The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• How Uber and Lyft are funding opposition efforts over San Francisco transit ballot [55d]
• Wildfires have decimated forests. Here’s why replanting trees is a challenge [55d]
• Bank of America outage: Customers report app and website glitches, panic over $0 balances [55d]
• Sales professionals need mental health ‘helmets’ [55d]
• California spiked a landmark AI regulation. But that doesn’t mean the bill is going away [55d]
• Big Oil paid over $42 billion to foreign governments in 2023 [55d]
• Digital tools help companies retain hourly workers, WorkJam CEO says [55d]
• Afrofuturism is thriving in Philly. Here are 5 artists that you need to know [55d]
• Trump and Harris haven’t set clean energy plans yet. It’s out of their control anyway [55d]
• TSLA troubles: Tesla stock falls 4% after deliveries disappoint—but the robotaxi could be coming soon [55d]
• Critics of the EU’s deforestation regulation say it could be a trade barrier [55d]
• JD Vance didn’t like being fact-checked on the spot, so the CBS debate moderators cut the mics [55d]
• China invested over $100 billion overseas in cleantech since 2023 [55d]
• Of course there was a Diet Mountain Dew ad during the vice presidential debate [55d]
• JD Vance wants a Domino’s Pizza ‘turnaround’ on reproductive rights—without changing a thing [55d]
• Vance and Walz showed different versions of masculinity during the VP debate [55d]
• Here’s what Tim Walz and JD Vance’s facial expressions meant during the VP debate [55d]
• How Vance and Walz differed on childcare in last night’s debate [55d]
• Google’s new AI search will change the way you browse the internet [55d]
• Bumble, Grindr, and Match have agreed to Australia’s online dating code of conduct [55d]
• Meta and Australia have partnered to crack down on ‘celeb bait’ scam ads [55d]
• Snapchat’s failure to protect kids revealed in New Mexico lawsuit [55d]
• California just banned these misleading food labels, a first in the nation [55d]
• Tropical Storm Helene left ‘apocalyptic’ damage in this Appalachian tourist town [55d]
• The VP debate was a return to politics of yesteryear—except on Truth Social [55d]
• The student loan grace period is now over. Here’s what you need to know [55d]
• JD Vance’s most telling debate answer was the one he wouldn’t give [55d]
• Big Lots stores closing update: List shows 58 additional doomed locations across 26 states [55d]
• The U.S. dockworkers strike could be ‘debilitating’ to this sector [55d]
• How can I be less negative? [55d]
• A New Jersey offshore wind farm clears a major federal hurdle but still faces fierce local opposition [55d]
• Yelp has quietly become a home services powerhouse [55d]
• Why concerns about OpenAI’s new logo are about more than design [55d]
• Dirty romance novels are shedding their stigma thanks to TikTok [55d]
• 5 changes leaders will need to make in order to survive the future of work [55d]
• Sci-fi dreams do come true: Floating shopping carts are here [55d]
• Is Gen Z counting on Kamala Harris to turn finances ‘Brat’ green? [55d]
• The dockworkers strike could cost the economy $3.5 billion a day. Will Biden intervene? [55d]
• How a TikTok trend to help moms became a money-grab opportunity [55d]
• San Francisco’s new cage-free dog shelter is a colorful utopia for older dogs [55d]
• A former U.S. Navy fighter pilot’s 5-point plan for making decisions under pressure [55d]
• A Goldman Sachs executive breaks down how AI can be used in corporate boardrooms [55d]
• How these Grindr competitors are trying to beat the dating app at its own game [55d]
• We’re not in a recession. So why does it feel like we are? [55d]
• Squishmallow cereal is the latest conquest in the brand’s global takeover [55d]
• Skip the taxi: Washington, D.C.’s airport wants you to bike to your next flight [55d]
• Harvard researchers might have found a way to prevent COVID, the flu—and maybe even the common cold [55d]
• How to be irreplaceable in the era of AI [55d]
• Labor unions in new and old industries are turning to strikes more often [55d]
• Why great leaders are also great listeners [55d]
• Creative director Gabriella Khalil takes our career questionnaire [56d]