The Brutalist Report - tech
- Anthropic CEO says DeepSeek was ‘the worst’ on a critical bioweapons data safety test [16d]
- OpenAI plans to open an office in Germany [16d]
- Anduril in talks to raise up to $2.5B at $28B valuation [16d]
- Trump admin freezes EV charging program that gave Tesla millions [16d]
- Fintech Rapyd seeks funding at $3.5B valuation, a steep drop from $9B [16d]
- Shopify pushes for ‘open trade’ as Trump delays import exemption [16d]
- One of Elon Musk’s young DOGE engineers explains how he won the $700K Vesuvius Challenge [16d]
- Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge [16d]
- Tesla’s Dojo, a timeline [16d]
- Coalition ‘concerned’ over UK appointing ex-Amazon exec as antitrust regulator chair [16d]
- DeepMind claims its AI performs better than International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalists [16d]
- Bluesky will soon let you limit replies to ‘followers only’ [16d]
- Ex-Apple engineer issues apology after lawsuit over Journal app, Vision Pro leaks is dismissed [16d]
- The biggest breach of US government data is under way [16d]
- Startups face the recurring dilemma of whether to partner [16d]
- Self Inspection raises $3M for its AI-powered vehicle inspections [16d]
- Bpifrance will invest $10B in the French AI ecosystem by 2029 [16d]
- DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app [16d]
- Amazon deletes ‘inclusion and diversity’ language in latest filing [16d]
- VC Mike Ghaffary is looking for the job-creating AI startup that doesn’t yet exist [16d]
- German court orders X to give data access to democracy researchers ahead of federal elections [16d]
- Microsoft Copilot: Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s AI [16d]
- Laurene Powell Jobs joins Amazon in backing nuclear startup X-Energy in $700M round [16d]
- Report: Ilya Sutskever’s startup in talks to fundraise at roughly $20B valuation [16d]
- HPE begins notifying data breach victims after Russian government hack [16d]
- PromptLayer is building tools to put non-techies in the driver’s seat of AI app development [16d]
- Pinterest lists DEI attacks as possible business risk in latest filing [16d]
- Hiveclass, a platform for virtual PE classes for kids, raises $1.5M [16d]
- Coalition of US states to file lawsuit after Musk’s DOGE gains access to Americans’ personal data [16d]
- UK government demands Apple backdoor to encrypted cloud data: report [16d]
- Composo helps enterprises monitor how well AI apps work [16d]
- PowerSchool data breach affected 16,000 students in the UK [16d]
- UAE to invest billions to build AI data center in France [16d]
- Meta launches new program to improve speech and translation AI [16d]
- Meta is studying how humans and robots can collaborate on housework [16d]
- Swiggy, 2024’s biggest tech listing, falls below its IPO price and 2022 valuation [16d]
- India to launch new domain name for banks to fight digital fraud [17d]
- Sprinklr cuts 500 employees, citing underwhelming business performance [17d]
- Carried interest repeal could stifle investments in startups, NVCA says [17d]
- Report: OpenAI’s ex-CTO, Mira Murati, has recruited OpenAI co-founder John Schulman [17d]
- Orgs demand action to mitigate AI’s environmental harm [17d]
- Google fumbles Gemini Super Bowl ad's cheese statistic [16d]
- 'Scrappier and more focused': Sonos is changing its whole structure to make better products and avoid any more app disasters [16d]
- North Korean hackers are targeting LinkedIn jobseekers with new malware - here's how to stay safe [16d]
- Millions of phone location records feared leaked as one of the biggest data leaks ever may be a whole lot worse [16d]
- DDoS attacks take down game studio servers, causing DayZ and Arma network outages [16d]
- OpenAI changes ChatGPT o3-mini to work more like DeepSeek-R1, but faces backlash from users [16d]
- Amazon wants to spend $100 billion this year for ‘once in a lifetime' AI opportunity [16d]
- This open source tool could save Google, Microsoft, billions by cutting CPU resources by 20% but even small businesses can benefit [16d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, February 8 (game #1111) [16d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, February 8 (game #342) [16d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, February 8 (game #608) [16d]
