The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Tens of millions of Americans care for loved ones up to 6 hours a day while working a job—and don’t get any extra money for it [2d]
• Prince Andrew was just arrested over Epstein-related ‘misconduct.’ Here’s how low his net worth is—and how he’ll pay his legal fees [3d]
• Trump’s trade deficit was third highest on record even despite his tariffs upending the global economy, Commerce Dept. says [3d]
• Matthew McConaughey sounds the alarm for artists in fight against AI misuse: ‘Own yourself…so no one can steal you’ [3d]
• Widely mocked Visa sponsorship of Red Bull renewed as chief insists ‘names become affectionate’ once people find a kind of connection [3d]
• Entry-level tech and finance workers in Ireland are losing their jobs thanks to AI. Could that be a warning sign for the U.S.? [3d]
• The mortgage rate just hit its lowest level in over 3 years—and it’s still over 6% [3d]
• You’re not imagining that Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup tasting different. Just ask the inventor’s grandson [3d]
• Former Prince Andrew was arrested. Bill Gates backed away from a speech. For these power players, the Epstein walls are closing in [3d]
• Amazon’s humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble [3d]
• AI is running out of power. Space won’t be an escape hatch for decades [3d]
• Royal Caribbean’s CEO is using AI to predict how many hamburgers you’ll eat—and to compete with Orlando, Vegas and Taylor Swift [3d]
• Sam Altman and Dario Amodei refused to hold hands at an AI summit weeks after OpenAI and Anthropic clashed in a tense Super Bowl ad war [3d]
• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reveals his formula for running the perfect meetings to weed out those ‘who pretend to have done the reading’ [3d]
• ‘I had to take 60 meetings’: Jeff Bezos says ‘the hardest thing I’ve ever done’ was raising the first million dollars of seed capital for Amazon [3d]
• ‘I’m deeply uncomfortable’: Anthropic CEO warns that a cadre of AI leaders, including himself, should not be in charge of the technology’s future [3d]
• JPMorgan analysis finds Trump’s tariffs are working on China—at a huge cost to small American business [3d]
• America faces a ‘debt crisis’ a lot like the 1980s when a ‘private pact’ brokered by Ronald Reagan did the trick [3d]
• Welcome to the ‘annoyance economy’: Americans are paying over $165 billion a year as companies waste their time to drive revenue [3d]
• Russia’s violation of NATO airspace surged 200% in 2025, a warning of what may be coming [3d]
• Sam Altman says the quiet part out loud, confirming some companies are ‘AI washing’ by blaming unrelated layoffs on the technology [3d]
• Bill Gates is shrinking his $132 million Xanadu compound amid sudden public withdrawal and Epstein revelations [3d]
• Warren Buffett becomes the latest billionaire media investor—his company just invested $352 million in The New York Times [3d]
• Instead of replacing workers with AI, Walmart is dishing out training for over 1.6 million U.S. employees [3d]
• Sam Altman says not even the CEO’s job is safe from AI as it will soon perform the work better than ‘certainly me’ [3d]
• MacKenzie Scott’s historic $20 million donation to a community college is now mired in controversy amid ongoing investigation [3d]
• American Express and Visa alumni raise $4 million for Rhythmic, which partners with brands to provide financial products for their customers [3d]
• Trump’s tariffs are a ‘dirty tax’ that will make the $38.6 trillion national debt crisis even worse over the long term, top analyst says [3d]
• From mom-and-pops to Goldman Sachs, Jesse Jackson’s vision for American business sparked a revolution [3d]
• Exclusive: Google report warns that only 5% of workers are AI fluent—and they’re likely losing raises and promotions as a result [3d]
• The billion-dollar justification: why AI giants need you to fear for your job [3d]
• A headache is already emerging for Kevin Warsh at the Fed: some members aren’t just resisting a rate cut, they’re open to a hike [3d]
• The next 3 years will define capitalism for a generation losing faith in talent and hard work. Are CEOs up for the challenge? [3d]
• Japan’s first female prime minister wants to be Trump’s close ally on rare earths [3d]
• Hawaiians cry fowl, grow murderous over scourge of feral chickens [3d]
• More CFOs are getting the top job—but can they keep it? [3d]
• American small business bills tripled due to Trump’s tariffs in 2025, JPMorgan finds [3d]
• Walmart reveals that more wealthy Americans shopped there during the holidays than usual [3d]
• Bill Gates’ foundation says sudden withdrawal was ‘to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit’s key priorities’ [3d]
• I’m partnering with Elliott to make sure Norwegian Cruise Lines’ best days are ahead [3d]
• Former prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct [3d]
• Exclusive: Badge raises $17 million to chase the next era of digital wallets [3d]
• Fed confirms it obeyed White House request for an unusual ‘rate check,’ weakening the dollar against foreign currencies [3d]
• Fed governor lays out 3 AI scenarios, including one with a giant population of ‘unemployable’ workers [3d]
• It’s no time to go quiet on sustainability. Just ask beauty giant L’Oréal [3d]
• Trump might label them “green scams”, but firms are quietly getting on with multi-million-dollar sustainability projects. Just ask beauty giant L’Oréal [3d]
• This Fortune 500 CEO says ‘lean manufacturing’—the management philosophy Toyota made famous—is a prerequisite for leveraging AI [3d]
• Despite a $400 million net worth and Hollywood career, Reese Witherspoon tells young people to stop chasing their dreams—and do this instead [3d]
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai says AI spending still makes sense despite bubble fears [3d]
• Bill Gates pulls out of India’s AI summit at the last minute in the latest blow to an event dogged by organizational chaos [3d]
• Elon Musk is pushing to build data centers in space. But they won’t solve AI’s power problems anytime soon [3d]
• Who is OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger? The millennial developer caught the attention of Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg [3d]