The Brutalist Report - tech
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- In a report, Railway says it believes the October hack targeted AI provider keys for resale, and unauthorized spend on the stolen keys was estimated at ~$740K (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) [2d]
- Leaked documents: OpenAI's adjusted operating margin improved from -150% to -109% from Q2 to Q3 (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Coframe, which uses AI to make websites that test and personalize themselves for each visitor, raised a $25M Series A, bringing its total funding to $35M (Ben Bergman/Business Insider) [2d]
- Sources and records: 11+ NSA and US Cyber Command personnel died by suicide over the 12 months to September, prompting White House and Congressional questions (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg) [2d]
- CoreWeave reports Q3 revenue up 168% YoY to $3.66B, vs. $3.55B est., a net loss of $709M, and a $132.5B revenue backlog, up from $104B as of June (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [2d]
- Sources: the US Commerce Dept. delayed new Entity List additions for two months, leaving off Megaspeed despite four other US agencies pushing for its inclusion (Financial Times) [2d]
- Source: OpenAI told investors on Tuesday that its revenue jumped 50% to around $10B in Q3, up from 17% growth in Q2 (The Information) [2d]
- S-1: Nvidia plans to invest about $10B in Anthropic after its IPO, or ~10% of the new cash Anthropic is expected to raise this month, including in the IPO (Cory Weinberg/New York Times) [2d]
- Graphon, which wants to resolve AI agent memory limitations by mapping connections across documents, videos, and images, raised a $35M Series A (Shubhangi Goel/Business Insider) [2d]
- Lawsuit filing: Point72's quant unit Cubist claims its fired lead research analyst used Claude and Codex to steal source code before leaving for a competitor (Bloomberg) [2d]
- SpaceX announces Starlink Mini 2 with a swappable battery that it says can operate for over four hours without an external power source, reportedly for $999 (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge) [2d]
- Clara, which sells corporate spend management tools in Latin America, raised $105M, including a $65M Series C and $40M in renewed growth financing (Maria Clara Cobo/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sources: despite Trump's denial, he was told at least twice in seven months about Huang's affair with an alleged spy, including by Rubio en route to China (New York Times) [2d]
- Google Fi launches "super network" for automatic carrier switching and Wi-Fi Auto-Connect+ to improve indoor connectivity in places like malls and airports (Sam Rutherford/Engadget) [2d]
- Nvidia hires law firm Wachtell Lipton to investigate Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy, to be led by former acting US attorney Joon H. Kim (New York Times) [2d]
- Updated S-1: Anthropic commits ~$10B more to Microsoft and Google cloud by 2033; it can cancel a $34.9B Lambda deal over a delay but doesn't currently plan to (Aaron Holmes/The Information) [2d]
- Sources: Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and others in a 21-bank consortium committed around $270M to fund five years of a stablecoin venture announced in September (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Alta, which is building blockchain infrastructure for banks and payment companies, raised a $47.5M Series A, bringing its total funding to $80M (Kyle Baird/The Block) [2d]
- OpenAI launches Businesses in ChatGPT in beta, including Business Agents for companies to interact with users and a hub where companies can claim their profiles (Jay Peters/The Verge) [2d]
- The AI Futures Project updates its AI timelines after METR's report on Anthropic R&D, saying it now expects a Superhuman AI Researcher to arrive in 2027 (AI Futures Project) [2d]
- Oura agrees to acquire AI and on-demand doctor service Counsel Health for $625M, says Q4 revenue grew 153% YoY to $533M and FY 2026 revenue grew 92% to $1.75B (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [2d]
- How Alice Huang built her career with romantic partner and Hexi Capital founder Kang Wei, who faced stock market probes; sources believe she is back in China (Financial Times) [2d]
- Anthropic unveils office tools, including a video call assistant, a data dashboard, and spreadsheet service Claude Sheets, in a bid to compete with Microsoft (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) [2d]
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul launches the US' first effort to independently test AI systems and train a new generation of AI safety experts via a new center (Calder McHugh/Politico) [2d]
