The Brutalist Report

Fortune

Meta’s Muse AI is exploding in popularity—and already drawing heated backlash from another tech giant [31d]
‘We believe in college’: inside Andreessen Horowitz’s $42m unaccredited academy that will charge Harvard prices without degrees [31d]
Mortgage rates are nearing 7%, delivering another blow to a housing market already losing buyers and facing stalled sales [31d]
Beijing and Washington talk about an AI hotline. But who will answer the call? [31d]
Trump admin says it will save $2.2 billion by kicking off 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims [31d]
After 40 investors rejected Jeff Bezos’ Amazon pitch, his parents offered $245,573 of their retirement savings [31d]
‘I have a big decision to make’: Trump had a ‘good meeting’ with Iranian officials warning he may ‘annihilate the Islamic Republic’ [31d]
What AI slowdown? OpenAI, Anthropic release dueling models as price wars heat up [31d]
The backwards AI pacing debate and how far business is from the frontier [31d]
The real AI threat isn’t China, it’s accelerationism [31d]
The 10-year Treasury yield just hit 5% for the first time since 2007 — is a 1970s-style ‘stagflation’ on the return? [31d]
If AI is going to destroy humanity, Scott Bessent says hyperscalers, not government, must take the fall: ‘We cannot absolve you of responsibility’ [32d]
Walmart’s new pricing patents spark fears of surveillance: ‘Are they going to charge you a different price if they know who you are?’ [32d]
The SaaS debt trap [32d]
Two major Puerto Rico newspapers are going digital-only as the industry sheds 270,000 jobs in 20 years [32d]
‘The kids just aren’t drinking as much’: California’s wine country is drowning in unwanted grapes [32d]
Wealthy students are 13x more likely to ace the SAT. The test turns 100 this year [32d]
Binance invests $100 million in one-time rival Circle and expands its USDC partnership [32d]
AI chatbots are quietly becoming spiritual advisers for millions, data shows [32d]
A dean of libraries explains how AI gives you 4 types of answers — and only one of them is ‘factual’ [32d]
Barclays staffers are demanding more money to return to the office—they want compensation for the $410 weekly cost of childcare and commuting [32d]
Zohran Mamdani marks the 100th anniversary of the San Gennaro Feast by leaving Little Italy off a map of New York City’s immigrant hoods [32d]
From the Boston Tea Party to the Flock camera backlash, 250 years of Americans saying no [32d]
How Kevin Warsh’s rate hike exposed a 2-speed U.S. economy, with AI and housing at the poles [32d]
Microsoft and Coinbase probe leads to arrest of crooks behind ‘EvilTokens’, a DIY phishing network powered by AI [32d]
Alibaba says it built the ‘most powerful AI chip in China’ as the country races to catch up with the U.S. [32d]
China tightens controls on fentanyl-making chemicals shipped to the U.S. just days before Trump and Xi meet at the White House [32d]
A Republican senator is calling on an investigation into Donald Trump Jr. after a Russian oligarch helped pay for his lavish wedding [32d]
Gates Foundation and MTN launch AI maternal health platform to reach 500,000 women by 2030 in Nigeria, which accounts for about 30% of maternal deaths [32d]
From $2 billion to $112 billion in annual profit: How Apple transformed its business [32d]
The 4-day workweek died at some point in the 2020s, and now it’s spread out over 6 days [32d]
Exclusive: KPMG reorgs AI division to create new incubator — with a new executive role reporting directly to the CEO [32d]
Gen Z is actually richer than any generation before them — but they have the curse of Great Expectations [32d]
OpenAI punted. Anthropic stalled. The hottest imminent IPO fits on your finger [32d]
Current price of oil as of September 22, 2026 [32d]
Bulls and doomers are both right, says Ray Dalio—AI will be ‘miraculous’ for productivity but fuel a ‘devastating’ bubble and wealth inequality [32d]
Suddenly, polls show the Democrats in sight of taking the Senate in the midterms [32d]
The AI race should be less about supremacy and more about sustainability [32d]
Americans are turning to AI to survive a brutal housing market—37% would let it buy their next home with ‘minimal human involvement’ [32d]
‘Skills nobody can take’: Meet a 20-year-old with a 4.5 GPA who skipped college for technical school to land an ‘AI-proof’ career [32d]
Meet the wealth manager who built a $38 billion firm and gave $100 million to the MBA program that launched him [32d]
Steve Jobs made Apple iconic. Tim Cook made it a $5 trillion behemoth [32d]
Apple’s first 50 years: Charts show how the iPhone maker became a $4.85 trillion giant [32d]
The U.S. is backing a $14 billion cable to keep Southeast Asia’s internet out of China’s reach [32d]
Mamdani confronts Trump with ‘all the members of the press’, hours after CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue over White House ban [32d]