The Brutalist Report - tech
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- A look at the nonprofit Current AI, backed by $400M in commitments from many partners including $100M from France, that's funding open, public AI infrastructure (Kate Park/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Hugging Face says it used the open-weight GLM-5.2 hosted on its own compute for breach forensics, after US frontier model safety guardrails blocked the requests (Edward Targett/The Stack) [1d]
- Hugging Face says an agentic AI system hacked its data pipeline, accessing several internal clusters and credentials; its own AI-based triage caught the breach (Hugging Face) [1d]
- Moonshot AI pauses new subscriptions, saying that over the past two days Kimi K3 demand nearly passed the limit of its capacity, and also reworks its plan tiers (@kimi_moonshot) [1d]
- As many companies cut AI costs by using cheaper models, some, like Shopify, go all-in on frontier models, barring engineers from using anything else (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- Kalshi and Polymarket bets on the FIFA World Cup final top $5.69B; Dune Analytics says total wagers on the platforms surpassed $50B for the first time in June (Lauren McCarthy/New York Times) [2d]
- Thoughts on why Jony Ive, a close friend of Laurene Powell Jobs, isn't named in Apple's OpenAI suit; sources: Apple tests AI to record Genius Bar customer chats (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Alibaba launches preview of 2.4T parameter Qwen3.8 Max, says it's comparable to frontier AI models and second only to Fable 5, will make it "open-weight soon" (Bloomberg) [2d]
- AI is reshaping entry-level professional services jobs, as companies redesign hiring, training, and workplace culture rather than simply cut junior roles (Andrew Hill/Financial Times) [2d]
- Sources: Kimi developer Moonshot told investors it is preparing for a Hong Kong IPO in as early as six months; its ARR hit $300M in June, up from $200M in April (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Analysis: OpenAI and Anthropic employees are donating to campaigns more heavily and cohesively than Google, Meta, and Airbnb employees did post-IPO (Alexandra Lindsay/The San Francisco ...) [2d]
- A profile of businessman Sebastian Rucci, whose past ventures were subject to legal probes, as he bids to build California's biggest data center, a $10B project (Zusha Elinson/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Big US pizza delivery chains are struggling as apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats give independent pizzerias and other restaurants greater market access (Haley Zimmerman/Financial Times) [2d]
- Sources: CIA operative Jonny Gannon spied on G42 to probe its China ties and helped the UAE gain expanded access to US AI chips by allaying US suspicions (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Alibaba open-sources its chip software, following similar plays from Huawei and Moore Threads, as Chinese GPU makers try to break the dominance of Nvidia's CUDA (Ann Cao/South China Morning Post) [2d]
- Analysis finds 60+ "jacket apps" on the App Store disguised as simple games and utilities that become gambling apps when accessed from Brazilian IP addresses (9to5Mac) [2d]
- A look at AI's potential impact on insurance-coverage decisions like prior authorization as the Trump admin starts to pilot using AI to evaluate Medicare claims (Joshua Cohen/Ars Technica) [2d]
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- ‘The world of work is changing fast': Barely any workers think their job is safe as worries about AI refuse to go away [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Monday, July 20 (game #1638) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, July 20 (game #1135) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 20 (game #869) [1d]
- How to watch World Cup final replay – it's spoiler-free [1d]
- '6G is going to make all of us into walking cameras' — Quote of the day by Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on the future of wearable tech [1d]
- Are you a Necronomicon expert? Prove it by taking on our tricky Evil Dead horror franchise quiz [1d]
- Finally, some good news for budget-conscious laptop fans — Lenovo Legion R9000P is the world's first laptop with inkjet-printed OLED [1d]
- 'The bypass is still six lines of JavaScript': Security experts warn that Claude for Chrome browser extension could be hijacked, despite it alerting Anthropic several times that something was wrong [1d]
- How to Watch the World Cup 2026 final halftime show: Free Live Streams, TV Channels & Performers [1d]
- There's a sneaky way to watch World Cup final 2026 for FREE [1d]
- No more beating around the bush — Arc Search puts AI at the center of your browser experience [1d]
- FAA and federal workers forced to install $1.4 million White House app containing Russian-built Elfsight code onto government-issued mobile devices [2d]
- How to watch World Cup Final 2026: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for Spain vs Argentina [2d]
- The quiet comeback of boring computing: why ports, keyboards, and repairability matter again [2d]
- I've spent weeks testing the Razer Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed gaming earbuds and it's left me desperate to go back to my SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds [2d]
- I'm worried about the future of MacBooks — and these M7 chip rumors are to blame [2d]
- What is the release date for Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender on Paramount+? [2d]
- Think you're the ultimate Tom Holland Spider-Man fan? Put your knowledge to the test against our Marvel mastermind in this tricky MCU quiz [2d]
- Don’t let unreliable free VPNs ruin your World Cup Final watch party – here’s the cheapest way to watch securely [2d]
- Which DJI camera should I buy? Here's our essential guide to your options, including the results of our in-depth testing [2d]
- I tested the Eufy Omni S2 robotic vacuum — and it's expensive and impressive in equal measure [2d]
- Ukraine confirms it will produce 10 million drones in 2026, rising to 20 million, as it signs a massive $1.1 billion 'drone deal' with the EU [2d]
- 'People are choosing to be a walking Flock camera': the smart glasses backlash hits new heights as celebrities blast 'creep goggles' — and activists install fake Meta Glasses ads at London bus stops [2d]
- The TCL NXTPAPER 70 Pro proved to me that budget smartphones can still be great — but I won't be ditching my aging Samsung just yet [2d]
- Chinese company BrainCo unveils first 'brain-to-robot' interface for controlling robots with your thoughts [2d]
- This British farm is running AI on pig muck — and it could lead to a major windfall for farmers energy income, earning ten times more than the grid [2d]
- Exclusive: ‘The emotion is doubled, it's not reduced’ — the world's most famous referee insists VAR hasn't killed the joy of World Cup goal celebrations [2d]
- The Dimplex FlexBlade Multi-Directional Bladeless Fan looks like it's part of a plane, but despite its propeller-like design it may struggle to cool your aircraft hangar [2d]
- I've used foldable phones for years — here's how the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and iPhone Ultra are fixing the form factor in 2026 [2d]
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