The Brutalist Report - tech
system |
|
- In an internal meeting, OpenAI finance chief Sarah Friar told employees that the company's annualized recurring revenue in July was higher than in Q2 as a whole (CNBC) [3d]
- Source and docs: Intel has given access to its Atom processor tech to Rosaic, a new startup led by Amarjit Gill; Lip-Bu Tan and Gill are longtime co-investors (Reuters) [3d]
- Source: the European Commission plans to designate OpenAI's ChatGPT and Roblox as "very large online platforms" under the DSA as soon as August (Bloomberg) [3d]
- Robinhood reports Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to $1.31B, vs. $1.29B est., event contracts revenue up over 10x to $156M, and crypto revenue down 38% to $100M (Bill Peters/MarketWatch) [3d]
- Microsoft reports Q4 Windows OEM and Devices revenue down 7% YoY, Xbox hardware revenue down 13%, and Xbox content and services revenue down 10% (Emma Roth/The Verge) [3d]
- Arm reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.29B, vs. $1.26B est., royalty revenue up 22% YoY to $715M, and forecasts Q2 profit above estimates (Reuters) [3d]
- Meta reports Reality Labs Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $431M, vs. $423.4M est., and a $4.62B operating loss, vs. $5.07B estimated (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) [3d]
- Meta reports free cash flow of $784M in Q2, down 91% YoY, and now expects 2026 capex to be $130B-$145B, compared with its prior forecast of $125B-$145B (Reuters) [3d]
- Qualcomm reports Q3 revenue down 4% YoY to $9.95B, vs. $9.67B est., forecasts Q4 profit below est., expects revenue from Apple products to decline more quickly (Reuters) [3d]
- Meta reports $2.4B in charges related to legal proceedings in Q2 and $1.18B in severance expenses in connection with the May 2026 layoff of about 8,000 staff (Todd Spangler/Variety) [3d]
- Microsoft reports Q4 Azure and other cloud services revenue up 43% YoY, vs. 40% est., and says Azure revenue in FY 2026 exceeded $100B for the first time (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [3d]
- Meta reports Q2 revenue up 28% YoY to $60.8B and family daily active people up 3% to 3.6B on average for June 2026; META drops 4%+ after hours (Meta) [3d]
- Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $90B, net income up 31% to $35.8B, and Microsoft Cloud revenue up 27% to $59.3B; MSFT jumps 3%+ after hours (Microsoft) [3d]
- Waymo gradually resumes freeway routes, starting with Phoenix, more than two months after suspending them to improve performance around construction zones (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) [3d]
- Google launches its Lyria 3.5 music generation model in Google Flow Music, highlighting improved musicality, lyrics, vocal quality, and creative control (Google) [3d]
- Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Lilian Weng is returning to OpenAI after announcing earlier this week she was leaving TML over workload-related health concerns (The Information) [3d]
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, giving 100K scientists, mathematicians, and engineers free access to its frontier models through 2027 (Ina Fried/Axios) [3d]
- Anthropic's cryptanalysis results on HAWK and AES show AI can now understand existing cryptanalysis results, turn them into new attacks, and even extend them (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts ...) [3d]
- Investors continue to dump chipmaker stocks on Wednesday following disappointing results from SK Hynix; Sandisk is down 7.5%+, Arm 6.5%+, and AMD 6.5%+ (Financial Times) [3d]
- Qualcomm says it has signed a 10-year deal to supply chips for BMW's future digital cockpit and advanced driver-assistance systems (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters) [3d]
- Groundcover, which provides observability software that can monitor AI agents, raised a $100M Series C led by One Peak, bringing its total funding to $160M (Meir Orbach/CTech) [3d]
- Encore AI, which studies companies' customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents, raised a $30M Series A led by Team8, Planven, and The Garage (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch) [3d]
- ChipAgents, which uses AI agents to help speed up the process of chip design, raised a $60M Series A2 led by B Capital, bringing the expanded round to $134M (Max A. Cherney/Reuters) [3d]
- Survey: 77% of US adults support in-class cellphone bans for middle and high school students, up from 74% in 2025 and 68% in 2024; just 18% oppose such bans (Jeffrey Gottfried/Pew Research Center) [3d]
- Brookfield and NextEra partner to develop a $100B, 1.2GW+ AI data center campus at a former DOE uranium-enrichment site in Kentucky, set to open in 2032 (Robb M. Stewart/Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- A look at OpenAI's open-source agent harness that now powers Codex and ChatGPT Work, as the company works to optimize the harness to cut runaway token usage (Jason Hiner/The Deep View) [3d]
- Eliyan, which aims to license tech and make physical "chiplets" to ease AI chip data transfer bottlenecks, raised a $145M Series C at a $1B valuation (Stephen Nellis/Reuters) [3d]
- X settles a long-running legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers, ending a case that accused brands like Mars and Shell of illegally boycotting X (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times) [3d]
