The Brutalist Report - tech
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- Democrats and Republicans proposed many bills to address major AI threats over the past two years, but they remain stymied by partisan disputes and lobbying (New York Times) [2d]
- Q&A with Matt Sheehan, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on US-China AI race, distillation, US chip export controls, and more (New York Times) [2d]
- Mark Zuckerberg says AI labs have the responsibility and incentive to train models safely and that any lab that doesn't focus on alignment will fall behind (Mark Zuckerberg/@finkd) [2d]
- Sources: Meta plans to release a camera-free pair of smart glasses this fall; the new model has six mics to let users speak with Meta's AI chatbot and Muse (Jyoti Mann/The Information) [2d]
- TypeSafe AI, which is developing a model that outputs numerical responses with probability estimates to help businesses assess reliability, raised a $40M seed (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes) [2d]
- Sources: OpenAI has held early conversations with investors about raising another private funding round at a $1.2T valuation before its planned IPO (Financial Times) [2d]
- At a US House hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said AI labs should get no liability exemptions and called for more open-source models built in the US (Matt Bracken/FedScoop) [2d]
- OpenRouter users spent more on OpenAI's models than on Anthropic's in the week of September 7, the first time that happened since the week of February 26, 2024 (@openrouter) [2d]
- Pulley, which offers cap table management software, says it will cease operations after December 8; it had raised $50M+ from investors, including Founders Fund (Melia Robinson/Business Insider) [2d]
- At the Future of Life Institute's Pro-Human Assembly, Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon, and others called for tighter restrictions on AI and denounced tech CEOs (New York Times) [2d]
- During a Salesforce event, Jensen Huang says the AI industry doesn't need any new laws or regulations and market forces will help companies safely innovate (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Crypto exchange CoinEx says it is closing, citing a lengthy downturn and rising compliance costs; a report said it moved $3B+ for Iran-linked wallets since 2019 (Dylan Tokar/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- The Senate fails to advance the Clarity Act, dealing a major blow to the crypto industry's push for a comprehensive market structure framework (CNBC) [2d]
- CADDi, which sells AI tools to help manufacturers organize engineering and production data, raised a $114M Series D at a $1.2B valuation, up from $470M in 2025 (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune) [2d]
- Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, its "most advanced live dialogue models yet", to more effectively enable voice agents (Google) [2d]
- Some developers are using the Claude Code harness to access cheaper non-Anthropic models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, via proxies and services like OpenRouter (Alix Coutures/The Information) [2d]
- Thatch, a healthcare plan marketplace where employers set a fixed budget that employees can use for individual plans, raised a $108M Series C at a $1B valuation (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch) [2d]
- UMG sues DistroKid, alleging it distributes AI-generated music masquerading as artist-backed releases and knowingly "proliferates" copyright-infringing tracks (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide) [3d]
- Factory, whose AI coding agents, called Droids, switch between models depending on a task's complexity, raised $200M at a $5B valuation, up from $1.5B in April (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- Sources: Palmer Luckey-backed Erebor Bank ended its free stablecoin-to-cash redemption offer after trading firms like Wintermute exploited it for arbitrage (The Information) [3d]
- DoorDash agrees to acquire Wonder's Grubhub Campus Dining business, formerly Tapingo, for $300M, and will add $125M to Wonder's $650M Series D announced in July (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) [3d]
