The Brutalist Report

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Upwork is buying its way into corporate staffing beyond freelancers [11d]
Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic [11d]
A rival Tea app for men is leaking its users’ personal data and driver’s licenses [11d]
Federal regulators give Zoox an exemption for its custom-built robotaxis [11d]
How to actually raise a seed round: Actionable advice from top investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [11d]
First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant [11d]
Google takes on ChatGPT’s Study Mode with new ‘Guided Learning’ tool in Gemini [11d]
OpenAI is practically giving ChatGPT to the government for free [12d]
Google’s AI coding agent Jules is now out of beta [12d]
Payment platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital wallets for the ‘agent-native economy’ [12d]
Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government’s website [12d]
Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web [12d]
Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent [12d]
Apple to announce $100B further commitment for US manufacturing [12d]
Instagram takes on Snapchat with new ‘Instagram Map’ [12d]
Tinder explores a redesign, dating ‘modes,’ and college-specific features to boost engagement [12d]
Cohere’s new AI agent platform, North, promises to keep enterprise data secure [12d]
Two arrested for smuggling AI chips to China; Nvidia says no to kill switches [12d]
Photo-sharing app Locket is banking on a new celebrity-focused feature to fuel its growth [12d]
Final call: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticket savings end tonight [12d]
Microsoft brings OpenAI’s smallest open model to Windows users [12d]
Google says hackers stole its customers’ data by breaching its Salesforce database [12d]
Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech [12d]