The Brutalist Report

Quartz

• Trump called Nvidia's Jensen Huang live onstage to call AI safety concerns 'a hoax' [8h]
• Gridlock [10h]
• AI wants your electricity [10h]
• Power Play [10h]
• $100 in Bitcoin in 2010 is worth $26 million today. Here are 8 more crypto what-ifs [11h]
• Most workers won't get behind their company's next big restructuring [11h]
• Only about 10 countries in the world tax crypto gains at 0%. Here are 7 worth knowing [11h]
• The 10 best comedy movies of all time, ranked [13h]
• The 10 best horror movies to watch this October — from classic to new [13h]
• The 8 best places to retire in Texas, ranked [13h]
• 20 inventors whose inventions were used in ways they never intended [13h]
• Starbucks is adding Halloween drinks and a giant cookie for the season [14h]
• European space startups are raising hundreds of millions to challenge SpaceX [14h]
• Chinese AI startup Z.AI raises $5 billion in Hong Kong for model development [14h]
• California warned consumers to avoid Happy Hens eggs after a salmonella outbreak [14h]
• OpenAI's rogue AI agents were attacking a code registry months before the Hugging Face breach [14h]
• Palantir and Nvidia are restricting Anthropic's AI models over data retention fears [14h]
• Economists are now widely expecting the Fed to hike rates this week [14h]
• Oil is surging past $109 as Saudi Arabia's Hormuz bypass pipeline stays shut [14h]
• Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI dropped their antitrust lawsuit against Apple [14h]
• Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube are forming a Washington lobbying coalition to defend streaming [15h]
• Trump slammed Anthropic's CEO and insisted he's the only AI guardrail needed [15h]
• The best lawn tool brands of 2026, ranked by Consumer Reports [16h]
• The 10 best small cities in America to buy a home before prices catch up [16h]
• Hyundai is leaning on Nvidia as its own self-driving software slips to 2029 [17h]
• Jack in the Box is launching a Simpsons Halloween menu with glow-in-the-dark cups [17h]
• Amazon is cutting ties with cargo carrier 21 Air after the deadly Miami runway crash [18h]
• Here are the 4 best television makers on the market right now, according to Consumer Reports [18h]
• Johnson & Johnson is in talks to sell its orthopedics business to Apollo for $20 billion [18h]
• The best pressure washer brands of 2026, ranked by Consumer Reports [18h]
• Stocks fall as AI slowdown calls, oil surge weigh on Wall Street [18h]
• King Charles is convening AI industry leaders in Scotland as safety fears intensify [18h]
• Costco is rationing its house-brand motor oil and nearly doubling its price as supply dwindles [18h]
• Cohere's CEO warned that AI models are now the most potent cyber weapons ever built [18h]
• Microsoft is publishing its first code of conduct for its own AI models [18h]
• Oracle is expanding its layoffs plan by $700 million as AI data center costs mount [19h]
• SpaceX hit 700 Falcon launches completing SES's satellite constellation [19h]
• GM is building a domestic battery supply chain as Ford takes heat over China ties [19h]
• China and Trump are rejecting AI CEOs' calls to slow down development [19h]
• Tesla is formally entering Vietnam's EV market with a new subsidiary [19h]
• Oil is surging after Saudi Arabia shut its critical pipeline that bypasses Hormuz [19h]
• Novo Nordisk is rebranding as 'Novo' to fight Eli Lilly for obesity market share [19h]
• Michael Dell's family office is nearing a $7.7 billion deal to take Baldwin Insurance private [19h]
• Sam Altman warned AI's rapid advance risks losing human control or concentrating power [19h]
• Tesla is finally pulling the cover off its long-delayed Roadster on Oct. 1 [20h]
• Trump is dropping the tariff on Irish whiskey after a plea from golfers and Ireland's PM [20h]
• Trump backed Clarity Act's final text as banks and crypto industry clashed over stablecoin rules [20h]
• Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI are discussing building their own AI standards body [20h]
• Goldman Sachs and major banks are now calling for a Fed rate hike this week [20h]
• Larry Ellison scrapped a plan to sell $7.5 billion in Oracle stock before a single share was sold [20h]
• Nvidia, chip stocks drop after AI CEOs warn of 'losing control' [20h]
• Cramer questions Anthropic CEO's AI 'slowdown' manifesto [20h]
• AI stocks are sinking globally after top tech CEOs back a slowdown in development [21h]
• Anthropic's CEO warned the AI industry it must slow down — and rivals agreed [21h]
• Anthropic chose Nasdaq for its IPO, giving the exchange a major AI win [21h]
• The 10 best fall road trips in the U.S. and Canada, ranked [23h]
• The habits worth adopting now for healthier aging [23h]
• The 10 most unforgettable things to do in Greece [23h]
• Pandemic tech grows up [23h]