- Sources: the US Commerce Department last month ordered Kalshi to take down an AI compute futures product, citing national security concerns; Kalshi complied (Semafor) [3d]
- AWS facilities in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain remain mostly offline more than six months after being damaged by Iranian drones, complicating the region's AI ambitions (Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- Elon Musk says top US AI labs and "three or four of the leading Chinese companies" should let rivals run a "test harness" on their models to evaluate safety (Annie Palmer/CNBC) [3d]
- Meta rolls out its Meta One subscription bundle globally, with expanded Meta AI capabilities powered by Muse, and $7.99/month and $19.99/month individual plans (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge) [3d]
- India's UPI, which has been free for merchants, will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments above ₹2,000, or $21, from October 15 in a major shift (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) [3d]
- GM plans to add Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to its latest infotainment system, three years after upsetting some consumers by removing them from its EVs (David Welch/Bloomberg) [3d]
- OpenAI says it has been working with Anthropic and Google for several weeks on AI safety, and it does not need an antitrust waiver to coordinate on safety (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg Law) [3d]
- Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company, which offers audits and safety certifications for AI agents, raised a $40M Series A, bringing total raised to $55M (Julie Bort/TechCrunch) [3d]
- Meta says it plans to deploy MTIA 450, its third-generation custom AI chip, in data centers in H1 2027, followed by a broad rollout of MTIA 500 by end of 2027 (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) [3d]
- The US DOJ says several companies used Binance to relay payments of around $1.5B for black-market Iranian oil from Chinese buyers; Binance says it took action (Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- At Dreamforce, Salesforce announces Koa, a specialized CRM reasoning model built on Nvidia's Nemotron architecture, designed to power AI agents in Agentforce (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE) [3d]
- OpenAI backs a provision of the FRONTIER Act, a bipartisan House proposal, that would require AI companies to embed outside evaluators to ensure model safety (Brendan Bordelon/Politico) [3d]
- Altera, which makes chips for AI, automation, and more, files confidentially for an IPO; Intel acquired it for ~$16.7B in 2015, and Silver Lake took 51% in 2025 (David Morris/Bloomberg) [3d]
- The Gates Foundation pledges $1B+ over two years to expand global access to AI and use it to tackle social inequalities; Gates says "we can harness AI for good" (Claire Moses/New York Times) [3d]
- Apple says iCloud+ now includes Apple TV and Arcade at no extra charge in 100+ countries, plus Music Select, a set of ad-free radio stations, in some markets (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac) [3d]
- Sources: ByteDance's H1 2026 net profit dropped by a single-digit percentage YoY to $20B and revenue rose ~30% to $120B; its 2025 revenue rose 29% to ~$200B (The Information) [3d]
- New York-based AI marketing startup Profound raised a $180M Series D led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8B valuation, taking its total funding to $335M+ (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU prices skyrocket to $9,000 — as fresh RTX 6000 rumor suggests a 2027 launch that fills me with dread [2d]
- New Polish jet-powered drone looks a lot like a miniature B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, and there's a good reason why [2d]
- A dancing dog mascot, 23 screws, 9 parts: Inside Dell's attempt to show Japanese kids how computers work and how to assemble one [2d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, September 16 (game #1696) [2d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, September 16 (game #1193) [2d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, September 16 (game #927) [2d]
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ‘the world is right to be afraid’ of AI influence — but that it can benefit humanity like no other technology before it [2d]
