The Brutalist Report

Fortune

The Strait of Hormuz is a critical choke point for global energy markets, but there are ways to get around it [43d]
Interest on the $38.8 trillion national debt has tripled since 2020, and it already costs taxpayers more than defense and Medicaid [43d]
Trump’s strikes on Iran could cost American economy as much as $210 billion, top budget expert says [43d]
‘Could it kill someone?’ A Seoul woman allegedly used ChatGPT to carry out two murders in South Korean motels [43d]
Energy markets offer ‘relatively small reaction’ to Iran war, but prices would spike if oil and gas aren’t flowing by the end of the week [43d]
Oil markets are bracing for $100 barrels and a redux of a 1970s-era crisis but ‘three times the scale,’ analyst warns [43d]
CEO of America’s largest Social Security advisory firm: Trump’s big tax cut ‘did not help’ [43d]
OpenAI’s Pentagon deal raises new questions about AI and mass surveillance [43d]
‘That resume goes right into the garbage’: Kevin O’Leary says it’s a ‘horrific signal’ for Gen Z to bring their parents to job interviews [43d]
Iran has the intent—and increasingly the tools—for AI-powered cyberattacks [43d]
Anthropic’s Claude overtakes ChatGPT in App Store as users boycott over OpenAI’s $200 million Pentagon contract [43d]
Tech giants see a cure for cancer in AI. But Eli Lilly’s CEO finds it ‘not particularly good’ at solving biology or chemistry problems [43d]
The war in Iran could lead to a ‘guaranteed global recession’ because of one chokepoint that is crucial to the world economy, analyst says [43d]
A brief collapse in Bitcoin price echoes earlier geopolitical conflicts—but a rapid bounceback shows the long term impact of Iran strikes are unclear [43d]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard controls a sprawling business empire that dominates the economy [43d]
Social media companies are fighting the ‘age verification trap’ as collecting biometrics on kids violates privacy rights [43d]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defends decision to strike Pentagon deal after Anthropic blacklisting, admits ‘optics don’t look good’ [43d]
Blackstone CEO took home $1.2 billion last year, after admitting he went ‘max everything’ in his career—to the point of burning off his nerve endings [43d]
Warren Buffett once admitted that selling McDonald’s shares was ‘a very big mistake.’ Today, they’d be worth over $10 billion [43d]
How the Oct. 7 attacks led to a multiyear destruction of Iran’s proxy militias [43d]
2 years after $3 million deal with bankrupt chatbot firm, LA’s schools superintendent is under investigation [43d]
Meet a burned out 28-year-old who pays $168 a month in China’s faux Venice to retire early from her Shanghai finance gig [43d]
’90s nostalgia seizes the Fed and White House as Warsh and Trump see AI as an internet-style productivity boom [43d]
High-stakes Texas primary comes down to wire with both Republican and Democratic candidates on edge [43d]
‘Scream 7’ rides millennial slasher nostalgia to $64.1 million opening at box office [43d]
Berkshire’s Greg Abel admits ‘Warren is obviously a very hard act to follow’ in first letter to shareholders [43d]
‘This is Dubai’s ultimate nightmare’: Missile strikes rock safe-haven status of the Las Vegas of the East [43d]
War widens in Middle East with over 500 dead, according to Iranian Red Crescent Society [43d]
Skills-based hiring was an HR mantra. Execution never followed [43d]
Tariffs meet oil shock: Corporate margins face a new squeeze [43d]
Washington roasted for using AI feature with heavily accented English instead of actual Spanish on state helpline [43d]
Oil prices spike above $70 per barrel as Iran’s Straight of Hormuz grows tangled [43d]
Is the media anti-tech—or just anti-crypto? [43d]
Why Europe can lead in trusted, industrialized AI [43d]
From brand builder to business operator: The unconventional career blueprint behind one executive’s C-suite rise [43d]
Trump’s action against Iran is yet another wobble for government debt, warns UBS [43d]
European markets slide as Iran ‘war trade’ joins the global AI ‘scare trade’ [43d]
Why Sequoia’s Alfred Lin isn’t worried about the SaaS-pocalypse [44d]
U.S. war with Iran forces CEOs to prepare for the worst—from rising energy prices to cyber attacks [44d]
Stocks enter global selloff but some on Wall Street are looking for assets that respond well to war [44d]
A dire electrician shortage is a ‘life-or-death’ threat to the AI data center boom—and an opportunity for Gen Z [44d]
Asian aviation stocks plunge as Iran conflict forces airlines to cancel flights over Middle Eastern airspace [44d]
This American tourist stranded in Dubai due to Iran’s bombardment doesn’t think she’ll be back — ‘the universe was trying to tell us something’ [44d]
At least 22 people killed and more than 120 injured in Pakistan after Iran supporters try to storm U.S. Consulate [44d]