The Brutalist Report
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- CoreWeave founders have sold $2.3B in stock since the company's lockup period expired in August after a March 2025 IPO, reducing their combined holdings by ~25% (Ella Feldman/Bloomberg) [1h]
- ServiceNow says attackers exploited a flaw, patched on June 5, that let unauthenticated users query data from customer instances, but gives few other details (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) [1h]
- Sources: SpaceX aims to launch orbital AI computing tests by late 2027 and has requested permission from regulators to launch up to 1M data-center satellites (Akash Sriram/Reuters) [1h]
- Super Micro Computer aims to raise $7B in a series of equity and equity-linked financing transactions to fund its component purchases to satisfy AI orders (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters) [2h]
- Analysis: Trump and his sons profited $2.3B+ from four crypto ventures including $TRUMP since January 2025, while other investors in those projects lost ~$2.3B (Reuters) [3h]
- Docs: ~34K Instagram accounts, including Obama's White House account, were affected in the attack tied to Meta's AI chatbot; 3,500+ usernames were changed (New York Times) [3h]
- Anthropic says Fable 5 has invisible safeguards that use prompt modification, steering vectors, or PEFT to limit its effectiveness for frontier LLM development (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder) [4h]
- Hands-on with Claude Fable 5: impressive results with complex projects, including a data analysis tool built in just 9.5 hours and an interactive isochrone map (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing) [4h]
- Kalshi plans to require users seeking to make bets in some markets linked to material nonpublic information to submit an online form disclosing where they work (Wall Street Journal) [4h]
- Apple says 79% of all iPhones and 86% of iPhones released in the last four years were running iOS 26 as of June 7, vs. 82% and 88% for iOS 18 before WWDC 2025 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) [4h]
- Sources: Canadian payments company Nuvei is in advanced talks to acquire cross-border payments company Payoneer Global for about $2.7B (Milana Vinn/Reuters) [5h]
- A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations (Jason Koebler/404 Media) [6h]
- Anthropic says internal and external red team tests of Fable 5 found no universal jailbreaks; it will keep user traffic for 30 days, aligning with Trump's AI EO (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop) [6h]
- Anthropic says Fable 5 uses conservative safety classifiers that trigger a fallback to Claude Opus 4.8 in ~5% of sessions, in areas like cybersecurity (Anthropic) [7h]
- Anthropic says Fable 5 is available on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans through June 22, after which using Fable 5 will require usage credits (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) [7h]
- Anthropic prices both Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 at $10 per 1M input and $50 per 1M output tokens, less than half the price of Claude Mythos Preview (David Gewirtz/ZDNET) [7h]
- Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5, a "safe" Mythos-class model it says can't be used for cyberattacks, to the public, and Claude Mythos 5 to trusted orgs (Wired) [7h]
- Apple updates its guidelines to say it may remove apps in saturated categories from the App Store if they're not "updated, improved, or attracting customers" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [7h]
- SF voters reject the Overpaid CEO Act, a union-backed ballot measure to raise taxes on any large business where the CEO earns 100x more than the median employee (Bloomberg) [8h]
- If Apple's Siri AI works as it was shown in the WWDC demos, Apple is set to take the lead in consumer AI, with iPhone becoming the first true AI device (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass) [8h]
- EU regulators order Meta to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp while they continue to probe if Meta abused its market power by blocking competitors (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) [9h]
- Google releases Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, which it says can deliver "near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages" (The Keyword) [9h]