- Desperate attempt or marketing genius? Microsoft's Project Zenith is a confusing attempt to get those who can afford an expensive PC to buy one [2d]
- Diablo 5 senior game director says 'the continued passion' is the reason Diablo 2: Resurrected exists and has allowed Blizzard to look at it for modern inspiration — 'Because it exists today alongside Diablo 4, we can look at it through today's lens' [2d]
- 'We're going through a new industrial revolution': Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei share differing views on AI at Dreamforce 2026 [2d]
- Now we know which iPhone Apple really wants you to buy, and John Ternus gave us the key [2d]
- How to watch Run Hide Fight: Infidels online from anywhere [2d]
- AI on Intel MacBook laptop uses webcam and mirror to rewrite and debug its own AMD Radeon driver code live and direct — without a programmer in the loop [2d]
- Huawei says its new smartphone chip is entirely free of any US-made components [2d]
- First ever battle between two autonomous naval drones 'won' by Ukraine thanks to a salvo from a remote weapon turret [2d]
- Vertical GPU, top-loading HDDs: Morefine's 4-bay NAS is unlike any AI workstation PC I've ever seen, thanks to a simple physics law [2d]
- Whole-home Wi-Fi 7 just became more affordable with Amazon's Early Prime Day deal on the Deco 7 Pro Tri-Band BE10000 mesh system [2d]
- Reacher fans 'absolutely' responsible for Prime Video spinoff Neagley being made — but the new series will solve one outstanding mystery [2d]
- 'New arena for strategic rivalry': China’s intelligence chief calls for regulations and guardrails on AI to prevent new arms race [2d]
- The big AI 'slowdown' battle explained — 5 things you need to know about Trump's AI regulation battle with OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and even Elon Musk [2d]
- The AirPods 5 are available for preorder at a surprisingly affordable price – and Amazon just surprised us with a first-time discount [2d]
- Google invests $15bn in Finland and secures 500 MW power from Soviet-era nuclear power plant till 2050 [2d]
- How to watch Forever Home on Channel 5 — it's *FREE* [3d]
- 12 early Prime Day deals under $50 you can get right now that actually improve your setup [3d]
- The new digital ID apps for age verification in pubs have a major flaw I'm worried about — and might make queueing even worse [3d]
- The UK's £100 billion data center boom is suffering from a major bottleneck that puts capacity and performance at risk [3d]
- Volkswagen sets three EV world records over 794-mile road trip in ‘most efficient near-production’ car — and it could be the battery breakthrough that EVs need [3d]
- New $50 billion buildout investment will build Canada’s largest data center in Saskatchewan with 1.2 GW capacity [3d]
- Surfshark now lets you block specific websites — but you'll need a Windows PC [3d]
- 'Nowhere in the world, including the UK, has a current legislative and regulatory approach to AI that is fit for purpose' — Britain’s lawmakers have started calling for AI regulation, and they should refuse to settle for half-measures [3d]
- Has Downloader stopped working on your Fire TV Stick? Don’t panic, Amazon isn’t killing sideloading on previous models, and a fix is on the way [3d]
- I've compared all iPhone 18 Pro preorder options — this deal at Visible gets you a $480 discount on one of the best plans [3d]
- How to watch Liverpool vs Tottenham: Free Streams, TV Channels for Carabao Cup 3rd Round [3d]
- Amazon's October Prime Day dates are official — but I'd shop these 15 early deals before the sale starts [3d]
- Obscura VPN's new 'Circle of Trust' rewards users for supporting independent privacy apps [3d]
- Blizzard says designing a StarCraft open-world shooter presents specific challenges in scale and perspective — 'If you're 10 feet tall and you're wearing something that weighs 1,000 pounds, doors are a challenge' [3d]
- NordVPN teams up with NBA star Shaquille O'Neal to slam dunk online threats [3d]
- NBA star Shaquille O'Neal teams up with NordVPN to slam dunk online threats [3d]
- 'The Orbi 373 immediately kicked my office Wi-Fi up a gear': Netgear's Wi-Fi 7 mesh 3-pack just hit a record low [3d]
- Almost 8000 organizations hit by fake voicemail transcript emails in credential phishing attack [3d]
