The Brutalist Report

Quartz

• Merck's new 2-drug HIV pill wins FDA approval as alternative to 3-drug regimens [22d]
• Robinhood's retail venture fund bought $75 million of OpenAI stock [22d]
• Brady picks up Honeywell's barcode scanner unit for $1.4B [22d]
• GE Vernova’s John Intile discusses developing next generation of engineers [22d]
• GE Vernova exec Kristin Carvell unveils firm's ‘Engineers of Change’ initiative [22d]
• The 5 best steam mops of 2026, according to Consumer Reports [22d]
• GE Vernova exec Roger Martella on success in developing tomorrow’s technologies [22d]
• Tesla's profits rose 17% in Q1. Its growth story didn't keep pace [22d]
• The Retirement Smith owner Jeff Smith provides financial literacy checklist [22d]
• Market expert Clayton Triick talks Fed’s path forward amid latest activity [22d]
• American Airlines rules out a United merger, stock drops [22d]
• Mercedes gives the C-Class an all-electric option [22d]
• Iran seizes two ships in Strait of Hormuz as Trump extends ceasefire and blockade [22d]
• Nasdaq hits record high as Iran ceasefire extension and earnings boost stocks [22d]
• The 5 best car brands, according to Consumer Reports — and the 5 worst [22d]
• BMW is refreshing its 7 Series flagship sedan with Neue Klasse tech [22d]
• Trump administration is nearing a $500M rescue that could give U.S. 90% of Spirit Airlines [22d]
• Anheuser-Busch is doubling its U.S. manufacturing investment to $600 million [22d]
• Nvidia backed AI data company Vast Data in $1 billion round at $30 billion valuation [22d]
• LinkedIn is naming COO Daniel Shapero as its new CEO [22d]
• The best all-season tires for winter, according to Consumer Reports [22d]
• Consumer Reports names the 10 least reliable cars of 2026 [22d]
• Vermont tops Hawaii and New York as the greenest U.S. state of 2026 on low emissions [22d]
• Which jobs are most at risk from AI — and which ones aren't [22d]
• 6 housing markets poised to surge in 2026 — and 6 that could cool [22d]
• Palantir landed a $300 million USDA deal to modernize U.S. farm services [22d]
• Honeywell's quantum computing unit Quantinuum is filing for a U.S. IPO [22d]
• Merck is partnering with Google Cloud to deploy AI agents across its business [22d]
• SiriusXM is becoming the exclusive audio ad seller for YouTube in the U.S. [22d]
• Unauthorized users broke into Anthropic's restricted Mythos AI cybersecurity model [22d]
• Starbucks is investing $100 million in a Nashville office as it pushes Southeast expansion [22d]
• Rockefeller Foundation is committing $100 million to connect workers to jobs amid AI disruption [22d]
• SpaceX secured an option to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion [22d]
• Duffy is asking Congress for up to $10 billion more to add AI to air traffic control [22d]
• Robinhood's retail venture fund bought $75 million of OpenAI stock [22d]
• Boeing is losing less money as aircraft deliveries climb and its turnaround picks up speed [22d]
• OpenAI is committing up to $1.5 billion to a new private equity joint venture [22d]
• Google launches dedicated training and inference AI chips in challenge to Nvidia [22d]
• OpenAI is switching ChatGPT ads to pay-per-click pricing, challenging Google [22d]
• Consumer watchdog sues Meta for allegedly pocketing billions from scam ads on Facebook [22d]
• Harley-Davidson is recalling 17,000 Softail motorcycles over rear brake failure risk [22d]
• Ford is recalling more than 140,000 U.S. vehicles over damaged wiring [22d]
• Best Buy is replacing CEO Corie Barry with longtime insider Jason Bonfig [22d]
• AT&T posted stronger-than-expected wireless subscriber growth in Q1 as bundling paid off [22d]
• The 5 best cities in the world for public transit [22d]
• 8 of the best places in the world to travel solo [22d]
• Tuscan luxury hotel COMO Castello del Nero tops Michelin Guide's 2026 best retreats near Florence [22d]
• 5 ways to make money fast, according to Reader’s Digest [22d]
• Meet the AI boss [22d]
• These are the best phone plan providers, according to Consumer Reports [22d]