- Meta plans to expand the use of off-platform data, such as e-commerce purchases, from serving ads to personalize content feeds and AI responses (Emma Roth/The Verge) [9h]
- Sources: India froze Starlink approvals to begin commercial operations due to concerns over the use of its terminals in Iran despite not being licensed there (Bloomberg) [9h]
- China starts operations of the world's first wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast, and says it uses 20% less power than land-based facilities (Amy Hawkins/The Guardian) [10h]
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- EOFY 2026 phone deals in Australia: score up to 45% off flagships, budget phones and everything in between [41m]
- 'More than any other country in the world' - Ukraine wants to be the biggest drone and robot producer worldwide, outstripping China, Russia, and the US combined —Kyiv claims it could build more than 30 million units annually within years [59m]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, June 10 (game #829) [1h]
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, June 10 (game #1598) [1h]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, June 10 (game #1095) [1h]
- 'AI tools could lead to nothing less than the death of astrophysics': Researchers predict bleak future for thousands who study black holes, galaxies, and supernovae [2h]
- Americans are increasingly opposing data centers — here is every US state fighting back against new buildings [2h]
- Quote of the day by Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI is "more profound than electricity or fire" — a reminder of its role as a critical resource in the modern world [2h]
- Millions at risk: 1 in 3 users are still stuck on Wi-Fi routers using almost 20-year-old tech — here's why it matters [3h]
- 6 brilliant gadgets ever grill master needs — clever kit to help you up your BBQ game this summer [3h]
- How to watch Argentina vs Iceland: FREE streams, TV channels for World Cup 2026 warm-up [3h]
- Huawei just dropped a major AI chip surprise — but Nvidia should really be paying attention to the other big news from its rival [4h]
- A single character could be enough to let hackers crack your Linux kernel [5h]
- I spent a month with the ModRetro M64 — and I think there’s no better way to play your classic Nintendo 64 games [5h]
- Spatial Reframing in iOS 27 might finally turn me into a photo pro — here’s how it works, and why it could be your iPhone’s secret storage weapon [5h]
- Should I use a VPN to watch the World Cup? [5h]
- Apple Maps has a huge iOS 27 upgrade on the way for Flyover that will help you ‘see cities around the world like never before’ — and users think it’s down to Gaussian Splatting, the next big 3D photography craze [6h]
- North Korean hackers are at it again — phishing scheme targets hundreds of workers to try and steal crypto and more [6h]
- Best World Cup 2026 eSIM deals — Stay connected from the opening game to the final whistle [7h]
- Amazon wants to end dodgy knockoffs with its own AI-generated custom merch printing [7h]
- Secretlab's already perfected the gaming chair — and now it's going for the home office market with its new Atlas model [7h]
- I've spent over 35 hours sitting in Secretlab's new Atlas task chair and there's a lot I like about it — but I'm still not sure it will dethrone my Herman Miller [7h]
- Bowers & Wilkins just blew me away with its new 801 D5 speakers — here’s what I made of the model after attending a demo at at High End Vienna [7h]
- Why I wouldn't buy a super-cheap huge-screen TV for the World Cup as someone who watches 60 games per year — the 'dirty screen effect' is brutal for watching football [7h]
- Hold out for a little longer FromSoft fans — The Duskbloods will get a closed network test this summer, but a release date for the full game has yet to be announced [7h]
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- Marc Lore’s robots make 500 burrito bowls an hour. A human can make 45 [36m]
- Sam Bankman-Fried formally files for pardon—but White House reiterates that FTX cofounder’s odds are slim [2h]
- Wall Street dumped nearly $1 trillion in tech stocks by midday—then clawed it back and bought peanut butter and paint [2h]
- Texas ICE facility spent $11.5 million on guards, medical services, transportation and meals weeks before the camp even held detainees, GAO finds [3h]
- AI isn’t replacing Hyatt’s salespeople—it’s freeing up a full day of work every week, according to the CEO [3h]
