The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Gen Z’s straight‑A boom is quietly shrinking their paychecks [23d]
• Baked by Melissa’s founder was fired at 24. Two decades later, she’s ‘so freaking thrilled’ to step down as CEO [23d]
• France is experiencing wave of crypto assault. One involved an influencer’s father doused with gasoline [23d]
• War, oil, and an unpaid TSA: The perfect storm of travel chaos feels like the pandemic all over again [23d]
• Uber will operate its own robotaxis again—this time with Rivian’s not‑yet‑built EVs [23d]
• Jack Schlossberg on why Democrats lost young men to Trump—and it starts with the reason he quit the Biden campaign [23d]
• The CEO of Patreon blasts AI companies for the ‘bogus excuse’ they’re using to not pay artists [23d]
• Social Security has 6 years left. The fix that sounds cruelest may be the smartest [23d]
• The Pentagon reportedly requested an extra $200 billion for the Iran war. It might fund the U.S. military for just 140 more days [23d]