The Brutalist Report - tech
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- French prosecutors escalate an investigation into Elon Musk and X, focused on alleged algorithmic manipulation and sexual deepfakes, to a criminal probe (Lora Kolodny/CNBC) [2d]
- Block reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $6.1B, vs. $5.9B est., and raises its 2026 gross profit forecast above estimates; XYZ jumps 7%+ after hours (Isabelle Lee/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Lyft reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.65B, vs. $1.63B est., gross bookings up 19% to $4.95B, vs. $4.91B est., and rides up 8.5% to 236.9M, vs. 241.2M est. (Kelly Cloonan/Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- CoreWeave reports Q1 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.08B, vs. $1.97B est., a $99.4B revenue backlog, forecasts Q2 revenue below estimates; CRWV drops 8%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [3d]
- Nvidia and data center operator IREN announce a deal to deploy up to 5 GW of AI infrastructure; Nvidia can invest $2.1B into IREN; IREN jumps 9%+ after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) [3d]
- Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $639.8M, plans to cut 1,100+ jobs as it shifts to an "agentic AI-first operating model"; NET drops 13%+ after hours (Ignacio Gonzalez/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $2.68B, vs. $2.62B est., Nights and Seats Booked up 9% to 156.2M, vs. 155.77M est., lifts 2026 revenue growth guidance (Samantha Subin/CNBC) [3d]
- Coinbase reports Q1 revenue down 31% YoY to $1.41B, vs. $1.52B est., and a loss of $1.49 per share, vs. a $0.27 profit est.; COIN drops 4%+ after hours (CNBC) [3d]
- Goldman Sachs: Alphabet and Amazon generated "other income" totaling $53B in Q1, or ~60% of their Q1 income; $49B was due to equity stakes in private companies (Robin Wigglesworth/Financial Times) [3d]
- Sources: OpenAI and Broadcom discuss terms for Broadcom to finance initial custom chip production for ~$18B, conditioned on Microsoft buying ~40% of the chips (Anissa Gardizy/The Information) [3d]
- Anthropic researchers detail natural language autoencoders, which convert LLM activations, the numbers encoding a model's thoughts, into natural language text (Anthropic) [3d]
- Sources: Ramp told investors it is raising $750M co-led by Iconiq Capital and GIC at a valuation of $40B+ before the investment, up from $32B in November 2025 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- EU legislators reach a deal to postpone restrictions on high-risk AI until December 2027 and to exempt the use of AI in industrial applications from the AI Act (Pieter Haeck/Politico) [3d]
- While Anthropic will use the Colossus 1 data center, which has a really bad environmental record, xAI retains the larger Colossus 2 for its own AI training (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog) [3d]
- Sources: AirPods with cameras reached an advanced testing stage; the cameras will feed data to Siri to help answer questions, rather than take photos or video (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [3d]
- OpenAI launches three new real-time voice models for reasoning, translation, and transcription, included in its Realtime API (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) [3d]
- OpenAI launches Trusted Contact, an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that lets adult users assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) [3d]
- Elon Musk says SpaceX reserves "the right to reclaim the compute" from Anthropic if its "AI engages in actions that harm humanity" (Elon Musk/@elonmusk) [3d]
- Filing: OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky's wife assumed significant control of OnlyFans holding company Fenix in March following the death of Radvinsky (Bloomberg) [3d]
- AWS unveils Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments and partners with Coinbase and Stripe to enable AI agents to execute transactions using stablecoins (RT Watson/The Block) [3d]
- Meta challenges Ofcom in UK High Court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates levies based on global, not UK, revenue, in a case scheduled for October (Sam Tobin/Reuters) [3d]
- Nova Intelligence, which is building agentic AI for SAP ahead of a 2030 migration, raised a $31.5M Series A led by Chemistry, taking its total funding to $40M+ (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune) [3d]