- Dreeze, launched by Zerto founders to help companies recover from cyberattacks by restoring entire cloud applications, emerges from stealth with a $33M seed (CTech) [2d]
- Updated S-1: Anthropic's seven co-founders will sell $1.75B of stock in next week's IPO, each offering shares worth ~$250M at the midpoint of its IPO range (Dylan Sloan/Bloomberg) [2d]
- SoftBank wrote off $3.7B in non-refundable data center equipment advances after reviewing its plans in Q2; the company had committed $9.5B in advance payments (Martin Peers/The Information) [2d]
- Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon to paid API and AI Ultra users two weeks after releasing it to cyber defenders, and previews a swarm feature in Antigravity (Koray Kavukcuoglu/Google) [2d]
- AI training startup Mercor raised a $750M Series D from Benchmark, General Catalyst, Nvidia, and others at a $20B valuation, up from $10B in October 2025 (Reuters) [2d]
- IBM ends H-1B and green card sponsorships for most of the sponsored roles in IBM Consulting; source: workers can still work with IBM outside the US or leave IBM (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sources: Goldman Sachs expects Anthropic revenue of ~$52B in 2026 and $600B+ by 2030, operating profit in 2029, and positive free cash flow in 2030 (Financial Times) [2d]
- Reddit launches Reddit Reviews, a built-in hub using AI to turn subreddit comments into product pages with pros, cons, and sentiment, starting with 10K items (Mia Sato/The Verge) [2d]
- Rockstar plans to make GTA VI available on Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch next week, likely restricting streaming exclusively to consoles; GTA VI runs at 30fps (Tom Warren/The Verge) [2d]
- TSMC plans to invest up to $500M in Anthropic at its IPO price and up to $500M in OpenAI to acquire preferred stock (Reuters) [2d]
- Scale Labs and CAIS' Remote Labor Index: Fable 5.2 completes 41.3% of freelance projects at professional quality, above Opus 5.5's 21.3% and GPT-6 Astra's 20.8% (Maximilian Schreiner/The Decoder) [2d]
- Cyanogen's co-founder and two others debut Kora, a Linux desktop OS that integrates AI models at a system level, set for a 2027 launch on Snapdragon and x86 PCs (Reece Rogers/Wired) [2d]
- Tel Aviv-based Bay, which helps companies find AI agents and set guardrails, emerges from stealth with a $37M Series A led by Battery Ventures and a $13M seed (Chris Metinko/Axios) [2d]
- Path Robotics, which develops software for autonomous manufacturing robots, raised a $300M Series E at a $2.45B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$610M (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg) [2d]
- At Adobe Max, Adobe unveils Creative Cloud and Firefly AI updates to make designing and editing easier, including Premiere's new Generative Remove tool (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) [2d]
- Amazon's Ring unveils the $249 Ring Drone Cam and the $999 Ring Rover Cam, utilizing its AI Pilot navigation software, under new subbrand Ring Robotics (Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET) [2d]
- Filing: Alibaba says its chip design unit T-Head filed on September 11 for a Hong Kong listing after exchange clearance; T-Head is set to remain a subsidiary (Foster Wong/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sources: Microsoft is among a group of companies lobbying the Trump administration to halt the FCC's plan to ban imports of Chinese optical transceivers (Alexandra Alper/Reuters) [2d]
- Filing: Anthropic's IPO could give it an up to $1.405T valuation on a fully diluted basis, up from the $965B valuation during its $65B Series H announced in May (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) [2d]
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- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, November 11 (game #1752) [2d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 11 (game #1249) [2d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, November 11 (game #983) [2d]
- Eufy’s new smart home camera automatically lights up and follows intruders [2d]
- Samsung S85H vs LG B6: I tested the side-by-side to see which is the best budget OLED TV [2d]
- Snap Specs are big, bold, and quirky, but they can't turn me into Tony Stark [2d]
- Is DDR4 back? 64GB RAM PCs see major fall, but new data suggests hope is on the horizon [2d]
- Tech cannibalization to become mainstream? Removing expensive components and reballing memory set to reach 7–9% of smartphones by 2027 [2d]
