The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Apple becomes a debt collector with its new developer agreement [46d]
• Instacart to pay $60M to settle FTC claims it deceived consumers [46d]
• ChatGPT launches an app store, lets developers know it’s open for business [46d]
• Pickle Robot adds Tesla veteran as first CFO [46d]
• Why British politicians are flocking to American tech giants [46d]
• ChatGPT’s mobile app hits new milestone of $3B in consumer spending [46d]
• LinkedIn’s profile verification push is accelerating — and India is leading the charge in 2025 [46d]
• These startups are building innovations that make life (and death) better [46d]
• These 21-year-old dropouts raised $2M to build Givefront, a fintech for nonprofits [46d]
• TDK Ventures, Accel set to back India’s EtherealX in reusable launch vehicle push: Sources [46d]
• Tech provider for NHS England confirms data breach [46d]
• Peripheral Labs taps into self-driving car sensors to bring sports fans right into the game [46d]
• No keynotes, no BS — why this year’s best tech talks happened over cocktails at StrictlyVC [46d]
• Rivian rolls out new ‘Universal Hands-Free’ driving feature [46d]
• Apple opens up its App Store to competition in Japan [46d]
• Trump Media is merging with fusion power company TAE Technologies in $6B+ deal [46d]
• Luma releases a new AI model that lets users generate a video from a start and end frame [46d]
• Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation [46d]
• Amazon’s new Alexa+ feature adds conversational AI to Ring doorbells [46d]