- America’s grid is reeling. General Motors offers itself as a distributed utility in disguise [3h]
- Tesla cofounder: ‘We should be really worried’ about the U.S. grid as China speeds ahead in the power race [3h]
- Trump’s 80th birthday present is a UFC cage on the South Lawn of the White House [4h]
- Trump’s $100,000 visa fee is dead in one court and alive in another, setting up Supreme Court brawl [4h]
- FIFA says ‘market rates’ explain World Cup prices. Economists say the market was rigged by design [4h]
- The AI industry spent years chasing bigger models. Now it’s chasing efficiency [5h]
- China’s exports to the US are surging at a pre-Liberation Day pace, defying Trump’s tariff goals [5h]
- ‘Not an Allbirds Moment’: Xbox’s new CEO says she is grounding the console in gaming roots, not AI [5h]
- BP’s new CEO Meg O’Neill rips up the energy giant’s playbook—and the ‘green’ era with it [5h]
- Should Americans get an equity stake in AI? Trump and progressive Democrats float public ownership of AI [6h]
- Mystery NASDAQ selloff adds tension into a make-or-break week for the AI trade [6h]
- ‘Getting control where we can’—Europe wants sovereign AI but most of the chips are from the U.S. [6h]
- A $200 million Boomer estate, millennial heir Nick Reiner, and the dark side of the Great Wealth Transfer [7h]
- Anthropic releases its first Mythos-class model to the public [7h]
- ‘We are rapidly running out of time’ Watchdog sounds Social Security alarm after 22% cut confirmed for 2032 [8h]
- Crisis, what crisis? Social Security chief says ‘people boo at Yankee Stadium, even when they’re winning’ [8h]
- Grimes says AI can make music, but humans must still tell the story [8h]
- Opening offices in 120 countries is ‘not a badge of honor’—pick 30 instead says iconic former tech CEO [8h]
- The $166 billion tariff refund question: Who actually gets paid back? [8h]
- ‘I’m not focused on names at all’: Rumors of Trump Station replacing Penn Station in New York batted aside [8h]
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- The Mortal Shell 2 open beta was downloaded 250,000 times over the weekend [1h]
- Legendary JRPG studio's 23-year shun of the PC has ended: the next Vanillaware game will come to Steam [1h]
- Donald Duck has five fingers in official art for Kingdom Hearts Collection, and that is definitely not right [2h]
- 'The curse of MIXED is broken:' Suda51 & Swery65's Hotel Barcelona claws its way to 'Mostly Positive' on Steam after Hail Mary patch and scrubbing AI assets [3h]
- Everything we know about Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the Remake trilogy's last act [4h]
- Destiny 2 goes out as God intended: Amidst absurd streamer drama featuring four content creators, an esports org, a boutique PC maker, an ex-NFL star, and $180,000 [4h]
- Destiny 2's final update crushes the Steam concurrents peak hit by last year's Edge of Fate expansion [4h]
- Path of Exile 2 player willingly deletes level 100 character to become world first martyr, buffing everyone in the game: 'That was the coolest thing I've seen in a videogame in a very long time' [4h]
- One day before launch, extraction shooter Sand gets delayed again—oh, and it's an early access game now, too [5h]
- Nobody can tell if Overwatch's 52nd hero is supposed to be a robot or a human, but we won't have to wait long to find out [6h]
- The Elder Scrolls Online is now Steam Deck Verified after 2 years of tweaking [6h]
- Secretlab's new Atlas chair is cheaper, slimmer than the Titan Evo and I've been sitting comfortably in it for the past couple days [7h]
- I was roasted by a physician for sitting weird but they gave me some great tips for healthier gaming [7h]
- Secretlab's CEO is getting tough on copycat chairs and doesn't feel pressure to adopt AI: 'If we were owned by outside investors, you can bet that AI will be somehow jammed down our throats' [7h]
- Surely FromSoftware has something brewing besides that Switch 2 exclusive, right? [7h]
- Best Amazon Prime Day keyboard, mouse and controller deals - get your hands on these discounted peripherals [7h]
- 'The thing that gives me hope is there is an enormous amount of capacity being built' - AMD's head of Ryzen and Radeon is pinning hopes of an end to the memory crisis on a supply ramp into 2028 [8h]
- 2026 is shaping up to be one of the worst years ever for new graphics cards as Nvidia's RTX 50 Super Series refresh rumoured to be pushed out to 2027 [8h]
