The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Sam Altman is tired of ‘unfair’ critiques about AI’s energy use. Climate experts say his defensive stance is misguided [29m]
• Men yell at AI in all caps 80% more than women [30m]
• 100 major housing markets with falling home prices [1h]
• Micron’s $100 billion New York semiconductor manufacturing project is facing local pushback [1h]
• The Pentagon wants fewer AI limits. Anthropic doesn’t. Here’s why it matters [2h]
• Microsoft just handed the Xbox keys to an AI exec. The internet is already freaking out [2h]
• Why Eli Lilly is suddenly pulling ahead in the GLP-1 weight-loss race [2h]
• Data centers are rushing to power AI with natural gas, raising serious concerns for the climate [2h]
• Domino’s just revealed how it plans to win the pizza wars after Pizza Hut’s store closures—it’s good news for fast food lovers [2h]
• Supreme Court to hear from oil and gas companies seeking to block climate change lawsuits [2h]
• Read Deepak Chopra’s controversial messages with Jeffrey Epstein: ‘Bring your girls’ and ‘zero in on your prey’ [3h]
• The housing markets with the most exposure as Trump sets 100-home cutoff for proposed institutional ‘ban’ [3h]
• ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ fans spark IMDb review-bombing war over perfect episode rating [3h]
• The case for embedded AI in government [3h]
• ‘Dumb money’ no longer: Wall street can’t ignore growing impact of retail investors [3h]
• How capital flows shape opportunity in America’s communities [3h]
• America’s strength was never just force [4h]
• Robotaxis are coming to London, but the city’s black cab drivers are skeptical. Here’s why [4h]
• The end of experimentation with AI agents [4h]
• Claude Cowork, AI hype, and its real impact on white-collar work [5h]
• A bourbon expert blind-tasted the top 100 U.S. whiskeys of 2025—and 1 legendary distillery dominated [5h]
• How Trump will use his upcoming State of the Union address [6h]
• This genius clamp instantly transforms your tote into a crossbody bag [7h]
• Flight cancellations update: American, Delta, and United Airlines issue airport alerts as blizzard batters Northeast [7h]
• This CEO just rebranded his B2B company. It’s a lesson in manifesting [8h]
• MIT researchers just mapped New York City foot traffic for the first time ever [9h]
• How to spot a ‘ghost job’ before you waste time applying [9h]
• Meet the small group of engineers helping the public sift through the Epstein files [9h]
• Snapple is ready for its comeback [10h]
• Why hope is not a strategy, and what leaders should do instead [10h]
• The leadership skills AI can’t replace [10h]
• Why are Europeans eating more plant-based meat than Americans? It’s not why you think [11h]
• How to build team culture that sticks [11h]
• Why are some people better at multitasking? [11h]