The Brutalist Report

Business Insider

• Microsoft cuts capex forecast on AI capacity delays [9d]
• Albertsons won't insure employees' spouses if they're eligible for their own health coverage [9d]
• YouTube missed expectations on ad revenue as growth slowed down [9d]
• Google is aware its AI sometimes won't answer who won the 2020 election: 'We're looking into this' [9d]
• Microsoft expects 'very few people' to accept buyouts, CFO says in internal memo [9d]
• A Ukrainian war robot used AI to complete a 12-mile supply run almost entirely on its own. The unit says it's a combat first. [9d]
• The FTC asks companies from Uber to Walmart about how they personalize the prices you pay [9d]
• Dissents, rising prices, and a change to the meeting schedule: 3 takeaways from the October Fed meeting [9d]
• What smart people are saying after the Fed held rates steady [9d]
• Reed Hastings says Big Tech should get used to being hated — like Big Pharma [9d]
• Residents on the doomed Villa Vie Odyssey cruise describe the first 24 hours after being kicked off in Cambodia [9d]
• Elizabeth Holmes' most famous photo started with a simple request from a photographer [9d]
• Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro will set you back nearly 3 bands [9d]
• I'm the ex-VP of HR at Microsoft. Here's what the 60,000 employees mulling a buyout may not realize. [9d]
• Details you might've missed in Sarah J. Maas' 'A Court of Splintered Harmony' [9d]
• I've stopped at more than 100 ports on cruises. These 5 have disappointed me the most. [9d]
• Route 66 turns 100 this year. I visited the ghost towns that once thrived along America's most iconic highway. [9d]
• Google's AI chip business is getting harder for Nvidia to ignore [9d]
• People really, really hate the 'Liberty Biberty' mascot. Maybe that's good for Liberty Mutual? [9d]
• AI coding startup Cognition is weighing a new funding round at a $70 billion to $80 billion valuation [9d]
• 9 facts about Wendy's that might surprise you [9d]
• I visited an abandoned castle on a New York island that's only accessible by boat. It was hauntingly beautiful. [9d]
• Dropbox is laying off roughly 9% of its workforce. Read the memo. [9d]
• I ranked 11 high-protein yogurts. My favorite had as much protein as a can of tuna. [9d]
• Starlink is fast becoming one of the biggest factors for passengers choosing an airline, United's CEO says [9d]
• I rode Amtrak's new Cascades Airo train. For all its high-tech upgrades, I'm surprised it lacked one rider must-have. [9d]
• I tried cinnamon-roll recipes from 3 celebrity chefs, and the best one completely blew me away [9d]
• I moved from Hawaii to the mainland United States. Here are 8 culture shocks I wasn't prepared for. [9d]
• Former Louis Vuitton employees share 6 common mistakes they saw customers make when shopping at the luxury retailer [9d]
• My husband and I kept our finances separate after marriage. It worked well — and then, we had a baby. [9d]
• 19 books like Rebecca Yarros' 'Fourth Wing' to read while you wait for the next 'Empyrean' novel [9d]
• A former CNN executive wants to take on YouTube with his own app [9d]
• Lightspeed is betting this startup can lure shoppers with a feed of AI images. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $7M. [9d]