The Brutalist Report

Fortune

Markets brace for return to all-out war in Iran amid rising U.S. death toll, while former NATO commander warns Suez Canal could be next [4h]
Spain earns $51 million for World Cup win and runner-up Argentina gets $34 million as total payout for all 48 teams hits record-high $871 million [5h]
Box office debut for ‘The Odyssey’ tops ‘Oppenheimer’ and is Christopher Nolan’s best opening since ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in 2012 [6h]
Prediction markets Swell to 27% of sports bets during World Cup [6h]
U.S. military announces the death of another service member, blaming the ‘controlled detonation’ of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq [6h]
The U.K. is getting a new prime minister, but bond investors are really in charge and ‘hyper-reactive,’ Wall Street veteran says [7h]
The world is looking ahead toward a post-Iran oil market that offsets most Hormuz volumes in a few years as ships reject a U.S.-backed alternate route [9h]
The people sewing your clothes can’t see the stitches clearly — a $10 pair of glasses could unlock $27 billion in gains [12h]
Trump officials were trying to use a Biden rule to gut billions in grants — a judge just said no [12h]
Trump hails World Cup as huge win for America: ‘It turned out we were a soccer country, and I think it’s going to remain’ [12h]
The Democrats suddenly have a 39-year-old Senate warrior tearing into Trump and ‘Prince Don and Prince Eric’: Jon Ossoff [12h]
Ask her about why AIPAC spent $30 million on her Michigan Senate campaign and she’ll talk for 800 words about anything else [12h]
Tate brothers fled Romania — and rape allegations — on a private jet. Now they’re in a Miami jail cell [12h]
Korea’s AI-heavy market now sets the tone for global stocks [12h]
During the World Cup, FIFA’s Infantino flew nearly 60,000 miles on a private business jet—and that doesn’t include a roundtrip to Qatar for a funeral [12h]
Step by step, the U.S. and Iran are going back to all-out war, while Iranian missiles aimed at Jordan risk widening the conflict to Israel [13h]
MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce [14h]
A decade after the ‘Godfather of AI’ said radiologists were obsolete, their salaries are up to $571K and demand is growing fast [14h]
America’s math and reading scores tanked after schools ditched textbooks for screens—and AI could worsen the brain rot [14h]
Looking back at the World Cup: Fans drank Boston dry, got permanent tattoos, sold out famous BBQ joints, and drove up small business revenue [15h]
Ranch dressing is quietly doing America’s diplomacy for it [15h]
The World Cup used to be known for autocracies and dictatorships winning. It’s looking different these days [16h]
Beyond rockets and satellites, SpaceX is quietly building an AI compute business that may become key to its eye-popping valuation [16h]
Billionaires like Ken Griffin are moving to Miami—but middle-class earners can’t copy them and reap the same benefits, real estate experts say [17h]
A weak yen turned Tokyo into a steal. A strong shekel turned Tel Aviv into the world’s most expensive city to buy McDonald’s [17h]
Gen X built their whole identity on never needing help. Retirement is the one door they can’t unlock alone [18h]
Why Friday afternoon is the worst time to shop online — and marketers know the window when your guard is down [18h]
Ginsburg and Biden’s blind spot: when leaders don’t know when to leave [18h]
How the U.S. Constitution was designed with respect for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’ [18h]
Power companies are using eminent domain to seize land for data centers as 70% of Americans say not in my backyard [19h]
Agricultural economist explains why you’re paying 32% more for lettuce and 20% more for tomatoes — and why it will stay that way [19h]
‘Right to repair’ is coming to cars, but there’s still this big blind spot as consumers demand more autonomy [19h]
Strong economies, strongman leaders: how China (and America’s) AI boom could create a new class of kowtowing elites [20h]
Nvidia and Apple get a cut of every baby’s $1,000 Trump Account [20h]
Red Lobster’s 37-year-old CEO waited tables before joining the C-suite—he says it was a crash course in managing ‘difficult people and situations’ [20h]
How United’s ‘premiumization’ strategy got passengers to swallow higher airfares without a fight [20h]