The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Daily Crunch: Rockstar’s whoopsie means you can get an early look at GTA 6 [1018d]
• Max Q: Propulsive! [1018d]
• Why Ford will have to eat an extra $1B in supplier costs this quarter [1018d]
• TikTok’s BeReal clone is now available as standalone app outside the US [1018d]
• BeReal reportedly considers paid features in lieu of advertisements [1018d]
• OpenAI begins allowing users to edit faces with DALL-E 2 [1018d]
• Retail tech startup Swiftly valued at $1B after bagging another $100M [1018d]
• TC editors weigh in: Tech, trends and controversy in the cryptoverse [1018d]
• How do you fix a hack like Uber’s? [1018d]
• Ethereum drops more than 17% after ‘way overhyped’ Merge [1018d]
• Video game coaching marketplace Metafy cuts 23% of staff despite doubling revenue [1018d]
• Tile rolls out ‘Lost and Found’ QR code stickers to complement its hardware lineup [1018d]
• Bainbridge Growth wants e-commerce brands to stop sales guessing game [1018d]
• Ideon Technologies digs up $16M Series A to use particle physics to find critical minerals [1018d]
• Ford drivers could get alerts from nearby pedestrians’ phones [1018d]
• Insurtech gets more specialized, with products just for e-bikes and factory-built homes [1018d]
• Facebook debuts a Reels API for sharing from third-party apps [1018d]
• Keeping financial tabs on Instacart as it preps its IPO [1018d]
• OurCrowd announces its new $200M Global Health Equity Fund [1018d]
• How XPeng’s city navigation will stack up against Tesla’s FSD [1018d]
• Swedish last-mile delivery companies Instabox and Budbee to become Instabee in $1.7B merger [1018d]
• South Korean prosecutors say Do Kwon ‘obviously on the run’, ask Interpol to issue red notice [1019d]