- Kingdom Hearts 4 shows first signs of life after 4 years of radio silence [8h]
- KTC M27T6S review [8h]
- Koorui 34E6UC review [8h]
- Tech leaker claims that the RTX 50 Super refresh is still on, despite the RAMpocalypse, and it'll be joined by a 12 GB RTX 5060 [9h]
- Halo Campaign Evolved: Everything we know about Master Chief's glow-up [9h]
- We got our eyes and noses on a new PC case with a magnetic essential oils diffuser to make your gaming den smell less like a gaming den [10h]
- Father's Day is fast approaching, so I've picked out 12 awesome gift ideas for gaming dads without a single pair of socks to be found [10h]
- Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr., and Other Rocket Barons Set to Profit From the SpaceX IPO [18m]
- Prada Has a Madcap Global Art Symposium, and It’s Called Prada Mode [2h]
- Ayo Edebiri, Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola, and More Pose for Illustrated Portraits at Chanel’s Tribeca Artists Dinner [4h]
- Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Her Shaman Husband Are Headed to Reality TV [4h]
- Spencer Pratt’s Mayoral Campaign Proves It Takes More Than Mastering the Algorithm to Get Elected [5h]
- Mary H.K. Choi Has a New Novel, and the Best Advice for How Men Should Dress [7h]
- The Night Marilyn Monroe Invited Photographer Douglas Kirkland Over For an Iconic Shoot [7h]
- The Princess of Wales Wears Lapis Lazuli Necklace During Visit to Cancer Center [8h]
- Sydney Sweeney Talks 'Euphoria' Ending, the OnlyFans Controversy, and Navigating Fame [9h]
- Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway Faces a Litany of Sorrows, Including a Lung Transplant [10h]
- Richard Nixon Instagram: Watergate President Gets Social Media Makeover [11h]
- Persimmon Acquires Mystery Film ‘Death on the Brandywine,’ Starring Kate Burton – Film News in Brief [2h]
- ‘Late Late Show’ Host Craig Ferguson Is ‘Glad’ He Ended His Show Before Trump Became President [3h]
- ‘Hacks’: Jean Smart’s ‘Queen of Hearts’ Party Dress Was Made From Real Playing Cards That Were Hand-Stitched On [3h]
- ‘Summer House’ Season 10 Reunion Parts 1 & 2 Draw Largest Audience in Show’s History [3h]
- ‘Toy Story 5’ Goes All In on Merch: From Lego and Funko to Away Luggage and Pandora Jewelry [3h]
- ‘Adults’ Season 2 Sets Release Date, Guest Stars Include Jake Shane and Gaten Matarazzo [3h]
- Sun Valley 2026: David Ellison, Bari Weiss, Disney’s Josh D’Amaro, Jeff Bezos and More Make the List (EXCLUSIVE) [3h]
- Music Industry Moves:͏ Interpol Signs With Partisan Records; Universal Music Publishing Unveils New Logo [4h]
- William Hasley, Screenwriter Who Co-Wrote Book With Caitlyn Jenner, Dies on Hollywood Hiking Trail [4h]
- Jack White Quietly Reveals New Album, ‘Frozen Charlotte,’ Via Webstore Presale [4h]
- Vans Releases Special-Edition Knicks Slip-Ons for NBA Finals [5h]
- Paramount CEO Ellison Tells Lesley Stahl ’60 Minutes’ Will Have Editorial Independence [5h]
- DoorDash May Become the Entertainment Industry’s Most Reliable Late-Night Resource [5h]
- ‘The Last Day’ Review: Alicia Vikander Is Another Modern-Day Mrs. Dalloway in Rachel Rose’s Skilled, Subtle Mood Piece [6h]
- L.A. Dodgers Star Shohei Ohtani Is Building Bridges for Brands and Fans [6h]
- ‘Brunello: The Gracious Visionary’ Trailer: Giuseppe Tornatore’s Documentary Shows the Rise of the King of Cashmere [6h]
- Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Announces West End and Broadway Closing Dates [6h]
- Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ Part 4 Sets October Release Date (TV News Roundup) [7h]
- Natalie Portman, Justine Triet and Jacques Audiard Defend Boycotted Israeli Director Nadav Lapid: ‘We are Witnessing the Proliferation of Tactics of Intimidation’ [7h]
- Argentina’s Sebastián De Caro Sets Spin-Off of Joe Begos’ Horror Pic ‘Jimmy and Stiggs,’ Released by Eli Roth’s The Horror Section (EXCLUSIVE) [7h]
- What Did This Year’s Biggest Stars Do Before the Tonys? Sip Whisky at This VIP Speakeasy [7h]
- Teyana Taylor Named Icon of the Year for the 2026 BET Awards [7h]
- LISTEN: ‘GTA 6,’ Xbox Exclusives, Paramount Revs Game Studio and More From Summer Game Fest [7h]
- Anthony Guidera, ‘The Godfather Part III’ and ‘Species’ Actor, Dies at 65 [7h]
- ‘The Paper’ Star Domhnall Gleeson on Becoming a Folk Hero for Journalists — and the ‘Sad Aspect to It’ [8h]
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