The Brutalist Report

Business Insider

• Business Insider Live gathers Bryan Johnson, Jason Blum, Carina Hong, Joanna Strober to talk leadership in the AI era [8d]
• Get ready for a wave of TBPN clones after its blockbuster OpenAI deal [8d]
• B-52 Stratofortress bombers enter the war with Iran [8d]
• The OpenAI/TBPN deal is a shocker that makes sense [8d]
• Here's what smart people are saying about OpenAI's head-turning TBPN acquisition [8d]
• I was a broke American living in New Zealand. A viral TikTok turned my taco stand into 3 restaurants. [8d]
• How AI could destroy — or save — humanity, according to former AI insiders [8d]
• Amazon tells sellers it's adding a 3.5% charge to offset rising fuel and logistics costs [8d]
• OpenAI just bought tech talk show TBPN: 'This is not an April Fools joke' [8d]
• A new weight-loss pill is here. Here's how Foundayo compares to Wegovy, Zepbound, and other GLP-1 rivals. [8d]
• Millions of student-loan accounts are being transferred to the Treasury. There's a new push to slam the brakes. [8d]
• Paramount just hired a former Google exec to help level up its tech [8d]
• CMO Insider: A destination for marketing leadership and innovation [8d]
• What Oracle offered in severance to laid-off US employees [8d]
• Jack Dorsey says he wants 6,000 Block employees reporting straight to him [8d]
• Former ATF agent says he regrets his last assignment. It changed how agencies approach undercover work. [8d]
• I've been a Costco executive member for 11 years. These are the 6 products I'll always buy there. [8d]
• Tech layoffs are at their worst since 2023, and AI is a big reason [8d]
• A record 50,000 unsold Teslas are sitting on the lot [8d]
• I'm a college admissions expert, and my students are struggling with basic literacy skills. Their college apps are suffering. [8d]
• I eat the same dietitian-approved dinner every week. It's high-protein, fiber-rich, and requires only 5 ingredients. [8d]
• Why Disney's parks business could boom this year despite the Iran war rocking the economy [8d]
• Making my own bread is my favorite way to save money on groceries. Here are my top 8 sourdough tips for beginners. [8d]
• Stylists share 8 items you should get rid of from your spring wardrobe [8d]
• How outlaw motorcycle gangs actually work, according to a former undercover ATF agent [8d]
• Legendary VC firm Sequoia just released the memo for its Apple bet in 1977 — and it shows how far the iPhone maker has come [8d]
• I moved to a beach town in my mid-20s. Instead of paradise, I found the loneliest time in my life. [8d]
• Starbucks staff will now get paid weekly — and some will get new bonuses [8d]
• The most iconic Italian restaurant in every state [8d]
• Tesla shares drop after EV sales fall short of expectations [8d]
• Sam Altman says he 'miscalibrated' the mood of distrust toward AI and the government in the Pentagon deal [8d]
• I started a business at 16 to make money. Now I'm building generational wealth. [8d]
• The best and worst looks Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos have worn in 2026 so far [8d]
• I took my first cruise and made 10 mistakes that spoiled my voyage [8d]
• OpenAI's CFO says the company is passing on opportunities because it does not have enough compute [8d]
• The CEO of Ryanair, Europe's biggest airline, warned that a quarter of its fuel supply is under threat [8d]
• Anthropic is learning that there are no take-backs on the internet [8d]
• Resale sharks are hijacking secondhand shopping [8d]
• College students say they are changing their majors because of AI [8d]
• Inside KPMG's push to turn tax experts into hands-on software builders [8d]
• Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings on how he kept his marriage steady while building a business [8d]
• California's top lawyer explains why he hasn't sued Kalshi like Nevada and Arizona [8d]
• When we got married, my husband and I fell into traditional roles. Now, we're teaching our kids how to be more equal with their future partners. [8d]
• A former Amazon VP explains the simplest way to get promoted [8d]
• Inside the data center financing boom — and the teams Wall Street is building to win it [8d]
• A year later, two charts show how Liberation Day inflation panic actually panned out [8d]
• Here's who's suing OpenAI, from Elon Musk to George R. R. Martin — and what it could cost Sam Altman [8d]
• Meta, Google, and Amazon slash H-1B petitions after Trump's visa crackdown [8d]
• After a Y Combinator rejection, this founder raised $15 million for his AI search startup. Read the pitch deck. [8d]
• I started a baking business after retiring from the government. Tariffs are affecting almost everything. [8d]
• How have you used tech to support your or your parents' aging and caregiving journeys? We want to hear from you. [8d]
• With Ukraine's Leopard 2s needed on the front lines, it's training tank crews with mixed-reality headsets used by NATO [8d]
• Pop Mart's stock is plummeting after it revealed that most of its sales come from Labubu [8d]
• Companies are tightening their belts on Americans' ability to tighten their belts [8d]
• OpenAI's COO says if you're bullish on AI, you can be bullish on legacy software too [8d]
• I finally sat in the Bezos-backed Slate truck. It's designed to be unfinished. [8d]
• Raising Cane's CEO says he doesn't care for this one menu item, but had to sell it anyway [8d]
• Gavin Rossdale says co-parenting with Gwen Stefani does not require doing things the same way [8d]
• The IEEPA tariff refund portal tops 26,000 registrations as CBP races to pay back $166 billion [8d]
• Inside the hype train for Trader Joe's TikTok-viral lavender tote bag [8d]
• Watch the Artemis II launch that sent astronauts back to the moon for the first time since 1972 [9d]
• Artemis II launched for its journey around the moon [9d]