The Brutalist Report

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• UK data watchdog to fine NHS vendor Advanced for security failures prior to LockBit ransomware attack [529d]
• Jumia plans to raise more than $100 million in secondary shares to drive stalled user growth [529d]
• Airbnb details plans to expand beyond short-term rentals, including co-hosting and relaunching ‘experiences’ [529d]
• Reddit to test AI-powered search result pages [529d]
• Rivian lost $1.46 billion in Q2 as it drives towards a VW-linked future [529d]
• Google Assistant lives to automate another day [529d]
• Amazon upgrades its AI image generator [529d]
• X is getting closer to launching its payment service [529d]
• Dawn Aerospace’s rocket-propelled aircraft takes flight [529d]
• Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9, Gemini, a new foldable and other things to expect from the event [529d]
• Waymo expands robotaxi coverage in Los Angeles and San Francisco [529d]
• Europe’s most valuable fintech, and which startups became unicorns this year [529d]
• Bluesky adds Techdirt founder Mike Masnick to its board [529d]
• Amazon Music’s new AI feature lets you browse podcast episodes by topic [529d]
• Apple Intelligence’s writing tools stumble on swears and controversial topics [529d]
• Flighty’s popular flight-tracking app can now predict delays using machine learning [529d]
• TechCrunch Minute: With Venu Sports, streaming gets serious about live sports [529d]
• Chromecast is dead. Meet Google TV Streamer [529d]
• X files antitrust suit against advertising groups over ‘systematic illegal boycott’ [529d]
• Cyberattack knocks Mobile Guardian MDM offline and wipes thousands of student devices [529d]
• Enhance your startup’s success with the ScaleUp Program at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [529d]
• Breaking up Google would offer a chance to remodel the web [529d]
• MuukTest is putting GenAI at the center of software QA testing [529d]
• After nine years, Google’s Nest Learning Thermostat gets an AI makeover [529d]
• Who cut the plant-based cheese? Plonts did with microbes, and it’s stinky [529d]
• Perceptive Space emerges from stealth with plans to improve space weather predictions [529d]
• Hyperspace is building custom instances to accelerate database searches [529d]
• AI-powered water heater could banish cold showers and carbon pollution [529d]
• Perspective Space emerges from stealth with plans to improve space weather predictions [529d]
• PayPal makes quick guest-checkout solution Fastlane available to U.S. businesses [529d]
• Amazon’s India chief resigns amid intensifying competition [529d]
• Uber highlights autonomous vehicle efforts now that Tesla’s in its rearview mirror [529d]
• German computer scientists raise $30 million to help companies make sense of their data [529d]
• Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations [529d]
• H3X scales up its electric aerospace ambitions with $20M in new funding [529d]
• GrubMarket has acquired Good Eggs [530d]
• UK’s Riverlane scores $75M to correct quantum errors [530d]
• India’s EtherealX puts $5M seed toward fully reusable launch vehicles [530d]
• OpenAI co-founder leaves for Anthropic [530d]