The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Massive AI spending is driving up prices on laptops and electricity, as the Fed watches closely [30m]
• Should AI companies be ‘forced’ to give half their stock to the public? Most Americans say yes [1h]
• Think 8 hours of sleep is the best for your cognitive health? A new study suggests otherwise [2h]
• The European Union’s chief is considering social media restrictions for kids under 13 [2h]
• The viral influencer who broke ChatGPT’s brain just proved OpenAI’s latest GPT-Live model still can’t beat him [3h]
• This prefab homebuilder is moving from tiny ADUs to small-scale starter homes [4h]
• Sen. Graham’s cause of death is released in preliminary report by medical examiner [4h]
• Papa Murphy’s is closing stores, joins list of national pizza chains to shutter locations in 2026 [4h]
• The missing ingredient in successful networking [5h]
• Taylor Swift fans are willing to buy her trash. Meet the NYC artist who cashed in from the pop star’s wedding night [5h]
• How to work with AI without becoming replaceable [5h]
• Leadership still hasn’t accepted this key truth about performance [5h]
• Four lessons in handling uncertainty from an ER doc turned CEO [6h]
• New York City’s chief technologist is launching a new team to transform the city’s technology [6h]
• Exclusive: 34 CEOs on what thrills and terrifies them about agentic AI [6h]
• Amid ongoing war, a new children’s hospital in Ukraine is a lifeline [6h]
• How an army of digital sleuths are using AI to fix America’s crumbling sidewalks [7h]
• This new AI model thinks in images, not just words [7h]
• Design history, as told through 125 objects [7h]
• Break out of the Spotify echo chamber with these music discovery gold mines [7h]
• AI has a constraint problem [7h]
• Can this startup cool NYC’s sweltering subway stations? [8h]
• How Amazon uses its logistics expertise to bring aid to global crises [9h]
• 3 hidden reasons why leaders resist change [12h]