The Brutalist Report

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• Phone calls on flights could soon be banned. Former flight attendants say it's about more than manners. [14d]
• Some investors are valuing Elon Musk's Neuralink at $42 billion [14d]
• 3 lawyers react to Trump's new limits on student visas [14d]
• If AI wins, 'made by humans' could be a very good business [14d]
• I'm a gastroenterologist. Here's how my family is eating during the cyclospora outbreak. [14d]
• Inside Paramount and WBD, employees are on edge as David Ellison's mega-merger hits resistance [14d]
• A 44-year-old mom felt out of breath while talking. It turns out she had stage 4 lung cancer, despite never smoking. [14d]
• China's 'open' AI is a terrible business, and nothing like open-source software [14d]
• Amazon taps Alexa executive as Leo satellite business’s first finance VP [14d]
• A startup building a map to help you make plans with friends has doubled its funding [14d]
• The US states with the worst and best school systems, ranked [14d]
• GM swallowed a $10.9 billion pill to reset its EV strategy. It says the worst is nearly over. [14d]
• I hired a personal chef to cook a week of meals for my family. My son now wants a butler. [14d]
• I'm an interior decorator. Here are 8 things I'd never have in my living room. [14d]
• I'm trying to be more selfish. It's making me a better mom. [14d]
• Treasury Secretary says its 'unacceptable' that Chinese open source AI models may have been built on 'IP theft' [14d]
• I was a communications major and built a successful career. If a parent asked me for advice, I'd say comms is a great choice. [14d]
• A doctor shares her 2 simple longevity habits to improve gut health and potentially combat vision loss as you age [14d]
• I moved to Japan on a one-year visa. Many areas of my life have improved, but I'm still struggling with a few changes. [14d]
• I've been a bartender for over a decade. Here are 10 things I wish customers would stop doing. [14d]
• Google doubles down on cheaper, faster AI — but says Gemini 3.5 Pro still isn't ready [14d]
• I spent over $700 dining at 3 Gordon Ramsay restaurants in Atlantic City. The best meal wasn't the most expensive. [14d]
• Ukraine's arms makers say they need to figure out how to constantly update their weapons — without slowing output [14d]
• Read the memo from ESPN's chairman explaining its new round of layoffs [14d]
• Intel plans layoffs within its data center group [14d]
• One map shows the highest-paying job in every state outside doctors and nurses [14d]
• I've been a surrogate twice, and helping someone else build their family gives me overwhelming joy. Here's what the process is like. [14d]
• The Chipotle COO's job involves taste-testing guacamole. He has a simple hack for finding your dream job. [14d]
• My mom carried the burden of caring for my dad. Hospice finally gave her help. [14d]
• Computer science enrollment fell for the first time in 20 years after ChatGPT's rise, a Stanford economist says [14d]
• I'm trying to get hired at 52. As I job hunt, I've been hiding my grays and doing everything I can to appear younger. [14d]
• On the ground inside Ukraine's secret uncrewed weapons revolution [14d]
• Multigenerational living has taught my kids about the realities of aging. It's a benefit I wasn't expecting. [14d]
• Jamie Dimon shared the one characteristic he says sinks CEOs [14d]
• Choosing lunch has never been so confusing [14d]
• Ukraine's elite special operators are doing more infiltration missions as the front-line kill zone grows [14d]
• Tesla investors want answers about a potential merger with SpaceX [14d]
• Student-loan borrowers are taking on debt they can't pay off. There's a renewed push to prevent that. [15d]
• What China's internet is saying about Moonshot's hot new Kimi model [15d]
• Curative CEO says company ditched a $600k-a-year Salesforce contract after vibecoding a CRM in 2 months [15d]
• I'm a product manager who grew my salary from $40K to over $250K. Getting an MBA changed the game for me. [15d]
• OpenAI faces stark doubts about ChatGPT ads. It's beginning the long fight to prove them wrong. [15d]
• Lettuce lovers are confused and afraid [15d]
• Erin Brockovich's crusade against data centers is going crowd-sourced [15d]
• First came Zyn. Then came pouches for everything. [15d]
• AI could trigger a layoff trap that even smart CEOs can't escape [15d]
• A new Patriot missile costs less than half the price of a regular interceptor, Lockheed Martin says [15d]