The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals [11d]
• Microsoft reportedly fires staff whose protest interrupted its Copilot event [11d]
• Amazon says its AI video model can now generate minutes-long clips [11d]
• How one tweet wreaked havoc on the stock market [11d]
• Nikola founder Trevor Milton wants to buy the bankrupt startup’s assets [11d]
• Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen’s high-stakes test amid tariff turmoil: ‘You can’t be freaking out’ [11d]
• Meta exec denies the company artificially boosted Llama 4’s benchmark scores [11d]
• Analyst says Apple, Tesla have biggest exposure to Trump’s tariffs [11d]
• Former Tesla exec Drew Baglino’s new startup is rethinking the electrical transformer [11d]
• Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, sell ads [11d]
• Google’s AI Mode now lets users ask complex questions about images [11d]
• Shopify CEO tells teams to consider using AI before growing headcount [11d]
• Nintendo says it is ‘actively assessing’ the impact of U.S. tariffs [11d]
• AI video startup Moonvalley raised a fresh $43M, SEC filing shows [11d]
• UK’s demand for Apple backdoor should not be heard in secret, says court [11d]
• Krea’s founders snubbed postgrad grants from the King of Spain to build their AI startup. Now it’s valued at $500M [11d]
• IBM acquires Hakkoda to continue its AI consultancy investment push [11d]
• SignalFire raises over $1B as LPs embrace data-driven investing [11d]
• OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI hardware startup [11d]
• Someone hacked ransomware gang Everest’s leak site [11d]
• Want to stay young? Peter Diamandis says survive the next 10 years [12d]