The Brutalist Report

Fortune

Several musicians said they were misled about the ‘Great American State Fair’ and dropped out. So Trump is stepping in as the main act [5d]
Oil bosses warn prices will soar in a matter of weeks as inventories near unprecedented lows — ‘I mean really, really low levels’ [5d]
SoftBank plans up to €75 billion investment in French AI centers [5d]
After a judge ordered Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center, president says it will ‘soon be closed, probably never to open again’ [5d]
U.S. military fires missile into engine room of blockade runner after it ignored more than 20 warnings while trying to enter an Iranian port [5d]
After Blue Origin rocket explosion, NASA’s entire moon exploration program depends on SpaceX for now as Musk eyes blockbuster IPO soon [5d]
Snowflake CEO says monster quarter shows why software firms need new pricing models to thrive in AI age [5d]
Damn the torpedoes — More ships are quietly slipping through the Strait of Hormuz as helicopters scare off Iran’s fast-attack boats [5d]
Warren Buffett’s son Peter didn’t know his dad was a billionaire until his 20s—he found out from a rich list [5d]
‘Don’t be yourself’ in the workplace, actually, Columbia professor says. Here’s why authenticity is ‘overrated’ [5d]
Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’ [5d]
Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns U.S. tech workers: Competing with China’s grueling 12-hour workdays means sacrificing work-life balance [5d]
AI is splitting the music world. This 49-year-old guitarist used it to keep playing after Parkinson’s [5d]
Americans hurt in Kuwait as Trump sends mixed signals on war [5d]
U.S. says deals with Iran for safe Hormuz transit are prohibited [5d]
Trump’s ICE surge cost 668,000 jobs, Brookings report says [5d]
Russian spies are more aggressively trying to steal Western technology as sanctions add to mounting problems for Putin’s wartime economy [5d]
As part of her Citi turnaround, Jane Fraser cut management layers from 13 to 8. But the ‘great flattening’ doesn’t always work as intended [5d]
I worked with Steve Jobs at Apple, where every OS update killed startups. AI founders are about to face the same thing [5d]
The U.S. power grid isn’t one big machine — it’s three. That’s a problem for blackout season [5d]
Taylor Swift just exposed a blind spot in AI law — and it’s bigger than copyright [5d]
High gas prices are just the start — inflation is seeping into the rest of the economy [5d]
AI is already helping people plan mass shootings. The law is barely paying attention [5d]
Two popes, two industrial revolutions — and one warning for Big AI [5d]
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress: ‘AI is no longer a nice-to-have’ [5d]
The AI economy could crash on mounting chip costs — and those token costs won’t help [5d]
Delta has trained its passengers to pay premium prices. Here’s how it plans to get even more from them [5d]
TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett is trying to fix America’s broken retirement system [5d]
Gen Z is rejecting $200 dates and choosing ‘solo-maxxing’—and dating apps are taking a hit [5d]
Arianna Huffington warns Gen Z that no one with an ‘interesting job’ can simply shut their laptop at 5 p.m.—and if you can, you should change jobs [5d]
I helped design the system that brought down ISIS financing. I’ve got an AI governance idea the Pope and Anthropic would both like [5d]
When loyalty is rewarded: Top earners who stay in their jobs get much larger pay increases than those who switch [5d]
Surging Treasury yields expose a brutal truth: America has no margin for error on its $39 trillion debt [5d]