- Tessera Labs, which uses AI agents to automate enterprise IT migrations and ERP transformations, raised a $60M Series A led by a16z at a $320M valuation (Anna Tong/Forbes) [3d]
- Interview with Rishi Chandra, Google's VP for health and home, about shutting Google Fit by year's end, the rebranded Google Health app, Health Coach, and more (Julian Chokkattu/Wired) [3d]
- Spotify launches Save to Spotify, a command-line tool that allows AI agents to upload generated audio summaries and personal podcasts to a user's account (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge) [3d]
- Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99 (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority) [3d]
- Google launches the $100 Fitbit Air, a Whoop-like screenless wearable, with Gemini-powered features like Google Health Coach, available May 26 (Cherlynn Low/Engadget) [3d]
- Cologne-based AI translation startup DeepL plans to cut ~25% of its workforce, or ~250 staff, saying adapting to AI "means fewer layers" and "faster decisions" (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking (Anna Heim/TechCrunch) [3d]
- Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Hong Kong-based Reap, which connects financial systems with digital assets, for $600M, and issues stock at a $20B valuation (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Kalshi raised $1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuation, its third round in seven months after raising $1B and $300M+, and hits $178B in annualized trading volume (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times) [3d]
- PlayStation's Hyperpop DualSense Controllers are vibrant, glossy, loud, and hard to ignore [2d]
- The yearly NBN price hike is imminent — here's how much more you can expect to pay [2d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Friday, May 8 (game #1565) [3d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, May 8 (game #1062) [3d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, May 8 (game #796) [3d]
- The RAM crisis isn't alone anymore, PC users — a new report suggests there is now a motherboard manufacturer crisis, and it seems it's only going to get worse [3d]
- 'We're now ready': Peter Thiel-backed company raises $1bn to send data centers out to sea to harness 'tens of terawatts of new capacity potential' in the power of the open ocean [3d]
- The Fitbit app is finally being rebranded as Google Health — here are 5 things you need to know about the big change and what it means for Fitbit users [3d]
- I didn’t know you could do this hack in Spotify lyrics until now, and I’m truly astonished — but it’s only available to Android users, leaving us iOS minions on the back-burner [3d]
- 'This is not facial recognition' — Meta wants to scan kids' height and bone structure to verify their age [3d]
- Razer partners with 'P2P for AI' network to deliver over 11,000 unique images at just $0.01 per generation during its April Fool's viral 3D AI companion campaign — no cloud subscription needed [3d]
- Your next Samsung Galaxy Watch could ‘dramatically reduce’ your chances of injury thanks to this one clever feature [3d]
- Amazon has a massive Fitbit sale ahead of its newest release —shop the best deals from $79.95 [3d]
- 'Like a microscopic Predator': Chinese scientists create tiny robotic vacuum to hunt radioactive pollution and clean the world's oceans [3d]
- What is the release date for Marshals: A Yellowstone Story episode 11 on CBS and Paramount+? [3d]
- I’m a password expert – and these are my top five tips for picking the right password manager [3d]
- 'You would be able to say to it: 'Make a better version of yourself.' And it just goes off and does that completely autonomously': Anthropic Co-Founder on our wild 'recursive' AI future [3d]
- A new report says inkjet-printed OLED could be 30% cheaper to produce than current methods, which I'm hoping is great news for laptops and monitors soon, and OLED TVs in the future — and it's on top of the other big advantages of IJP tech [3d]
- GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone [3d]
- ‘Our customers have been looking elsewhere for mobile’: BT relaunches BT Mobile for broadband customers, insisting it will ‘live alongside’ its existing EE network [3d]
