The Brutalist Report

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Anti-aging zealot Bryan Johnson wants to start ‘foodome sequencing’ [165d]
Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, releases its base AI model [165d]
Rad Power Bikes already has a new CEO [165d]
Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation [165d]
Android is adding Auracast support, which allows hearing aids to connect to public audio broadcasts [165d]
Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe’s Digital Markets Act [165d]
Oracle is reportedly a top choice for helping run TikTok [165d]
Bluesky quickly sold out of the T-shirt its CEO wore to troll Mark Zuckerberg [165d]
Google calls for weakened copyright and export rules in AI policy proposal [165d]
Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores coming to the EU [165d]
Amazon is still hosting stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert [165d]
Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead Rumman Chowdhury is worried about Musk’s impact on the federal government [165d]
Minimalist Light Phone III launches March 27 [165d]
10 startups to watch from Y Combinator’s W25 Demo Day [165d]
FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money [165d]
Facebook now lets creators get paid for views on stories [165d]
Apple’s Lockdown Mode is good for security — but its notifications are baffling [165d]
Meghan Markle is launching a podcast about female founders [165d]
OpenAI calls DeepSeek ‘state-controlled,’ calls for bans on ‘PRC-produced’ models [165d]
Google wants Gemini to get to know you better [165d]
Google introduces new developer tools and titles for games on mobile and PC [165d]
Geothermal unicorn Fervo Energy may IPO as early as next year [165d]
OpenAI’s ‘creative writing’ AI evokes that annoying kid from high school fiction club [165d]
5 ways TechCrunch Sessions: AI will fuel your AI growth [165d]
Xbox debuts a new AI-powered gaming companion for mobile users [165d]
Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge [165d]
Spotify launches a program to publish audiobooks from independent authors [165d]
OpenAI calls for US government to codify ‘fair use’ for AI training [165d]
TechCrunch All Stage unveils a powerhouse agenda for founders [165d]
Huawei’s lobbying lands it in a bribery scandal with EU politicians [165d]
UiPath is looking for a path to growth in agentic AI with its Peak.ai acquisition [165d]
Omni raises $69M to design tools that help companies better analyze their data [165d]
Skich launches an alternative app store on iOS in the EU [165d]
ClickUp is launching a revamped calendar tool for task and meeting management [165d]
Meta is launching Community Notes in the US next week [165d]
Singapore grants bail for Nvidia chip smugglers in alleged $390M fraud [165d]
Bria lands new funding for AI models trained on licensed data [165d]
Telegram introduces trading and yield features for its self-custodial crypto wallet [165d]
Could deeptech serve as Europe’s path to autonomy from the US? [165d]
Xiaomi to preinstall PhonePe’s app store on smartphones sold in India [165d]
Estonia-based Blackwall raises €45 million Series B to protect SMBs from malicious online traffic [165d]
Vento rolls out new €75M fund for Italian founders, no matter where they live [165d]
Travis Kalanick thinks Uber screwed up: “Wish we had an autonomous ride-sharing product” [166d]