The Brutalist Report

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• Fisker failed because it wasn’t ready to be a car company [636d]
• FTC refers TikTok child privacy case to Justice Department [636d]
• iOS 18 could ‘sherlock’ $400M in app revenue [636d]
• Snap previews its real-time image model that can generate AR experiences [636d]
• Security bug allows anyone to spoof Microsoft employee emails [636d]
• Unit and Loop lay off staff and Brex ditches co-CEO model [636d]
• Meet Seen, a new app for friends to record reactions to TikToks and other content [636d]
• Genspark is the latest attempt at an AI-powered search engine [636d]
• Former Snap engineer launches Butterflies, a social network where AIs and humans coexist [636d]
• Apple Developer Academy adds AI training for students and alumni [636d]
• UK national accused of hacking dozens of US companies arrested in Spain [636d]
• Decagon claims its customers service bots are smarter than average [636d]
• Series A to B startups scale up at Disrupt 2024 [636d]
• Now a Series A startup, kids app and ‘digital toy’ Pok Pok is coming to Android [636d]
• SurrealDB is helping developers consolidate their databases [636d]
• XReal introduces a $200 device that brings Android apps to its AR glasses [636d]
• Zal Bilimoria just raised a $50M fourth Refactor Capital fund, and still relishes his solo GP status [636d]
• Loop Golf looks to take the stress out of booking a tee time [636d]
• Bitsensing raises $25M for its high-resolution radar in autonomous driving [636d]
• Dandelion co-founder is back to help you electrify your home for less [636d]
• SewerAI uses AI to spot defects in sewer pipes [636d]
• Waabi’s genAI promises to do so much more than power self-driving trucks [636d]
• EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy [636d]
• Threads finally launches its API for developers [637d]
• CuspAI raises $30M to create a Gen-AI-driven search engine for new materials [637d]
• SUSE wants a piece of the AI cake, too [637d]
• Google brings Gemini mobile app to India with nine Indian language support [637d]
• Finbourne taps $70M for tech that turns financial data dust into AI gold [637d]