- 'What started as someone potentially trying to remove the background from a selfie ended with a custom .NET stealer rifling through their browser passwords': Experts warn that free image editor tool could actually be dangerous malware [3d]
- BT lays out plans to become 'digital backbone' of the UK for consumers and businesses alike [3d]
- Your next TV could cost as little as £4.50 per month with these savings on Sky Glass [3d]
- How to watch Aston Villa vs Nottm Forest: Free streams for Europa League 2025/26 semi-final second leg [3d]
- VPN deal of the week: I've found a $30 VPN that's faster than NordVPN, Surfshark, and ExpressVPN, can unblock your favorite streaming services, and has the best built-in ad blocker of any VPN I've tested — here's how to get yourself protected [3d]
- Iranian hackers launch ransomware campaign looking to steal details via Microsoft Teams [3d]
- Apple TV drops a tense full-length trailer for Cape Fear — and it dials up the horror to a satisfying degree [3d]
- Star Fox 64 is getting yet another remake, this time for Nintendo Switch 2 [3d]
- The AI boom is now consuming more money than Apollo, the ISS, and the Manhattan Project combined — and it’s still accelerating in 2026 [3d]
- Canon is launching a new camera next week, and I predict it'll be a vlogging-style full-frame model [3d]
- Top universities among victims named in Canvas data breach - MIT, Oxford and more all hit [3d]
- Amazon is slashing prices on its top-rated running and walking shoes for summer — 40% off Nike, New Balance, Hoka, and more [3d]
- Google Fitbit Air preorders — where to buy the latest budget fitness tracker for free with a trade-in [3d]
- Coming up with a new password doesn't have to be hard – I'm a password expert, and these are my 5 top tips for crafting the perfect password [3d]
- 'A Lego brick that plays music': A great Scandi loudspeaker brand returns with 7 new products, including a shallower option designed for narrow bookshelves [3d]
- A pressure-washer is my #1 gadget for giving your deck and garden a summer makeover — and right now Amazon has huge discounts on top models from Kärcher [3d]
- Your video calls could be racking more airmiles than you think [3d]
- 'A waste of money' — Digital rights group slams Utah's new 'impossible by design' VPN restrictions under controversial age verification law [3d]
- RGG Studio's Stranger Than Heaven is seemingly the most original action-RPG I've seen yet: here are four ways it stands out from others [3d]
- Palo Alto warns of critical firewall flaw, tells users a patch is on the way [3d]
- Budget Windows 11 laptops vs MacBook Neo — Microsoft-commissioned report points out Neo weaknesses, as Apple's rumored to double production to 10 million [3d]
- The Google Fitbit Air finally breaks cover, and it heralds a new era of screenless fitness tracking to take on Whoop and Garmin [3d]
- Amazon’s limited-time 3D printer sale is huge — I picked 8 standout Elegoo, Anycubic, and Creality deals for everyone from beginners to business workhorses [3d]
- Building league-winning AI agents: Lessons from the football pitch [3d]
- Elle teaser trailer drops ahead of the Legally Blonde prequel series' launch — and Prime Video must think we have collective amnesia, because it completely shatters everything we love about the original Reese Witherspoon movie [3d]
- I've looked through hundreds of gaming laptop deals today — these 4 are the only ones that buck the RAM crisis [3d]
- Boards are funding AI transformations on a network they haven't looked at in a decade [3d]
- More than 70,000 US Army files were exposed ‘for over a year’ even after CISA warning – sensitive personnel info and base schematics stored in vulnerable Open Directory Listing [3d]
- OM System could be planning a monochrome OM-3 — the 'affordable' black-and-white-only camera is rumored to launch this year and could be a true Leica killer. Here's why that makes perfect sense [3d]
- ChatGPT’s latest viral trend turns your photos into terrible MS Paint doodles — and I can’t stop using it [3d]
- Civilization 7 is getting a mammoth update with all new mechanics, reworked victories, and the ability to play as a single civ throughout an entire game [3d]
- 'We’re not just adding new features, we’re introducing a new format': Adobe is changing how PDF and other files get shared [3d]
- Beef Prices Are Skyrocketing. These Are the Cheap Cuts Butchers Recommend [2d]
- To Avoid Getting Sick, Our Lab Data Shows You Need This Air Purifier Model [2d]
- Samsung's Galaxy Watches Could Alert Users Before They Faint [2d]
