The Brutalist Report

Quartz

• Disney+ is adding an ad-supported tier—and creating the first real challenger to Netflix [1498d]
• Russia is blocking access to Facebook and Twitter [1498d]
• 12,000 Russian healthcare workers dared publicly oppose Putin’s war [1498d]
• ✦ How to keep a healthy news diet [1498d]
• Why Rivian tried to charge customers an extra $20,000 for pre-orders [1498d]
• Wage growth stalled for US workers in February [1498d]
• Russians are scooping up luxury goods and electronics as a wartime hedge [1499d]
• Russia’s most dangerous bears are savage ruthless cannibals [1499d]
• The inherited memories of war [1499d]
• The many ways in which sanctions are squeezing the Russian middle class [1499d]
• 🌍 Russia attacks nuclear plant [1499d]
• India has postponed Asia’s largest defence exhibition [1499d]
• Amazon and Maersk are setting up a fight for the world’s supply chains [1499d]
• Africa’s biggest telco thinks its booming fintech and 4G services will woo Gen Z users [1499d]
• Nigeria captures foreign tech firms in its tax net [1499d]
• Meet the couple who fell in love on a Google Doc [1499d]
• The US is experiencing a frozen food renaissance [1499d]
• India is exploring a rupee-ruble arrangement for smooth bilateral trade with Russia [1499d]
• Could India face US sanctions over its ties to Russia? [1499d]
• Jet Airways hires CEO to prepare it for revival [1499d]
• Amid the covid slump, YouTube creators contributed $894 million to India’s GDP in 2020 [1499d]
• Why India could have a key role in building the metaverse [1499d]
• Indian students fleeing Ukraine face bombs, long waits—and tacky government propaganda [1499d]
• Watch: Mental health in the workplace—beyond basics [1499d]