘Screens Down, Pencils Up’ but U.S. schools are pushing back [16d]
• Meta is using mouse-tracking software on employees. Now they’re pushing back. [16d]
• If an obscure 1980s paradox is any guide, AI may be about to hit a huge tipping point [16d]
• AI scraping has become its own media business [16d]
• Party City store closures started a war to win over its customers. Two very different retailers are on the front lines [16d]
• China’s Xi Jinping gives Trump a warning on Taiwan at Beijing summit [16d]
• The 2026 FIFA World Cup final will have this star-studded halftime show at MetLife Stadium [16d]
• Cisco layoffs today: Tech giant slashes thousands of jobs as CEO touts record revenue and urgent focus on AI [16d]
• Cerebras Systems IPO: Stock price will be closely watched today as AI chipmaker goes public on the Nasdaq [16d]
• Soccer superstar Messi is bigger than ever thanks Lowe’s 10-foot inflatable statue [16d]
• The day I stopped following the male idea of power [16d]
• The Internet Archive at 30: Can the web’s memory bank withstand the AI era? [16d]
• Welcome to the age of the underdog AI model [16d]
• Wendy’s restaurants abroad are about to break the biggest color rule of food branding [16d]
• The five quotients: what skills will matter most in the age of AI [16d]
• Leaders shouldn’t toss around the ‘AI’ buzzword in layoffs. Here’s why [16d]
• Tor Myhren speaks! Apple’s marketing man on a decade of shepherding the world’s most sterling brand (exclusive) [16d]
• Corporate insurers are starting to back away from AI risk [16d]
• One type of home is saving Americans tens of thousands of dollars right now [16d]
• Unitree’s new robot is like a giant Transformer come to life [16d]
• Why AI-obsessed companies should care about the aging workforce [16d]
• You’ve heard about the glass ceiling, but what about the sticky floor? For some working women, it’s an even worse problem [16d]
• The creative risk of letting AI do all the work [16d]
• Want to raise successful kids? Harvard research says it all comes down to 1 simple word [16d]