The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman [8d]
• SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund Skild AI at $14B, nearly tripling its value [8d]
• Investor letter reveals skyrocketing growth of Waymo’s robotaxi rides [8d]
• Department of Commerce approves Nvidia H200 chip exports to China [8d]
• Google’s AI try-on app Doppl adds a shoppable discovery feed [8d]
• Lucid Motors’ former chief engineer sues for wrongful termination and discrimination [8d]
• Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund [8d]
• Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction [8d]
• Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds [8d]
• Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features [8d]
• You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT [8d]
• TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’ [8d]
• Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, driver’s licenses, and more [8d]
• Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales [8d]
• ‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback [8d]
• Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid [8d]
• IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings [8d]
• Adobe launches content creation hub in Premiere mobile for YouTube Shorts creators [9d]
• Hinge’s new AI feature helps daters move beyond boring small talk [9d]
• OpenAI boasts enterprise win days after internal ‘code red’ on Google threat [9d]