The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Bitcoin is trading more like an ‘amplified version of gold’ again, but the four-year cycle theory threatens further declines [7d]
• Denmark and four EU countries agree on migrant ‘return hubs’ outside the bloc, aim to start by 2027 [7d]
• ‘Feeding the beast’: Meta faces allegations of using its ‘perv glasses’ to train AI in new lawsuit [7d]
• DOJ expands beef price probe to eight retailers, including Walmart and Amazon, with inflation a key issue ahead of midterm elections [7d]
• Argentina’s Milei threatens sanctions on Falklands oil developers while citing Trumps openness to rethink the U.S.’ stance [7d]
• Top sovereign wealth fund may dump $80 billion in Treasury bonds — and load up on other types of U.S. debt with more risk [7d]
• Josh Kushner says Thrive would have stayed away from FIFA’s $4.2 billion World Cup deal if it had known what was coming [7d]
• Cyclospora outbreaks expose a U.S. food safety system that’s been crumbling for decades—and Musk’s DOGE cuts are ‘only going to make that worse’ [7d]
• Gloria Steinem went from living in a trailer to building a $10 million fortune—she told college grads to avoid chasing paychecks: ‘Money is boring’ [7d]
• ‘There is no active shooting’: Vance rejects the word ‘war’ for Iran conflict as fighting continues ahead of midterms [7d]
• Cockroach milk and underwear studies win Ig Nobels at first ceremony held outside U.S. [7d]
• ‘Much better than feared outcome’: Volkswagen shares jump 6% after revealing plan to reduce workforce by 50,000—and phasing out four factories [7d]
• ‘A Storm of Cybercabs’: Musk launches steering-wheel-free taxis even as 70% of Americans say they’re uncomfortable with driverless cars [7d]
• Diesel’s record $5.85 per gallon price threatens higher grocery bills, with refrigerated foods among the first to feel the squeeze [7d]
• Civil rights groups call to halt South Africa’s data center boom over water and power use [7d]
• Who runs the labor market? Women accounted for 98% of U.S. job gains in August [7d]
• Current price of oil as of September 4, 2026 [7d]
• Nvidia’s $13 billion Hugging Face bet reveals Jensen Huang’s vision for the next AI battleground [7d]