The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Japanese firms’ buying spree of U.S. homebuilders continues: Daiwa House’s Stanley Martin to buy Holiday Builders [47d]
• Light’s new flip phone is stylish, dumb, and perfect for our screen-addled brains [47d]
• Jersey Mike’s IPO: Stock listing date and pricing near for popular sub sandwich chain as roadshow begins [47d]
• OpenAI’s ad strategy faces a major reality check [47d]
• White House sought phone records belonging to relatives of ‘Times’ journalists reporting on Trump’s Air Force One [47d]
• These cities just became America’s hottest buyer’s markets [47d]
• Trump’s 50% tariffs on Canada would include these goods previously protected by the USMCA trade pact [47d]
• What is ‘the gravity of average’ and why is it holding you back? [47d]
• Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit: Update as judge approves massive settlement and payout for authors [47d]
• Dollar Tree is closing stores, joins list of retailers adjusting their physical location footprint in 2026 [47d]
• This Texas startup wants to reinvent desalination with a spinning membrane [47d]
• Battery recycling solves mineral security [47d]
• The coming burnout from managing AI agents [47d]
• Want to live forever? There’s a house for that [47d]
• Trump’s proposed ban on Kimi and other Chinese AI models could strengthen Beijing’s hand [47d]
• Post-World Cup, can host cities turn their investments into long-term social impact? [47d]
• Trump wants to ‘max out’ Air Force One [47d]
• The next enterprise AI frontier is the optimizable company [47d]
• Japan has a word for how we treat working mothers [47d]
• Want to live longer? Research reveals the top cardiac risk factor (and it’s not smoking) [47d]
• How to convince your boss to let you take a sabbatical [47d]
• AI FOMO is a distraction from being a good leader [47d]
• I left Amazon to buy a printing company. It was the best career move I ever made [47d]
• The IPO hype machine is moving faster than the stocks [47d]
• Trump photobombing historical photos becomes a meme after an awkward moment at the World Cup Final [48d]
• Lyft CEO David Risher on the company’s road to profitability [48d]
• The US starter home market is finally changing—but only if you live in these states [48d]
• Judge halts Paramount and Warner merger for at least two weeks per states’ request [48d]
• What if hunger were treated like a vital sign? [48d]
• Will the Gulf Coast tropical depression turn into storm Bertha? Here’s the forecast from NOAA’s hurricane tracker [48d]
• Scientists say one everyday habit may be quietly shrinking your brain [48d]
• Somebody paid nearly $1 million for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s leather jacket. Is it the new Steve Jobs black turtleneck? [48d]
• Jimothy the raccoon merch is taking over Etsy and Amazon [48d]
• 68 major housing markets where home prices are falling [48d]