The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• The U.S. job market is still under strain: report shows unemployment rose to 4.4% in February [1m]
• Pentagon follows through with its threat, labels Anthropic a supply chain risk ‘effective immediately’ [43m]
• Tech and finance layoffs: Oracle, Block, Morgan Stanley, Capital One headline brutal week for job losses [1h]
• Local governments could deploy AI for good. Here’s how [1h]
• New York lawmakers want AI chatbots to stop pretending to be doctors or lawyers [2h]
• Grocery Outlet is closing stores, joins growing list of retail chains shuttering locations in 2026 [2h]
• OpenAI just dragged its own brand [2h]
• Your employees aren’t disengaged. They’ve got screen fatigue [3h]
• These Paralympians inspire their workplace colleagues to pursue richer lives outside the office [3h]
• Lela Rose finally gets her boots [3h]
• AI won’t save your strategy. Imagination will [4h]
• Eat, drink, and be present: Restaurants and bars are starting to embrace cell phone bans [4h]
• You’re not burned out—you have the wrong definition of success [7h]
• These sounds could soothe your restless brain [7h]
• Want to avoid the résumé black hole? Do this [8h]
• Self-discipline can be your worst enemy [8h]
• How conspiracy theories spread before the internet, according to Tracy Letts’s ‘Bug’ on Broadway [13h]
• Kevin O’Leary says Gen Z sends this ‘horrific signal’ to employers [16h]
• Your 401(k) could shrink due to climate risks. A lawsuit argues that your employer has a duty to protect it [17h]
• This CEO explains what’s really behind layoffs—and it’s not AI [17h]
• Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem over mounting criticism of her immigration enforcement [17h]
• Smart businesses don’t adapt to crony capitalism [17h]
• What Eli Lilly’s new employer platform could mean for access to weight-loss drugs [17h]
• BYD just killed your EV argument with a battery that competes with gas engines [18h]
• Dow drops 1,000 points as oil prices rise more amid war with Iran [18h]
• Mortgage refinance comeback: United Wholesale Mortgage’s refi volume jumps 387% from cycle low [19h]
• RFK Jr.’s war on Dunkin spits on the Kennedys’ Massachusetts roots [20h]
• The new inflight rule that could get you banned from United Airlines [20h]
• OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question [21h]
• Daylight saving time 2026: A major part of Canada just made DST permanent. Why these U.S. states could follow [21h]
• A defiant Elon Musk takes the stand in a jury trial over Twitter takeover [21h]
• Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI startup [22h]
• Responsible compounding could close the innovation gap [22h]
• The path to future U.S. innovators starts with K–12 robotics [22h]
• What our time-management styles say about productivity and gender [23h]
• Millennials don’t want to quit. They want to get laid off [23h]
• Robinhood joins the high-fee premium credit card race with an invite-only Platinum offering [23h]
• In recovery? Here’s how to handle social drinking situations in the workplace [23h]