- Russia finds a devastatingly simple way to make killer drones evade Ukrainian EW — doubles antennas to 32 and orders 100,000 units [2d]
- Workers are increasingly looking for ways to hide their AI usage at work [2d]
- Hearing aid giant Amplifon reveals data breach hits thousands of US customers [2d]
- LG's 97-inch OLED TV panels are finally being upgraded to 4,000 nits of brightness and 165Hz [2d]
- Adobe wants you to spend less time editing and more time creating – Creative Cloud opens its doors to third-party AI agents [2d]
- Disney Imagineering has a new idea for keeping you off your phone at Disneyland [2d]
- New 'BluePhishing' scam sees criminals spoof AI agents to get access to corporate environments [2d]
- Wyze launches an easy-fit smart lock and a solar 2K camera for budget home security [2d]
- Rumored Nvidia GPU price hikes could be the finishing blow for PC gaming [2d]
- IPVanish quietly brings quantum-resistant WireGuard to iPhone and iPad — here's all we know [2d]
- 'There is a very dark scene in the mission where Finn Colton looksmaxxes' — Hitman World of Assassination senior level designer says Jacksepticeye 'gave us carte blanche to make him as evil as we wanted' [2d]
- 1 in 7 Brits fear AI agents could get them into legal trouble [2d]
- Disney Imagineering is giving Disneyland guests the chance to help shape its next big ideas [2d]
- Google Pixel Tag launches: specs, price, and how it compares to Android rivals [2d]
- Amazon announces the start date for its massive Black Friday sale — here are the best early deals, and the ones to watch [2d]
- Claude can now join your weekly meeting to take notes and even start work for you — and that's not all, with new spreadsheet, whiteboard tools and more helping conquer the world of "Frontier Work" [2d]
- Not sure what tech is worth buying this Black Friday? Ask our experts for advice [2d]
- How to watch Stacey and Joe: In too Deep for free — stream from anywhere [2d]
- Why wait for Black Friday? Samsung’s early laundry deals are already here [2d]
- VZMORE slashes $229 off its AX9 Max Ryzen AI 9 mini PC for Black Friday [2d]
- Apple TV is adding American Sign Language to some films — and you don't need a browser extension [2d]
- OpenAI's data center problem is getting political, and better marketing might not be enough [2d]
- Seagate FireCuda Forge external HDD review [2d]
- Sega newsletter data breach sees 2.2 million email addresses exposed [2d]
- Don’t like Apple Music’s new white icon? Me neither — let's change it [2d]
- These new wireless earbuds prove that wired tech isn't the be-all, and they come with some incredibly premium specs [2d]
- 'Designed for unmatched versatility' — Secretlab's ErgoArch Monitor Light Bar is a new desk light featuring a versatile 3-point adjustment arm that 'fits into any setup' [2d]
- 'The game instantly had a vibe' — Original Mass Effect composer says Vigil 'was a particularly important track' that BioWare made the menu music instead of Mass Effect Theme 'at the last moment before shipping' [2d]
- Anthropic lifts the veil on the latest features for Fable 5.2 & Mythos 5.2 [2d]
- Wyndham confirms it exposed hotel customer data after expert finds flaw in app security [2d]
- The Seestar S30 Plus could be the biggest bargain in astrophotography — here's what it offers [2d]
- This powerful new Dolby Atmos soundbar has 14 speakers and a fabric design that's meant to blend into the room — and it comes from a brand-new company with Denon and Marantz heritage behind it [2d]
- AI or SI? 'I mean, there’s different names for it,' says Ring's Jamie Siminoff, as the company launches an 'AI Pilot' for its home-surveillance drone [2d]
- ‘This is our opportunity to give the player goosebumps’ — Original Mass Effect composer says ‘cinematic moments that propel the story forward’ are a ‘favorite’ part of the writing process since the music is ‘baked into the visuals’ [2d]
- 'Let's take all the intelligence out': How Ring finally built its home surveillance drone [2d]
- Microsoft patents tech to use your spare GPU resources for training its AI [2d]
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- NASA Is Accepting Astronaut Applications for the First Time in 2 Years [2d]
- Save $100 Ahead of Black Friday on Amazon’s Biggest Alexa Display With This Preorder Deal [2d]
- Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight Will Now Light Up When Your Besties Text You [2d]
- Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Nov. 11 #779 [2d]
- Google Expands Gemini 4 Carbon Availability [2d]
- Half of New Games on Steam Are Now Made With AI. How Does This Reflect the Gaming Industry? [2d]
- Google Introduces 3 More Top-Level Domain Names, Including .Eat and .Fly [2d]
- Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Wednesday, Nov. 11, #1971 [2d]
- Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Wednesday, Nov. 11, #1249 [2d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram and Answers for Wednesday, Nov. 11, #983 [2d]
- Death Stranding 2, Atomfall and More Land on PlayStation Plus Soon [2d]
- You Should Download iOS 27.2.1 Now for a Handful of Security Fixes [2d]
- Amazon’s Early Black Friday Alexa Upgrade Deal Can Get You 50% Off New Devices [2d]
- Google Fi’s ‘Super Network’ Hops Networks to Keep Your Pixel Phone Connected [2d]
- Get Apple’s Brand-New iPhone 18 Pro on T-Mobile With a Qualifying T-Mix Plan [2d]
- ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3: When to Watch New Episodes [2d]
- Google Pixel Tag Hands-On: The AirTag for Android Fans [2d]
- Amazon Deals of the Day: Lower Your Energy Bill With Almost 30% Off the Amazon Smart Thermometer Before Black Friday Hits [2d]
- Apple TV Adds Sign Language Interpretation, Starting With Original Film ‘Being Heumann’ [2d]
- Don’t Miss Your Chance to Nab a Nintendo Switch 2 for $469 With This Early Black Friday Doorbuster [2d]
- The New Adobe Firefly AI Is All About Video Editing [2d]
- Adobe Is Giving Its AI Agents Even More to Do [2d]
- Spotify DJ Adds (Potentially Annoying) Voices or You Can Now Turn Them Off Completely [2d]
- Tubi Drops Mixtapes, Letting Fans Make Shareable Watchlists [2d]
- Spotify DJ Adds Nine New Voices and a Mute Option [2d]
- Ring’s Indoor Home Security Drone Is Finally Here (We Think) [2d]
- Google details everything new in Android 17 QPR2 [2d]
- Your Google account will lose its ability to unlock your Nintendo account next year [2d]
- Samsung is getting its Galaxy Wearable app ready for its smart glasses debut [2d]
- Google’s November Pixel update packs dozens of bug fixes, and you can get it now [2d]
- HiLight on Pixel 11 Pro phones now supports Google Messages [2d]
- Gboard’s Rambler voice typing expands to the Pixel 10 series [2d]
- Pixel 11’s better Pixel Search is expanding to every Pixel launched since 2021 [2d]
- Google’s November Pixel Drop brings over 12 new features, and Pixel 10 owners are the big winners [2d]
- Google rolls out Create My Widget to Pixel 10 and 11 series, but the Pixel 10a misses out [2d]
- Google’s beefing up Calculator with Pixel Solver and Unit Conversion tools [2d]
- After months of waiting, you can finally buy a Pixel Tag [2d]
- Pixel phones are getting 10 new custom icon styles [2d]
- Pixel’s Notification Summaries are coming to the Pixel Watch 3 and newer [2d]
- Your Pixel Watch is getting a new Step-by-step Workouts feature, and it’s pretty handy [2d]
- Pixel’s Transit Mode is now automatic, and your daily commutes just got easier [2d]
- Google expands Gemini Intelligence and Proactive Gemini Actions with November Pixel Drop [2d]
- Nothing’s mysterious upcoming device shows off a record button in new teaser [2d]
- Reddit Reviews want to turn user discussions into easily digestible product reviews [2d]
- Amazon cuts $10 off INIU’s 45W mini portable charger [2d]
- Google Fi’s new Super Network brings automatic 5G switching, Pixel deals, and more [2d]
- Ring is launching a flying security camera to patrol your home [2d]
- I lost my keys twice to test the Pixel Tag: It aced downtown but struggled on a quiet trail [2d]
- LG’s 2026 65-inch OLED B6 gets a huge 50% discount [2d]
- Blink Mini Pan-Tilt 2K+ falls to $19.99 in first real discount [2d]
- A Google TV Ambient Mode issue is causing repetitive photo slideshows and frozen screens [2d]
- Google and Adobe are teaming up to make editing PDFs and photos a whole lot easier [2d]
- Logitech G733 Lightspeed drops to its lowest price in months [2d]
- Google Health is building a passcode lock for shared medical records [2d]
- It’s official: Samsung Gallery now uses your Google storage to sync your photos and videos [2d]
- Amazon slashes $249 off the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra [2d]
- Apple’s 15-inch M5 MacBook Air falls to its lowest price since June [2d]
- JBL Live 680NC (2026) are $81 off at an all-time low [2d]
- Garmin’s epix Pro (Gen 2) hits an all-time low with $600 off [2d]
- Samsung Keyboard could soon get its own version of Gboard’s Rambler mode for voice dictation [2d]
- Switch 2’s Zelda remake runs on Android days after launch, but you’ll need a lot of RAM [2d]
- Galaxy S27 Ultra, Pro, and Plus dummy units leak, but the camera layout is raising red flags [2d]
- Waze’s new Garmin-powered feature could make roads a lot safer for cyclists [2d]
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