The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip-smuggling rumors swirl [6d]
• You can now share live video with emergency services on Android [6d]
• CEO of South Korean retail giant Coupang resigns after massive data breach [6d]
• Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’ [6d]
• Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms [6d]
• OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility [6d]
• Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI [6d]
• YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026 [6d]
• Reddit is testing verification badges [6d]
• Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages [6d]
• Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct’s self-published e-books [6d]
• ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US [6d]
• Amazon now offers same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 2,300 US cities [6d]
• Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools [6d]
• Oboe raises $16 million from a16z for its AI-powered course-generation platform [6d]
• Unacademy’s founder says startup is now worth less than $500M, confirms M&A talks [6d]
• Figma launches new AI-powered object removal and image extension [6d]
• AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day [6d]
• Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers’ personal information [6d]
• Google launches sub-$5 AI Plus plan in India to compete with ChatGPT Go [6d]