The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over stifling AI competition [12d]
• AI chatbots are inconsistent with suicide-related questions, study says [12d]
• 4 habits to outsmart your own biases [12d]
• People who excel at conversation always do these 3 things, according to a Stanford expert [12d]
• Caitlin Clark is Nike’s next signature athlete with a shoe and apparel launching in 2026 [12d]
• SATS price rising: Sling TV and Dish owner EchoStar stock is entering the stratosphere today. Here’s why [12d]
• Claire’s is closing hundreds of stores despite its sale to private equity. See the new list of doomed locations [12d]
• Claire’s closing list: These stores won’t survive the tween retailer’s transition to new ownership [12d]
• Experience a Taste of Innovation at Fast Company’s signature event this September [12d]
• It’s only August but Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte is back [13d]
• The Army is tapping influencers to win over Gen Z recruits [13d]
• What will Nvidia’s upcoming earnings report reveal about its AI chip business in China? [13d]
• ‘By Design,’ episode 3: Why Trump just hired Airbnb’s cofounder, Figma’s Wall Street arrival, and the Cracker Barrel culture war [13d]
• Global markets sink as Trump announces he’s firing the Fed’s Lisa Cook [13d]
• Doctors love this AI app because it gives them hours of their lives back [13d]
• Where solar investments pack the biggest climate punch [13d]
• Cracker Barrel stock is little changed today as investors appear to shrug off its logo redesign apology [13d]
• These are the ten most memorable sound effects in the history of tech [13d]
• Netflix is doubling down on full-season drops with season two of Meghan’s show [13d]
• China wants to build a hypersonic drone mothership from old NASA tech [13d]
• Agentic AI has companies excited and security experts freaked out [13d]
• The 13 commandments that built the legendary Syms retail empire (and are just as relevant today) [13d]
• Does rudeness make leaders seem authentic? [13d]
• Why you might want to think twice about turning your hobby into a side hustle [13d]
• Brands are using your inbox to get ready for a new wave of tariffs [13d]
• This $300 water bottle wants to make luxury hydration a thing [13d]
• These former Amazon robotics executives just landed $20 million to tackle the housing crisis [13d]
• This is why your thought leadership stories aren’t getting any traction [13d]
• What if the future looks exactly like the past? [13d]
• How to turn your emotions into allies—not enemies—at work [13d]
• Wildfire disasters are increasing but burning less land globally. Here’s why [13d]
• Nearly half of employees say a bad onboarding made them want to quit [13d]
• 3 quick and easy ways to clear up storage space in Windows 11 [13d]
• This man keeps buying and returning 110-pound anvils on Amazon [13d]
• 7 things I learned when I started building for the real user [13d]
• Are we finally at a tipping point for the future of work? [13d]
• Working for yourself is not a risky bet—it’s a smart one [13d]
• The surprising ROI of grad school: Love [13d]
• Check your freezer for this Blue Bell ice cream sold at Walmart and Kroger, recalled over serious life-threatening risk [13d]
• Job hopping was all the rage, but the days of big salary increases from switching careers might be over [13d]
• This Intern’s idea caught Jeff Bezos’s attention—Now he’s the CEO of Amazon Web Services [13d]
• Here’s how much money companies can save by using AI to replace human workers [13d]
• Democrats urge Trump to resume a nearly built offshore wind project [13d]
• Texas residents push to form a new town to fight Bitcoin mining noise [13d]
• The ultimate Netflix fan experience is coming—here’s how to get yourself on the list [13d]
• Producing perfect corn is becoming trickier for farmers, thanks to climate change [13d]
• Delta is rewriting the rules of airline planning—and handing you the pen [13d]