The Brutalist Report

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• Meta to test premium subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp [4d]
• Some international attendees are skipping 2026 GDC due to safety fears and growing ICE presence [4d]
• Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting [4d]
• YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models [4d]
• Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown [4d]
• Social network UpScrolled sees surge in downloads following TikTok’s US takeover [4d]
• Rad Power Bikes reaches deal to sell itself for $13.2 million [4d]
• AI startup CVector raises $5M for its industrial ‘nervous system’ [4d]
• TikTok alternative Skylight soars to 380K+ users after TikTok U.S. deal finalized [4d]
• Anthropic launches interactive Claude apps, including Slack and other workplace tools [4d]
• Obvious Ventures lands fund five with a 360-degree view of planetary, human, economic health [4d]
• TikTok attributes recent glitches to a power outage at a U.S. data center [4d]
• VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges [4d]
• Saudi satirist hacked with Pegasus spyware wins damages in court battle [4d]
• Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti [4d]
• Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference [4d]
• Nvidia invests $2B to help debt-ridden CoreWeave add 5GW of AI compute [4d]
• SpaceX eyes mid-March for first test of upgraded Starship rocket [4d]
• Only 5 days left: Over half of the first 500 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 plus-one passes at 50% off are already gone [4d]
• Only 5 days left: Over half of the first 500 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 +1 passes at 50% off are already gone [4d]
• Apple’s new AirTag is louder and can be found across longer distances [4d]
• Nvidia’s new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago [4d]