The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Mexico’s first woman president was elected 5 years after it started requiring gender parity in government [166d]
• Microsoft aims to improve customer service call centers with AI [166d]
• These solar panel makers will be the government’s go-to vendors for climate projects [166d]
• Tesla shareholders are getting out. Wall Street hasn’t written off the stock [166d]
• Musk reportedly orders Nvidia to ship AI chips slated for Tesla to X and xAI [166d]
• OpenAI insiders’ latest open letter is a warning against AI. Will anyone listen? [166d]
• AI startup Cohere raises $450 million from Nvidia, Salesforce, Cisco and more [166d]
• U.S. job openings fall to three-year low in April [166d]
• Nearly half of Americans reject EVs, in a blow to the Biden administration’s climate agenda [166d]
• Mexico’s new president is a climate scientist. Here’s what that could mean for the country’s emissions [166d]
• Can ‘deadbot’ AI tech alleviate your grief? Here’s what researchers say [167d]
• No, stimulus checks are not coming from the IRS or California in 2024. Don’t fall for false rumors [167d]
• Psychedelic drug MDMA could be ‘a new avenue of treatment’ as FDA begins its first-ever review [167d]
• $178M PacifiCorp payout will go to Oregon wildfire victims [167d]
• Deepfakes aren’t only being used for harmful purposes [167d]
• Flying taxi company Joby Aviation scoops up autonomous tech with an eye toward defense contracts [167d]
• Five things Gen Z should do to prepare for AI in the workplace [167d]
• This prescription gummy was designed to treat erectile dysfunction [167d]
• How U.S. women were forced to become their own social safety net [167d]
• Democrats need all the help they can get in November. These techies are answering the call [167d]
• U.S. housing market needs 1.5 million more homes, Freddie Mac finds [167d]
• Why CEOs need to check their blind spots and their judgments [167d]
• Are Gen Z ‘sellouts’ if they take corporate jobs? [167d]
• A designer’s guide to building for an unpredictable future [167d]
• Erewhon’s selling a ‘sunscreen’ smoothie because it’s summer and we’ll pay for it [167d]
• Why Ford spent $1 billion to transform an abandoned Detroit train station [167d]
• Extreme heat this summer is expected to raise home power bills by nearly 8% [167d]
• Paris is transforming an industrial neighborhood into the Olympic Village—and then turning it into permanent housing [167d]
• More workers are ‘holiday hustling’ to make ends meet. This is what it costs employers [167d]
• A tiny California town is set to be home to a controversial hydrogen experiment—and not everyone is happy about it [167d]
• Forget Egyptian cotton. The most luxurious sheets are made in America [167d]
• How Rotterdam built a wave pool for surfing inside a centuries-old canal [167d]
• CEO pay at S&P 500 companies jumped nearly 13% last year—widening the gap with workers [167d]
• Your old towels can get a second life: Parachute’s new take-back program aims to accelerate fabric recycling [167d]