The Brutalist Report

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• Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades [212d]
• India eyes global quantum computer push — and QpiAI is its chosen vehicle [212d]
• Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business [212d]
• OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry ‘reckless’ safety culture at Elon Musk’s xAI [212d]
• GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries [212d]
• GMC Hummer EV outsold the Tesla Cybertruck last quarter [212d]
• Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans [212d]
• Nvidia’s resumption of H20 chip sales related to rare-earth element trade talks [212d]
• xAI is hiring an engineer to make anime girls [212d]
• Google rolls out AI-powered business-calling feature, brings Gemini 2.5 Pro to AI Mode [212d]
• Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction [212d]
• ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot [212d]
• A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs [212d]
• Faraday Future faces potential SEC enforcement action after three-year probe [212d]
• Transit software startup Via confidentially files for an IPO [212d]
• Rex Salisbury’s Cambrian Ventures raises new fund, bucking fintech slowdown [212d]
• Meet the cement transport ship that makes cement ingredients while sailing [212d]
• UK retail giant Co-op confirms hackers stole all 6.5 million customer records [212d]
• Meta reportedly scores two more high-profile OpenAI researchers [212d]