- Discord not loading? The gaming chat service has gone down for some users [3d]
- Got iOS 27 but can't find the new Siri? You're not alone — here's why [3d]
- Aemagic's retro Nintendo-style mini PC with powerful Ryzen 7 performance drops $100 as Amazon launches its Early Prime Day sale [3d]
- Sony’s new 400mm and 600mm super-telephoto primes make light work of a heavy hobby — here are my favorite wildlife photos I shot with the pair [3d]
- Save up to 50% on top-quality waterproofs from Patagonia, Arc'teryx, The North Face and more — here are my top picks [3d]
- Oracle lays off undisclosed number of employees in restructuring, but hiring continues for AI and data center roles [3d]
- RubyGems say OpenAI agents responsible for undisclosed swarm attack against its infrastructure [3d]
- I've watched all 8 episodes of Reacher spinoff Neagley and think longtime fans will love it — mostly because they feel like the exact same show [3d]
- Spotify is finally giving you a button to block kids’ music from your recommendations and Wrapped — now YouTube needs to follow suit [3d]
- iOS 27’s new Spatial Reframing tool puts ‘random dude’ into Redditor’s photo — proving that the AI Photos feature still has major limits [3d]
- KitchenAid just unveiled its latest Design Series stand mixer, and its glowing, jewel-like glass bowl took my breath away [3d]
- How to watch England vs Sri Lanka 2026 T20 series: cricket live streams, schedule, tickets and preview [3d]
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- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 16, #927 [2d]
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- Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 16, #723 [2d]
- PS Plus Gets a Diverse Lineup for September With WWE 2K26, RuneScape: Dragonwilds and More [2d]
- Samsung Is Fast-Tracking Galaxy Z TriFold 2 After iPhone Duo Reveal, According to Leaks [2d]
- At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Announced Its Big Swing Era [2d]
- Google’s New Pixel Features Include Shortcuts to Your Favorite Contacts, Adds Scam Alerts [2d]
- Prime Video Launches Super Bundle With Starz, AMC Plus, BritBox, MGM Plus and PBS Masterpiece [2d]
- The Wolverine Game Sinks Its Claws Into Emotional Heights Rather Than Story Cohesion [2d]
- This Anker Qi2 Car Charger Is Your New Road Trip Buddy and It Just Hit a Record-Low Price [2d]
- Samsung’s Galaxy A57 5G Is Still $100 Off if You Need a New Android Phone [2d]
- This TCL Android Tablet Is $50 Off and Packs Plenty of Features for Everyday Use [2d]
- Walt Disney World Brings AI Into Its Booking Site [2d]
- Walt Disney World Brings AI Into Its Booking Site [2d]
- Don’t Miss These Early Prime Day Apple Deals [2d]
- Walmart Deals of the Day: Up Your Game With $50 Off a Razer Huntsman Mini Keyboard [2d]
- Elche vs. Real Madrid: How to Livestream La Liga Soccer [2d]
- Liverpool vs. Tottenham Livestream: How to Watch Carabao Cup Soccer From Anywhere [3d]
- Yamaha Upgrades Smallest Soundbar With Dolby Atmos Support [3d]
- Save Up to $250 Off Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, Plus 10% Off Wireless Earbuds [3d]
- Unleash the Beast With This Wolverine Black-and-Yellow PlayStation 5 Console Bundle [3d]
- New Streaming Service Alert: JustWatch Is Starting Its Own Platform [3d]
- Ipswich Town vs. Arsenal Livestream: How to Watch Carabao Cup Soccer From Anywhere [3d]
- DJI Builds on 12 Years of Handheld Imaging Innovation with the DJI Osmo 360 II [3d]
- October Prime Day Sales Are Coming, and Deals Are Already Streaming In [3d]
- Amazon Deals of the Day: Watch Football on a Premium QLED Screen for Almost Half Off [3d]
- Shenzhen Is China’s Silicon Valley. Here’s What It’s Like to Visit [3d]
- Play On With Up to 30% Off Nintendo Games, Merch and More for a Limited Time [3d]
- Publishers Argue AI Firms Should Pay for Content as Copyright Case Advances [3d]
- Let It Go: Here’s How to Keep Kids’ Music Out of Your Spotify Wrapped [3d]
- AI Script Readers Are Giving Hollywood Writers Feedback – and Headaches [3d]
- KitchenAid’s New Design Series Mixer Has a Glass Bowl That Illuminates [3d]
- KitchenAid’s New Design Series Mixer Has a Glass Bowl That Illuminates [3d]
- KitchenAid’s New Design Series Mixer Has a Glass Bowl That Illuminates [3d]
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