The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• There’s a career tax on being smart at work—but only if you’re a woman [4d]
• How Twilio is reinventing customer service for the AI era [4d]
• The customer service revolt: how bad support is building a grievance empire on social media [4d]
• AI transformation at scale [4d]
• Google and Apple hit with a combined fine of $47.6 million by South Korea’s watchdog [4d]
• These people are cutting the clutter and redesigning their smart TVs with AI [4d]
• AI costumes are seeping into your real-life Halloween. Here’s what to look out for [4d]
• Daylight saving time is spooky this year: What to know about the 2026 clock change [4d]
• Fake videos possibly linked to Russia are targeting these two Democratic Senate candidates [4d]
• How the Fed is likely to act on interest rates days just before the midterm elections [4d]
• The internet’s new punching bag is a golden orb with uncannily human teeth [4d]
• Air pollution from Utah’s planned Stratos data center could spread to states as far away as Illinois: report [4d]
• Airbnb’s next big bet: 1 million free nights a year for people in crisis [4d]
• Memory chip stocks are back on the rise today: What’s driving the upswing for Micron, Sandisk, and SK Hynix? [4d]
• Crumbl cookies store closures: List of shuttered locations grows in 2026 as viral chain faces headwinds [4d]
• The unexpected mistakes that cost executives their next big role [4d]
• National Chocolate Day 2026: Freebies and deals to satisfy your sweet tooth [4d]
• Anthropic and OpenAI might be building the future, but someone else may own it [4d]
• VAR is ruining soccer. I say ban it [4d]
• The people in your workplace matter a lot more than where they work [4d]
• These tiny rat backpacks are designed to help find victims in an earthquake [4d]
• Willow invented the wearable breast pump. Now it wants to dominate the breastfeeding market [4d]
• Eric Schmidt says China is now just 6 months behind the U.S. in AI [4d]
• How Microsoft quietly reinvented itself to build better AI [4d]
• How data centers are inspiring bipartisanship [4d]
• What working in Hollywood taught me about leadership in the AI era [4d]
• Anthropic’s 97-page list of business risks is quadruple the length of other AI IPOs. What’s on it: weapons, blackmail, and more [4d]
• Ozempic is changing how Americans spend money, and the numbers are startling [4d]
• The generation that hates work the most isn’t the one you’d think [4d]
• Six Flags reveals major roller coaster safety overhaul after rider’s death [4d]
• UPS just revealed a $92.6 billion surprise, and it’s bad news for one of its biggest customers [4d]
• Former DOGE staffers say they just hacked Anthropic in less than 12 hours [5d]
• Skydance issues 5-day RTO mandate, announces employee buyout program [5d]