The Brutalist Report - techcrunch
- 1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehouses [5d]
- The market has ‘switched’ and founders have the power now, VCs say [5d]
- Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS [5d]
- Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement [5d]
- Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie [5d]
- OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo [5d]
- Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs [5d]
- Rivian’s AI assistant is coming to its EVs in early 2026 [5d]
- Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis [5d]
- Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model [5d]
- Ford and SK On are ending their US battery joint venture [5d]
- Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters [5d]
- On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry [5d]
- TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year [5d]
- Security flaws in Freedom Chat app exposed users’ phone numbers and PINs [5d]
- Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its AI-powered browser Neon [5d]
- Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories [5d]
- Interest in Spoor’s bird-monitoring AI software is soaring [5d]
- Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers [5d]
- Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage [5d]
- Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap [6d]
- Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital [6d]
- Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech [6d]
- State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs [6d]
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