The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• It’s PSL day—but Starbucks 2026 fall menu offers more than just Pumpkin Spice Lattes with these 6 new cozy drinks [10d]
• Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated songs from official charts [10d]
• How to invest money for long-term care [10d]
• Forget bamboo. This startup wants the next toilet paper to be made from rice straw [10d]
• Mark Cuban slams California’s plan to tax the rich: Why he’s calling the 5% billionaire wealth tax ‘insane’ [10d]
• How SCOTUS siding with Trump on mail voting could sow ‘chaos’ during the midterms [10d]
• Apple just unexpectedly released a new M6 Mac mini—and raised prices again [10d]
• Lego has launched 330 new products so far this year, including ‘something for everyone’. It’s paying off [11d]
• What’s up with all the tech titan manifestos? (See: Zuckerberg, Altman, Andreessen, et al) [11d]
• 4 people hospitalized as dual outbreak of E. Coli and Salmonella linked to sprouts spreads to 15 states: See map [11d]
• The U.S. and the EU regulate AI differently [11d]
• The AI adoption phase is over [11d]
• Can AI discover new biology? [11d]
• Sur La Table is adopting the Patagonia playbook with its new resale site [11d]
• The hidden ‘tax’ you pay when you lead too fast [11d]
• Warren Buffett says this 1 skill will multiply your success. In the AI age, it’s more valuable than ever [11d]
• Two Gen Z aerospace engineers will conduct the first menstrual flow studies in microgravity [11d]
• ‘So, what do you do?’ How to perfect your personal-brand elevator pitch [11d]
• Calendly gets a rippling, gloopy rebrand for the AI age [11d]
• Why Pizza Hut is dropping the ‘pizza’ [11d]
• The perfect foldable phone will never exist [11d]
• A massive clean energy IPO made enhanced geothermal the hot renewable. What has to happen next for it to succeed [11d]
• Job recruiters are failing Gen Z job seekers [11d]
• Poppi wants its next employees to come from social media [11d]
• Why ‘don’t come to me with problems—come to me with solutions’ is bad advice [11d]
• Target pulls Halloween costume that drew comparisons to blackface caricatures, apologizes [11d]
• Latin America’s parks are being overtaken by teens fighting fierce’aura farming’ battles [11d]
• The Flocklash is getting louder—and more creative [11d]
• 64 major housing markets where home prices are falling [11d]
• Crypto’s biggest rally since 2023: With bitcoin price at high, here’s what history, Ray Dalio, and Kalshi predict comes next [11d]
• Meta’s creepy smart glasses are part of a much bigger plan [11d]
• Your smartwatch could soon be obsolete [11d]
• Prediction markets let you bet on layoffs. Do the masses think your company is next? [11d]
• Why success at work doesn’t always feel good [11d]
• The new Zealand prime minister proposes a social media ban for children under 16 [11d]
• Iran’s rial drops to record low as U.S. readies more sanctions [11d]