The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Top Hollywood screenwriter warns TikTok’s new tool is at the gates: ‘I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us’ [6d]
• The ultrawealthy have 3 big secrets on reducing taxes including the way they die [6d]
• Amazon’s Ring decides maybe partnering with a police surveillance firm is a bad idea after wide revulsion at Super Bowl ad [6d]
• Americans’ new tariff coffee math means ditching the Starbucks, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ runs [6d]
• Wendy’s closes hundreds of restaurants after plunge in same-store sales worse than Wall Street expected [6d]
• Ancient stigma around Chinese food is vanishing rapidly in top restaurant scenes: ‘we are trying to break this bias’ [6d]
• ‘Wuthering Heights’ climbs to number 1 debut as women drive $34.8 million haul [6d]
• Obama clarifies he saw no contact with aliens days after saying ‘they’re real, but I haven’t seen them’ [6d]
• Brian Moynihan isn’t so worried about an AI jobs bloodbath, pointing to a 1960s theory that computers would end all management roles [6d]
• AI is transforming science – more researchers need access to these powerful tools for discovery [6d]
• The skies for American Airlines are clearer than you think [6d]
• Victoria’s Secret CEO says new customers are embracing the escape provided by the glamorous brand: ‘We were living in a beige world for awhile’ [6d]
• Lowe’s CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs ‘nobody else wanted’ [6d]
• As baby boomers are forced to ‘unretire’ because they’ve not saved enough, 6-year-olds in Germany will soon have retirement accounts [6d]
• Trillion-dollar AI market wipeout happened because investors banked that ‘almost every tech company would come out a winner’ [6d]
• Mel Robbins says feeling stuck ‘doesn’t mean you’re broken’—it’s the biggest mindset mistake people over 40 make [6d]
• The ‘Sell America’ trade inflicted ‘lasting damage’ on the U.S. dollar, ING says [6d]
• Blackstone mogul warned of ‘urgent need’ for AI preparedness—Now he’s turning his $48 billion fortune into a top philanthropic foundation [6d]
• Cisco CEO says all people who are wildly successful in tech share 3 traits [6d]
• Rampant AI demand for memory is fueling a growing chip crisis [7d]
• OpenAI hires OpenClaw AI agent developer Peter Steinberg [7d]
• Warner Bros. weighs reopening sale negotiations with Paramount [7d]
• FBI says DNA recovered from glove found near Guthrie home appears to match glove worn by suspect [7d]
• Democrats and the Trump administration dig in over DHS oversight, offering no signs of a deal to end the partial government shutdown [7d]