- DoorDash says the FAA granted it Part 135 air carrier certification to operate a drone delivery service and it plans to launch drone deliveries in the fall (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Source: OpenRouter was recently generating ~$140M in annualized revenue, or ~$12M per month, up nearly 3x since April, making Stripe's $10B offer a big premium (The Information) [3d]
- GlobalFoundries says the US plans to award it $300M in CHIPS Act funding to bolster R&D of silicon photonics tech to power more efficient AI data centers (Reuters) [3d]
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: comfortable when shut, 4:3 inner display is great, and impressive battery life, but no telephoto or IP68 and some app errors (Dominic Preston/The Verge) [3d]
- I built a personal Netflix in three hours using the free Plex app — and I’m convinced it’s the future for Blu-ray and DVD fans [3d]
- ‘Exceptional espresso every time’: The KitchenAid KF3 is a gorgeous fully automatic coffee machine ideal for smaller kitchens [3d]
- Google has a new way of talking about the latest cyber threats — so get ready for a whole load of crazy new names [3d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #1648) [3d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #1145) [3d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #879) [3d]
- Who needs Dolby Atmos? These 6 4K Blu-rays support with DTS Master Audio surround sound (and 1 with stereo) are perfect for showing off what your your home theater can really do [3d]
- Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle 'are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt', drawing comparison with the historic Enron debacle [3d]
- 'What is that perfect shot?': Inside Apple’s MLS All-Star Game broadcast and the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s search for new angles [3d]
- Quote of the day by Tom Hanks on AI in cinema: 'Without a doubt, people will be able to tell. But the question is, will they care?' — a cynical observation about modern film audiences [3d]
- I bought a power bank for summer travel, but it actually fixed my bedside cable nightmare [3d]
- Ukrainian hackers claim to have shot down a $50m SU-57 fighter using Russia's own air defense [3d]
- Ukraine military to get DragonFire-style drone-killing lasers within months [3d]
- The Gen Z 'Neo-Luddism' movement is right about the downsides of technology — but can any of us afford to truly disconnect? [3d]
- 'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer [3d]
- Feeling stressed and overworked? Don't worry - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks that we just love to work, and that's why AI won't result in a four-day working week [3d]
- Playing Black Flag Resynced on the PS5 Pro and a 120Hz display has confirmed my love of 40fps modes on console — and given me more confidence if GTA 6 can’t hit 60fps [3d]
- I watched the viral The Odyssey 4DX screening, and think it's better than the IMAX 70mm format — the 5 most brutal scenes are worth the extortionate ticket price alone [3d]
- Thousands of iOS and Android VPNs are hiding behind fake websites and useless privacy policies — here's how to spot them [3d]
- What's stopping robot vacuums from going mainstream? I grilled execs from five of the biggest brands to find out [3d]
- GMKtec launches the new Evo-X1 Pro mini PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and OCuLink — and it already has an early bird deal [3d]
- Custom McLaren paint jobs, tapered damping tubes, and drivers that ‘hang in the air’: I spoke to Bowers & Wilkins about its massive snail-shaped loudspeaker Nautilus, and why it’s still so successful it's backordered for years, even 33 years after launch [3d]
- I asked Control Resonant's gameplay designer all my burning questions — how the combat's 'melee focus' differs from the original, and why you 'haven't played anything exactly like' what you'll see in its 30-hour length [3d]
- It’s hard to feel sorry for AI companies when China is giving them a taste of their own medicine [3d]
- Updating your app might not keep you safe: How outdated OpenVPN code leaves VPNs exposed [3d]
- Agentic security doesn't need a whole new definition – you just need to reframe what you already know [3d]
- I watched Tom Holland's new Marvel movie Spider-Man: Brand New Day and it spins a fun and functional yarn but one that ultimately fails to avoid the same pitfalls where the MCU continues to go wrong [3d]
- 'I’m paying for things I sincerely did not ask for': Squarespace users aren’t happy with recent price hikes [3d]
- 'Best processor on the market': The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D drops to its lowest-ever price [3d]
- ‘We are the reason that data centers get built and expanded’: It’s not about whether we need them, but it’s about where we build them, IDCA founder and CEO says [3d]
- I have to use a mouse and keyboard all day — so can Logitech adding a simple cushion actually make that much difference? [3d]
- The cyber risk hiding in plain sight [3d]
- Exclusive: ‘When it comes to recording our lives, I believe there is a line AI cannot cross’. Here's what Insta360's founder and CEO told me when I asked about his controversial ‘photography robot’ vision [3d]
Previous Day