- Amazon's Android TV update hints at new Fire TV devices – maybe at the next-gen AI Alexa event soon [16d]
- Severance director Ben Stiller says work is underway on season 3's scripts – and he hopes it won't take three years to make [16d]
- Apple could soon be forced to give away all your encrypted data to the UK government [16d]
- SVG files are offering cybercriminals an easy way in with new phishing attacks [16d]
- Using AI to build AI: how enterprises are increasing revenue while upskilling headcount [16d]
- Some RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs have seriously inflated price tags, climbing as high as 70% over MSRP in the case of one Asus model [16d]
- Google is ramping up Android security protection with new Android app safety tools [16d]
- The UK data center Critical National Infrastructure: challenges and opportunities [16d]
- 7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and more this weekend (February 7) [16d]
- Got IKEA smart lights? You can now control them directly from your Apple Watch [16d]
- DeepSeek AI app should be banned from US government devices, lawmakers say [16d]
- Spotify seems to be gearing up for more expensive subscriptions, and I'm annoyed [16d]
- Global tablet sales saw a huge rise in 2024 - and one company keeps dominating [16d]
- Take-Two reaffirms that GTA 6 will launch in 2025, so there's no need to worry about a delay for now [16d]
- US government warns users to patch this critical Microsoft Outlook bug [16d]
- Sorry, you're not getting Microsoft Edge off of your PC, at least according to its new 'uninstall' document [16d]
- My new favorite thing in EVs? This Citroen Ami that's been made to look like a 1950s H-Van [16d]
- IMI confirms hack, becomes latest engineering giant to face cyberattack [16d]
- Google Messages could soon let you delete messages for other people, and I can't wait to pretend my cringiest jokes never happened [16d]
- Can’t buy an Nvidia RTX 5080 or 5090 GPU due to stock shortages? If you were hoping GeForce Now might provide a good alternative, we’ve got some bad news [16d]
- Severance season 2 episode 4 ending explained: 3 big mysteries solved in Woe's Hollow and 5 new questions I have about the hit Apple TV Plus show [16d]
- Microsoft Teams is getting one of Facebook's worst features, and I can't see why you'd ever use it [16d]
- Google Maps turns 20 – here are its most popular locations from the past two decades, plus Google’s favorite hidden tricks [16d]
- Football Manager 2025 canceled as Sports Interactive say 'we're too far away from the standards you deserve' and releasing the game in its current state 'would not be the right thing to do' [16d]
- Nvidia could be drastically reducing RTX 4060 GPU supply right now – another heavy hint that the RTX 5060 is imminent [16d]
- iOS 19 could give our iPhones a long-awaited redesign, according to the new Invites and leaked Camera apps [16d]
- Amazon says it is now the top corporate purchaser of renewable energy in Europe [16d]
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has received an age rating, and it looks like there might a new trailer on the way [16d]
- 'It's going to be a Pebble and almost exactly as you remember it' – beloved smartwatch founder reveals major progress on new venture [16d]
- The Google Pixel 9a’s potential UK price, launch date, and colors have leaked, and it’s a mix of good and bad news [16d]
- Indian banks are getting a whole new domain to combat fraud [16d]
- A 2025 guide to unlocking AI's potential for QA & dev teams [16d]
- Avowed game director confirms that yes, the game can reach 60fps on Xbox Series X [16d]
- The Attention Alchemists: crafting gold from social engineering [16d]
- 'Look, no wires'! This color E-Ink display is the first device I’ve seen that uses truly contactless wireless power [17d]
- Would you use Google Gemini if it fills with ads? [17d]
- 'AI Godfather' sounds the alarm on autonomous AI [17d]
- Apple's iPhone SE 4 might arrive as soon as next week, according to a new report [17d]
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