The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• MP Materials’ stock surged more than 50% Thursday—here’s why [4d]
• Stella Artois’s clever new can follows the Wimbledon dress code [4d]
• OpenAI vs. Google could be the heavyweight battle of the half-century [4d]
• Ferrero to buy WK Kellogg for $3.1 billion [4d]
• Advertising giant WPP taps new CEO to lead the firm in a challenging AI landscape [4d]
• These Uber alums are building an army of AI agents for the workforce [4d]
• Sean Duffy is NASA’s interim chief. What will it mean for missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond? [4d]
• Jane Birkin’s namesake Hermès bag is up for auction at Sotheby’s [4d]
• The internet is obsessed with ‘Umamusume: Pretty Derby’ [4d]
• Job scams are on the rise. Here’s how to protect yourself [4d]
• Trump’s order on birthright citizenship could be blocked by a federal judge [4d]
• ‘I’ve been clean for a week!’: Reddit is now home to support groups for people addicted to AI chatbots [4d]
• YouTube monetization update: What creators need to know as ‘AI slop’ overwhelms the platform [4d]
• 5 companies that could hit a $4 trillion market cap after Nvidia [4d]
• AI replaced me, so I decided to ride the AI wave [4d]
• Mschf’s $100,000 baby sculpture will be sold by the slice [4d]
• Starting a freelance career requires a ‘push’ season. Here’s how you navigate that. [4d]
• Samsung reveals its new AI-first design strategy, starting with glasses (exclusive) [4d]
• While Grok had an antisemitic meltdown, XAI gets permission to blast tons of emissions to keep it running [4d]
• Trump policies aren’t stopping VCs from plowing big money into climate tech [4d]
• Always putting out fires at work? Here’s how to interrupt the cycle [4d]
• These Pixar and Apple alums want to change the way you create generative AI video [4d]
• Ikea is launching new smart home products, and they’re designed to be extra easy to use [4d]
• Data privacy is failing. Here’s what encryption and MFA can (and can’t) do [5d]
• You cried at work. Now what? [5d]
• The secret behind innovation that matters: Scale [5d]
• There’s a new tax deduction for car loans in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Here’s who’s eligible—and what’s the catch [5d]
• Earth is about to break its own speed record—here’s why [5d]
• These states are seeing the biggest housing market inventory shift [5d]
• A disease we thought was gone is roaring back—here’s why [5d]
• Musk’s Grok makes antisemitic comments on X [5d]
• How Trump’s trade war fizzled with just two deals [5d]