The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Apple COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month [40d]
• US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers [40d]
• GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales [40d]
• SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation [40d]
• Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B [40d]
• Activision took down Call of Duty game after PC players hacked, says source [40d]
• Gmail’s new ‘Manage subscriptions’ tool will help declutter your inbox [40d]
• OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text [40d]
• In a blow to Google Cloud, Replit partners with Microsoft [40d]
• Teenagers can now hail a Waymo robotaxi in Phoenix [40d]
• ByteDance reportedly plans to release US-specific version of CapCut [40d]
• Bookshop.org mocks Jeff Bezos wedding invite in anti-Prime Day promo [40d]
• Thank you to the visionaries: Celebrating the partners behind TechCrunch All Stage [40d]
• The tech behind Rivian’s 2026 Quad Motor truck and SUV — and that kick turn [40d]
• Wayve CEO Alex Kendall brings the future of autonomous AI to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [40d]
• The complete Side Events lineup at TechCrunch All Stage 2025 [40d]
• Mastodon’s latest update readies the app for Quote Posts, revamps design [40d]
• Exploring the future of voice AI with Mati Staniszewski at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [40d]
• Moonvalley’s ‘ethical’ AI video model for filmmakers is now publicly available [40d]
• Marks & Spencer chair refuses to say if retailer paid hackers after ransomware attack [40d]
• Jeff Chow of Miro shares how team intelligence drives better product-building at TechCrunch All Stage [40d]
• 7 days until doors open at TechCrunch All Stage — and up to $475 in ticket savings vanish [40d]
• Nothing Phone (3) review [40d]
• UAE proptech Huspy raises $59M to scale in Europe [41d]
• OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes [41d]