The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies [196d]
• Google Gemini now brings receipts to your AI chats [196d]
• Arm is launching its own chip this year with Meta as a customer [196d]
• OpenAI removes certain content warnings from ChatGPT [196d]
• Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details [196d]
• Tim Cook teases Apple product news for February 19 — likely the iPhone SE [196d]
• Anthropic’s next major AI model could arrive within weeks [196d]
• Phase raises $13M to speed up the UX design process with its no-code platform [196d]
• Another robotaxi operation heads to Texas and Archer scores $300M for its defense mission [196d]
• Tofu is building an omni-channel marketing platform for enterprises [196d]
• OpenAI scrubs diversity commitment web page from its site [196d]
• Seagate acquires Intevac, which makes equipment for hard disk drives, for $119M [196d]
• A comprehensive list of 2024 and 2025 tech layoffs [196d]
• Valve removes Steam game that contained malware [196d]
• Alibaba confirms Apple deal bringing AI features to iPhones in China [196d]
• Startup Battlefield 200: The competition starts on the waitlist [196d]
• EU’s Disinformation Code moves closer to becoming DSA benchmark [196d]
• Honda’s $60B merger with Nissan falls apart [196d]
• Publishers sue AI startup Cohere over alleged copyright infringement [196d]
• Germany’s Helsing doubles down on drones for Ukraine, scales up manufacturing [196d]
• Blue Origin cuts 10% of staff one month after first successful New Glenn launch [196d]
• Spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for years [196d]
• YouTube Shorts adds Veo 2 so creators can make gen AI videos [196d]
• EnCharge raises $100M+ to accelerate AI using analog chips [196d]
• Data center tweaks could unlock 76 GW of new power capacity in the U.S. [196d]
• CyberArk snaps up Zilla Security for up to $175M [196d]
• Avride launches sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats in Jersey City [196d]
• Sophos lays off 6% of workforce following Secureworks acquisition [196d]
• Apple’s app tracking privacy framework could fall foul of German antitrust rules [196d]
• Apptronik, which makes humanoid robots, raises $350M as category heats up [197d]
• Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team steers toward nature-based carbon credits [197d]
• Telegram releases improved sticker search and video consumption features [197d]
• Barcelona-based spyware startup Variston shuts down, per filing [197d]
• Docker’s new CEO is former Oracle Cloud exec Don Johnson [197d]
• China’s Salt Typhoon hackers continue to breach telecom firms despite US sanctions [197d]
• Elon Musk will withdraw bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit if its board agrees to terms [197d]
• Coinbase eyes re-entry to India [197d]
• Getaround abruptly shuts down US car-sharing operations [197d]
• US pharma giant Merck backs healthcare marketplace HD in Southeast Asia [197d]
• Ulu Ventures sticks to its diversity strategy, raises $208M [197d]
• Elon Musk’s X will pay Trump $10M to settle lawsuit over 2021 ban [197d]
• Founded by DeepMind alumnus, Latent Labs launches with $50M to make biology programmable [197d]