The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Is there a case for performative empathy? [1d]
• Google just made an $80 billion AI bet—and Wall Street isn’t loving it [1d]
• American Airlines route suspensions: AA is cutting these 6 flights amid skyrocketing fuel prices [1d]
• Trump’s $1.8 billion settlement fund is on shaky ground as GOP senators deliver swift backlash [1d]
• Why you’re seeing dueling logos for America’s 250th birthday [1d]
• The AI boom is colliding with America’s aging power grid [1d]
• 6 key ways Trump is using the presidency to benefit himself, his familly, and allies [1d]
• Sleep scientists just calculated how much shut-eye you really need as you age—and it’s not 8 hours [1d]
• ‘Shadow AI’ is real. Vanta wants to help manage it [1d]
• MRVL: Why is AI chipmaker Marvell’s stock price surging today? It comes down to 4 words from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang [1d]
• The Walmart blueprint: CEO John Furner’s first interview in the top job [2d]
• 5 hidden drivers behind career happiness. Or how to make 90,000 hours of your life worth it [2d]
• Many employees don’t trust their managers, and this is what managers need to do to fix it. [2d]
• Herman Miller is rebuilding the Aeron chair from the inside out [2d]
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes a lot of predictions. Here’s how they’ve fared so far [2d]
• Anthropic’s IPO march began with a Claude Code breakthrough [2d]
• What if it’s us who can learn something from Gen Z about work? [2d]
• A guide to navigating uncertainty head-on [2d]
• AI has an unexpected side effect: It could make high-paying jobs less hostile to women [2d]
• Why smart leaders lose it during meetings [2d]
• Max Headroom is the godfather of AI influencers [2d]
• 120,000 people applied for this very NSFW “hottest vacancy in AI right now” [2d]
• Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins: “A bad decision that is reversed is better than a delayed decision” [2d]
• ‘The smartest thing a celebrity has done’: Dua Lipa turns her jetsetter meme into a Google Maps collab [2d]
• Is the stock market in an AI bubble? A recent warning sign suggests yes [2d]
• Use AI to augment design, not replace it [2d]
• Here’s how to restore your long-dead Duolingo streak [2d]
• Anthropic stock listing date nears as Claude AI maker gears up for one of the year’s most anticipated IPOs [2d]
• AI’s reality check has finally arrived [2d]