The Brutalist Report

Fortune

Employees using AI are working faster, but the economy isn’t more efficient. A look at what happened in the pre-Internet era might explain why [8d]
A study finds escaping your income bracket no longer means building wealth. That disconnect may be what’s driving consumer pessimism to record highs [8d]
The U.K.’s top spy says the window to stay ahead of China and Russia is narrowing and cybersecurity needs to become ‘10 times more urgent’ [8d]
Sanofi is building its own AI ecosystem to give the French pharma giant an edge [8d]
Interest on the national debt is eating a record 19% of federal revenue — and watchdog warns it will get worse [8d]
Even if every California billionaire left tomorrow, it would take 25 years for the state to lose as much as it stands to gain from proposed wealth tax [8d]
‘PTO-maxxing’ is the summer hack turning 15 vacation days into 49 days off [8d]
The unlikely origin of a $2.5 billion hospitality unicorn: a bored teenager working the night shift at his family business [8d]
AI is changing the hospitality industry, and it’s changing how you stay in hotels [8d]
Ex-Disney star Hilary Duff warns saying yes too much actually hurt her career: ‘Just because something is a good paycheck, it doesn’t mean it’s right’ [8d]
Real estate billionaire launched his entire career after being called the ‘worst analyst’ and quitting his cushy job at Goldman Sachs [8d]
Shuttle buses, no food court, and a UFC cage out front — the Spelling Bee kids want their old venue back [8d]
The river that supplies 40 million Americans is down to 23% — and about to make a $25 million bet on one fish [8d]
Supreme Court lets Vermont’s Meta lawsuit proceed, opening door to 50-state legal wave [8d]
Donald Newhouse saw the internet coming in 2004. His newspapers still weren’t ready [8d]
NASA just awarded its first moon base contracts—and Jeff Bezos was on the list [8d]
Ferrari presents Pope with its first ever electric car, stock plunges 8% [8d]
S&P 500 sets all-time high, welcomes another company to $1 trillion market cap club [8d]
Current price of oil as of May 27, 2026 [8d]
Jamie Dimon said the American Dream was slipping away. JPMorgan just put $40 million on the table to fix it [8d]
Trump is building a 5,000-seat UFC cage outside the White House to celebrate the country’s 250th and his 80th birthday [8d]
Robinhood launches agentic trading, announces credit card for AI agents with 3% cash back [8d]
How Sam Altman fooled Sundar Pichai — and pushed Google into cannibalizing itself [8d]
The 2026 Fortune Most Powerful Women list is here—and 11 CFOs made the cut [8d]
Exclusive: Airwallex launches billing product as $8 billion fintech continues to compete with rival Stripe [8d]
I’ve been a CEO for 25 years. The AI hype and hysteria is getting old [8d]
The only jobs giving out pay raises right now are in construction, mining, and public administration, the New York Fed finds [8d]
Demis Hassabis on his rush to ‘solve all disease’ and Isomorphic’s new $2.1 billion [8d]
Five giant hyperscalers—and Nvidia—share a surprising trait: female CFOs [8d]
The LEGO Foundation donates $97 million to bring play-based learning to over 5 million children in conflict zones [8d]
Inside CEO Jane Fraser’s 5-year grind to restore Citi’s credibility [8d]
Sen. John Cornyn becomes latest Republican to lose his seat after public falling out with President Donald Trump [8d]
Tom Steyer’s $195 million political advertising spend breaks record as the most expensive campaign this year [8d]
Blue Origin is providing NASA with landers as the agency plans moon base [8d]
We don’t imprison humans preemptively based on the capability to commit crime. Why regulate AI that way? [8d]
This is no way to treat our Swiss friends [8d]
Citi’s 5-year comeback: How CEO Jane Fraser turned the bank’s chronic underperformance into decade-high revenue [8d]
Your company needs a Chief Trust Officer. Here’s three reasons why [8d]
This billionaire is capping his kids’ inheritance at 8 figures—like Bill Gates, he thinks generational wealth is bad for society [8d]