The Brutalist Report

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• Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost [621d]
• SpaceX wants to launch up to 120 times a year from Florida — and competitors aren’t happy about it [621d]
• Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter [621d]
• Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature [621d]
• X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit [621d]
• Yieldstreet says some of its customers were affected by the Evolve Bank data breach [621d]
• Evolve hack fallout continues, fintech M&A heats up and Plaid talks enterprise push [621d]
• What You Need to Raise a Series A Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [621d]
• Snapchat’s latest features help users personalize their accounts [621d]
• Meta plans to bring generative AI to metaverse games [621d]
• TechCrunch Minute: A beginner’s guide to the fediverse [621d]
• News outlets are accusing Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping [621d]
• Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app [621d]
• Computing and shielding startups join forces to put AI-capable chips in space [621d]
• Computing and shielding startups join forces to put AI-capable chips in space [621d]
• Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction waste [621d]
• As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently [621d]
• Husband-and-wife former Olympians target $50M for new fund to invest in influencer-led consumer brands [621d]
• Industry Ventures raises a $900M fund for investing in small, early-stage VCs and their breakout startups [621d]
• Beauty tech startup Boldhue raises capital to ship its ‘Keurig for makeup’ [621d]
• Indian edtech Unacademy cuts another 250 jobs [621d]
• Apple adds support for new languages across lock screen, keyboard and search on iOS 18 [622d]