The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Warner Bros. officially deems Paramount’s bid ‘superior’ to Netflix’s [45d]
• Medicare spending set to nearly double in 10 years and Medicaid and ACA spending up a third, CBO says, just as Trump’s tax cut shortens its lifespan [45d]
• Bitcoin fans latch onto ‘ridiculous’ Jane Street conspiracy to explain price slump [45d]
• Citadel demolishes viral doomsday AI essay, arguing the real ‘Global Intelligence Crisis’ is ignorance of macro fundamentals [45d]
• For $20,000, a humanoid robot will do your household chores for you like unloading the dishwasher and watering plants—but it still needs help [45d]
• As Meta battles addiction claims in court, Instagram says it will start notifying parents of kids searching for suicide or self-harm [45d]
• American Express to move into new headquarters in final World Trade Center building nearly 25 years after the 9/11 attacks [45d]
• China’s government intervenes to show Michigan scientists were carrying worms, not biological materials [45d]
• Dolly Parton’s Tennessee philanthropy kicks up a notch with renaming of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital [45d]
• Exxon can sue California’s AG for defamation over recycling comments, judge rules [45d]
• Remote employees have quietly unlocked one major workplace perk: Getting paid 12% more than their in-office colleagues, Fed study finds [45d]
• Couple who got live insects, bloody pig mask mailed to them reach settlement with eBay [45d]
• For the first time since 2022, the average U.S. mortgage rates is below 6% [45d]
• Anthropic’s Dario Amodei says he spends up to 40% of his time on company culture, not products, because it’s the only thing that will win the AI race [45d]
• Trump brags that America is ‘winning so much.’ Without tariffs, “we could have seen more of the good news,” says IMF director [45d]
• Bitcoin rides Nvidia wave to spike above $70,000 before pulling back [45d]