The Brutalist Report

Fortune

Dollar General CEO says consumers making $100,000 a year don’t feel like high-income shoppers anymore as high gas prices and inflation reshape habits [33d]
Canada and France in talks to deepen ties and ‘live our lives as we choose’ while Macron also seeks oil and gas as Iran war disrupts supplies [33d]
Iran’s economy faces another blockade: Red tape and gridlock are clogging up land routes that bypass the U.S. Navy’s Hormuz stranglehold [33d]
U.S. economy hits pivotal milestone: Spending on data centers and other information-processing hardware now exceeds housing investment [33d]
AI agents are agreeing and acting: machines are now smarter than humans. Their principals merely agree [34d]
U.S.-China gastrodiplomacy: Despite political tension, fast food chains from both countries gain popularity in each other’s territory [34d]
The economy has undergone a structural transformation that ended the low-cost era. ‘The regime change in inflation and interest rates is the outcome’ [34d]
Trump says he will convert his planned arch to a ‘top grade military complex’ that can host drones, snipers and ammunition [34d]
On issue after issue, Trump has given Xi Jinping a pass — even on reports China is helping Iran. ‘I think he’s behaved reasonably well’ [34d]
As high fuel costs force people to choose between filling up or buying groceries, Trump says ‘it’s a very inexpensive price to pay’ for the Iran war [34d]
A hotter world, tighter budgets: the World Wildlife Fund on Climate Week’s 2026 test [34d]
Billionaire Melinda French Gates once revealed she refused to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup—despite being worth over $34 billion [34d]
Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI [34d]
Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away faster [34d]
Dating apps are trying to cure swiping fatigue with pickleball, trivia nights, and fewer chats [34d]
Hilton received 12,000 Gen Z applications for just 72 internship spots—its CHRO says AI has made the hospitality gigs more competitive [34d]
The Axios founders on how AI ruined your inbox, why the ’90s really were different and how to succeed through ‘Simplify’ [34d]
My first law firm billed clients $600 per hour for me to use my Harvard degree on data entry. Thank God AI is changing the industry [34d]
Meet a 71-year-old who retired as a radiologist and professor, and now runs a banana-skewer business: ‘I never want to retire. Why would you do that?’ [34d]
The bank account says no while the Europe group chat says YOLO. Gen Z is cutting spending—but not on little treats and last-minute trips [34d]
Even in the era of NIL, college sports are stacked against student athletes—now lack of transparency is holding them back from a ‘fair market’ [34d]
Elon Musk’s DOGE swiped $329 million in humanitarian funding from Nepal, leaving a Gen Z tech revolution to transform the budding country’s economy [34d]