- Giro d'Italia 2026: How to Watch a UCI World Tour Cycling Livestream for Free [3d]
- Huawei's iPad Pro Rival Looks Amazing, but You Might Not Be Able to Get It [3d]
- NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Was Stuck in a Rock: Watch It Free Itself [3d]
- Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 8, #592 [3d]
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 8, #1784 [3d]
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 8, #1062 [3d]
- Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 8 #796 [3d]
- 8 Great Horror Movies to Watch on Prime Video Now [3d]
- 38 Best High School Graduation Gifts for 2026 [3d]
- 'Power Ballad' Hits the Right Notes With Humor, Heart and Nostalgia [3d]
- Half of US Adults Under 50 Get Health Advice From Influencers, Study Shows [3d]
- Samsung's 2026 Monitors Arrive This Month. Here's How to Score Exclusive Savings on Them at Launch [3d]
- Tech Companies Are Freaking Out About RAMageddon [3d]
- Are the $599 MacBook Neo's Days Numbered? [3d]
- Anthropic and Elon Musk Strike Unexpected Data Center Deal [3d]
- Europa League Soccer: Livestream Aston Villa vs. Nottingham Forest Today [3d]
- Crunchyroll Streaming Deal: Get a Fan Subscription for $2 Per Month for 3 Months [3d]
- The Fitbit Air's Minimal Design Is Hiding a Bigger Strategy [3d]
- Google's Biggest Health Announcements: New Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello 'Coach' [3d]
- RIP Fitbit App. Not Just a New Name, New Features Too [3d]
- Google Health Coach Wants to Provide the Most Personalized AI Wellness Experience Yet [3d]
- Pennsylvania Sues Character.AI, Alleging Chatbots Posed as Doctors [3d]
- Tribit Stormbox Micro 3 Review: Shockingly Impressive Bluetooth Speaker for the Money [3d]
- Make Your Work Day More Joyful and Less Stressful With These AI Tips [3d]
- You Can Now Stream 'Send Help' on Hulu. Here's What to Know About the Movie [3d]
- Yes, You Can Take Beautiful Photos of the Aurora With Your Phone [3d]
- Does Tech Actually Suck Now or Have I Just Become a Grumpy Old Man? [3d]
- What to Expect From Google I/O: Glasses, Glasses, Glasses video [3d]
- Coinbax wins $20,000 PitchFest prize at Consensus Miami for stablecoin compliance [3d]
- Privacy and accountability can coexist onchain, say panelists at Consensus Miami [3d]
- AI agents and large corporates will lead the next stablecoin boom, executives say [3d]
- Coinbase stock drops 4% after surprise 1Q miss as crypto trading slows [3d]
- CZ floats Binance.US revival to give U.S. users access to global crypto liquidity [3d]
- Tether executive warns the 2026 midterms could have 'seismic impact' on crypto industry [3d]
- Bitmine to slow down ether purchases as it nears accumulation goal, Tom Lee says [3d]
- 'DeFi is not dead,' it’s going mainstream with AI agents, crypto executives agree [3d]
- Donald Trump Jr. denies rumors World Liberty Financial is falling apart [3d]
- Amazon’s new AI wallet: AWS, Coinbase, and Stripe build payment rails for bots [3d]
- Bitcoin ending May above $76,000 would confirm new bull market, Tom Lee says [3d]
- The stablecoin queue: 20 banks and tech giants are waiting to issue tokens with Anchorage Digital [3d]
- The great derivatives disconnect: Why 'negative' funding is actually a bullish signal for Bitcoin [3d]
- Ripple-linked XRP slips 25% below $1.42 as traders watch breakout [3d]
- Crypto for Advisors: beneath the crypto surface [3d]
- The $700 million migration: Why Solv Protocol is ditching LayerZero for Chainlink [3d]
- Kalshi confirms $1 billion raise at $22 billion valuation amid prediction market boom [3d]
- Aave to overhaul collateral and listing standards after KelpDAO exploit [3d]
- Bitcoin tests Bollinger Bands breakout as creator flips bullish on BTC [3d]
- 'JaredfromSubway' bot front runs Vitalik Buterin's $4 token swap with $1 million in volume [3d]
- Consensus Miami Day 3: Real-time coverage and highlights from on the ground [3d]
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) drops 1.2%, leading index lower [3d]
- Bitwise enters tokenization in takeover of Superstate’s $267 million 'carry fund' [3d]
- Kraken to buy stablecoin payments firm Reap in $600 million deal: Bloomberg [3d]
- SoFi’s crypto relaunch brought in $121.6 million in Q1. Almost all of it went to costs [3d]
- Bitcoin treasury firms outline $3 trillion opportunity in BTC-backed digital credit at Consensus [3d]
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