The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Meta is adding AI to its Quest headsets. That could be a sign of what’s to come [603d]
• How small businesses can prepare in advance for this hurricane season [603d]
• Kamala Harris’s powerful first campaign ad pits freedom against chaos [603d]
• Being a U.S. Olympic athlete is not the windfall you think it is [603d]
• A closer look at the Middletown, Ohio, featured in J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ [603d]
• How wind power creates a huge influx of cash for rural communities [603d]
• Big changes at Southwest Airlines include assigned seats, premium legroom, and red-eye flights [603d]
• The Durkee wildfire is the largest in the U.S. High winds and thunderstorms are making it worse [604d]
• Nvidia stock price falls in a not-so-magnificent week for AI-forward tech giants [604d]
• The FTC is cracking down on surveillance pricing. Experts are still divided on whether it’s really so bad [604d]
• De-influencing effectively sways 69% of U.S. social media users [604d]
• Our food recall system is so broken, most Gen Z consumers aren’t even hearing about them [604d]
• This startup is building the country’s most powerful quantum computer on Chicago’s South Side [604d]
• Meta’s oversight board spotlights the social network’s problem with explicit AI deepfakes [604d]
• The U.K.’s royal family is making millions from offshore wind farms [604d]
• Inside the tradition-bucking branding of the Paris 2024 Olympics [604d]
• Op-ed: The Paris Olympics can be a massive opportunity for the global reuse movement. Will Coca-Cola and others step up? [604d]
• Conservatives are blaming DEI for everything: a (semi) comprehensive list [604d]
• The U.K.’s royal family is making millions from this surprising new income stream [604d]
• This autonomous taxi boat could turn urban rivers into roads [604d]
• Inside the addictive design behind the hit ‘Monopoly Go’ mobile game [604d]
• How to balance your priorities at work [604d]
• Interview fatigue is on the rise. Here’s how to deal with it [604d]
• Not every startup is AI-related. Here’s an analysis of where venture capital funding is actually going [604d]
• Adobe Illustrator’s new tool makes hi-fi product mock-ups as easy as drag and drop [604d]
• 6 logos in 3 hours: Kamala Harris’ design team shares how it approached the historic campaign rebrand [604d]
• What managers can learn from a former Olympic coach [604d]
• How neuroscientists are designing a safer opioid [604d]
• It’s illegal for oil and gas companies to dump wastewater on Pennsylvania roads. They do it anyway [604d]
• Why these Oregon winemakers are pivoting to barbecue sauce and vermouth [604d]
• NBA enters deal with Amazon—rejecting a bid from longtime partner Warner Bros. Discovery [604d]
• Yeti’s new film is a rare look at Jimmy Buffett and the laidback lifestyle of 1970s Key West [604d]
• Yeti’s new film is a rare look at Jimmy Buffet and the laidback lifestyle of 1970s Key West [604d]
• AI job displacement on the horizon for video game industry, report claims [604d]
• FTC probes 8 companies for surveillance pricing practices [604d]
• The surprising reason that Kamala Harris might face a different kind of sexism than Hilary Clinton [604d]
• How Biles, Richardson and Osaka’s Olympic comebacks highlight Black women’s issues [604d]
• CrowdStrike offers $10 Uber Eats gift cards as an apology for the outage [604d]
• Teachers nationwide are still reeling from the legacy of COVID-19 [604d]
• LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says a Kamala Harris presidency is best for business [604d]
• Musk says Trump’s anti-EV plans would hurt competitors more than Tesla [604d]
• “I was hired for the vibes:”  TikTok can’t stop talking about personality hires [604d]
• GM delays Origin self-driving vehicle without a steering wheel, citing regulatory risk [604d]