The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Digital sovereignty isn’t the same thing as digital isolation. Asia’s governments should be careful [42d]
• The curse of Trump watching sports in person: the home team seems to always lose [42d]
• Gates testifies on Epstein: previous Fortune investigation reveals payments to his ex-girlfriend, $1M Microsoft deal [42d]
• How the World Cup is a high-stakes stage for Big Tech’s AI push [42d]
• ‘I love the inflation’: Trump is ‘not concerned’ about inflation hitting 4% for the first time since 2023. ‘The numbers were great’ [42d]
• Analysts expected oil to surge above $200 but China has quietly kept prices half of that—and can’t for much longer [42d]
• Honda recalls nearly 900,000 cars thanks to rear suspension problems [42d]
• Anthropic accused of ‘secret sabotage’ as Claude Fable 5 silently limits capabilities for AI researchers and developers [42d]
• A 5-week course and a guaranteed job: Meta commits $115 million to solve the skilled-trades shortage stalling its AI buildout [42d]
• Xbox’s CEO spent her early career taking out trash and selling coupon books—she says the secret to her rise was never obsessing over a dream career [42d]
• The architect behind Claude Code reveals the three things Anthropic looks for in a good hire—and why people with low ego are a must [42d]
• Meryl Streep says she was ‘ready to retire’ when the call for ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ came—so she demanded they double her salary or nothing [42d]
• OpenAI and Nvidia CEOs didn’t flinch at Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and now they’re paying up as their application numbers soar [42d]
• ‘Knicks in 6. 2026 NBA Finals’: Why did this New Yorker make a prophecy in his 2020 high school yearbook? [42d]
• Graham Platner easily prevails over attempts to derail progressive Senate candidacy in Maine [42d]
• Inflation is back above 4% for the first time since 2023—but Kevin Warsh might catch a break [42d]
• Switzerland to cast world’s first ever vote on whether to cap population [42d]
• Current price of oil as of June 10, 2026 [42d]
• Finance teams can’t quit Excel. Workday wants to change that with AI [42d]
• ‘The circulatory system isn’t working.’ Goldman on what’s really wrong with private markets [42d]
• Exclusive: Mastercard launches protocol to let AI agents pay each other, send micropayments [42d]