The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Markets celebrate U.S.-Iran deal as both sides confirm this time is real. Trump says oil will flow and ‘I never cared about regime change’ [38d]
• Trump says a deal has been reached with Iran and orders end to U.S. naval blockade as Hormuz to reopen — ‘Ships of the World, start your engines’ [38d]
• Social Security faces steep cuts. These senators want to bet on stocks and $27 trillion in debt to save it—but ‘the gamble does not always pay off’ [38d]
• A warning from Amazon led the White House to shut down Anthropic’s Mythos model [38d]
• Vietnam has bold plans for its economic future. It will need U.S. tech, capital, and speed to make them happen [38d]
• Iran pushes differing versions of deal as U.S. sticks to timeline [38d]
• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns U.S. restrictions on new Anthropic AI models show danger of relying too much on American providers [38d]
• Iran proved it can close the Strait of Hormuz, but the U.S. is advertising very loudly that the world’s top superpower can at least punch open a hole [38d]
• Trump warns Israel and Iran not to ‘blow it’ after new strikes threaten ceasefire deal that he says will bring peace to Lebanon [38d]
• SpaceX surge further boosts Saudi billionaire prince’s fortune [38d]
• Wall Street is gaining access to new catastrophe models to help predict wars [38d]
• Prices for whey protein ingredients are up as much as 250% on U.S. dairy commodities markets as demand soars [38d]
• AI job disruption is here. The problem may be compounded because nearly 75% of people don’t apply for unemployment benefits [38d]
• Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’ [38d]
• Just months after Trump warned states not to regulate AI, Republican and Democratic lawmakers are doing it anyway [38d]
• ‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employee’: Nvidia executive says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers [38d]
• Gen Z grad landed an internship by wearing her university baseball cap to her pizza joint job. Now she works at Cisco [38d]
• Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut, potentially complicating efforts to finalize a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war [38d]
• Early vote tally shows Switzerland rejecting bid to cap population at 10 million, a proposal dubbed the ‘Swiss Brexit’ [38d]
• The Sun Belt boom is over. Midwest real-estate investors say ‘I told you so’ [38d]
• SpaceX went from three consecutive rocket explosions and near-bankruptcy in 2008 to the biggest IPO in history [38d]