The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center [13d]
• Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay [13d]
• No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government [13d]
• A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses [13d]
• Instagram tracked growing usage while targeting teens, lawyers argue [13d]
• Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude. Here’s how to make the switch [13d]
• Paramount+ and HBO Max to merge into one streaming service after WBD deal closes [13d]
• Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply chain risk [13d]
• X ads ‘Paid Partnership’ labels for creators so they can ditch the hashtags [13d]
• Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data [13d]
• A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups [13d]
• Apple speeds up the iPad Air with an M4 upgrade, starting at $599 [13d]
• Apple bakes in AI smarts into its new $599 iPhone 17e [13d]
• Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes [13d]
• MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens [13d]
• Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding [13d]
• Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage [13d]