The Brutalist Report - tech
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- A profile of Suno, which has been used by more than 100M people since 2023 and has 2M+ paid subscribers, as it faces copyright lawsuits from UMG and Sony Music (Bloomberg) [1d]
- OpenAI launches a ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in preview, supporting ChatGPT Work, Codex, and more; Computer Use outside the in-app browser is not available (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack) [1d]
- The CFTC uses its "emergency authority" to order Kalshi to continue operating in New York after the state filed a lawsuit in July seeking to shutter Kalshi (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) [1d]
- Source: Kalshi's annualized revenue topped $4B in July, up from $2B+ two months earlier, and its operating expenses totaled $300M in June (Yueqi Yang/The Information) [1d]
- Accel raised $3.5B in funds for early-stage investments, including a $1.35B global expansion fund for larger early-stage rounds and rapid follow-on investments (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Researchers find that feeding a frontier model's encrypted reasoning traces to a weaker model from the same provider can make it output the traces in plaintext (Will Knight/Wired) [1d]
- Sources: former OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil is aiming to raise $150M for a new AI science startup, seeking a valuation of at least $750M (Business Insider) [1d]
- CoreWeave reports Q2 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.58B, vs. $2.56B est., and a $104B revenue backlog, with 1.5 GW of contracted power; CRWV jumps 9%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [1d]
- Super Micro reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $11.1B, vs. $11.3B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 revenue above estimates; SMCI jumps 9%+ after hours (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Filings show Uber divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics in Q2, as the companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots; Serve has a DoorDash deal (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Similarweb: Bluesky's mobile MAUs fell 27% YoY to 10.4M in June and DAUs fell 26% to 3M in July; X's mobile MAUs fell 3% to 302M and DAUs fell 7% to 123.7M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal agree to sell payments company Moneris to PE firm Francisco Partners for CA$2B in cash, splitting proceeds equally (Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources: David Sacks' Craft Ventures is targeting around $1B for a new fund, its first since Sacks stepped down as the White House AI and crypto czar (The Information) [2d]
- SpaceXAI rolls out Grok Bot AI agent app in beta on Mac, iOS, Windows, and Linux, initially for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium users (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) [2d]
- Sources: Nvidia is developing a Nemotron 4 model with 1T+ parameters, up from Nemotron 3 Ultra's 550B parameters but smaller than leading Chinese open models (The Information) [2d]
- Sundar Pichai says Gemini has hit 1B+ MAUs, the company's fastest-growing product ever and its 14th product to hit the 1B-user mark (Sundar Pichai/@sundarpichai) [2d]
- Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its COO, says he is leaving the company "to start something new" (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information) [2d]
- Flight tracking platform FlightAware sues Kalshi in New York, alleging Kalshi is using its data without permission to let users bet on flight cancellations (Jack Morphet/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Sources: Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for and were aware for seven months of using "cookie stuffing" to claim affiliate commissions (Bloomberg) [2d]
- eToro agrees to acquire US-focused online brokerage TradeZero for up to $231M in cash and stock; TradeZero had ~$80M in revenue over the 12 months ended June 30 (Daniel Kuhn/The Block) [2d]
- Source: Trajectory, founded by ex-DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta staffers to build continual learning models, raised $40M led by Sequoia at a $300M valuation (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information) [2d]
- River Markets, which gives professional traders a single place to trade across multiple prediction markets, raised an $8.5M seed led by Haun Ventures (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune) [2d]
- Manus says it will "soon return to operating as an independent company", implying it is close to finalizing the reversal of its acquisition by Meta (Jing Yang/The Information) [2d]
- TSMC and Sony plan to establish Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, a $4.69B JV in Japan to make next-gen smartphone image sensors from 2029 (Reuters) [2d]
- Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open 30B-parameter MoE model that it says delivers up to 4x faster output speeds, and an agentic AI model router (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) [2d]
- Spotify plans to roll out AI Persona labeling in mid-September for profiles that do "not represent a real person"; the system uses human review and AI tools (Emma Roth/The Verge) [2d]
- Bumble rolls out a global update letting any user send an opening message after matching, a major reversal from its signature women-go-first model (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Apple's iOS 27 beta 5 contains references to six unreleased iPhones: iPhone Air 2, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone 18, iPhone Ultra, and iPhone 18e (Filipe Esposito/Macworld) [2d]
- IBM and Together AI sign a $240M, multi-year deal to build an AI inference cluster on IBM Cloud, using Nvidia's HGX B300 systems, to support open-source models (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters) [2d]
- Big Tech's AI boom echoes the 1870s railroad expansion, and Nvidia shifting risk to institutional capital may expose investors if revenues fail to materialize (Ben Thompson/Stratechery) [2d]
- An NYC bill, backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calls for Amazon, FedEx, and others to directly employ thousands of delivery workers; the bill could pass this fall (Bloomberg) [2d]
- xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin's River AI raised $1B led by General Catalyst to build home or small business computer servers capable of running AI locally (Cade Metz/New York Times) [2d]
- How India's IT services sector, which employs 6M people, contributes ~7% of GDP, and generates $300B+ annually, is shedding jobs as AI automates formulaic work (Financial Times) [2d]
- OpenAI is hiring a power-trading lead to manage commodity hedging across its expanding data center power portfolio, as tech companies seek reliable electricity (Julian Hast/Bloomberg) [2d]
- How a wave of disinformation on Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, and Telegram contributed to a surge of migrants from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta enclave (New York Times) [2d]
- A look at London-based AI startup Cosine, which is building a frontier model with UK government backing, as some question if it has the talent and resources (Financial Times) [2d]
- Intel raised $20B in an upsized share sale, up from the $15B it was targeting; sources say the sale drew $100B+ in demand; INTC is up ~146% in 2026 so far (Bloomberg) [2d]
- A look at Western Australian police's first live facial recognition trial, which has scanned 130,000+ people since June, raising accuracy and privacy concerns (ABC) [2d]
- Owner of 1.5M-page site PatronView on a year of fighting scrapers: 214:1 bot-to-human page loads, 35K Claude crawls per referred user, Amazon bot referred none (Nick Gray/PatronView) [2d]
- Singapore raises its 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4.5%-5.5% from 2%-4%, citing stronger-than-expected global AI investment and improved external demand (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Anthropic says Claude models in the EU will now add invisible watermarks to generated text and C2PA metadata to generated files, to comply with the EU AI Act (Thomas Claburn/The Register) [2d]
- Sources: Anthropic is courting investors for what could be the biggest IPO ever, touting rapid growth and plans to address mounting public backlash against AI (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Sources: investor interest in Situational Awareness surged after it nearly blew up on leveraged positions; the fund says it's not accepting new capital for now (Matt Levine/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sources: Anthropic agreed to a 20-year, $9.1B compute deal with Riot Platforms for 191 MW of capacity at a Rockdale, TX campus; RIOT jumps ~25% after hours (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) [2d]
- How a clause in Elon Musk's Tesla pay package, worth up to ~$1T, could provide him a shortcut around lofty performance targets if Tesla merged with SpaceX (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Sources: Apple remains on track for a glass-centric design overhaul of iPhone Pro's line for 2027, countering rumors that led Jefferies to downgrade AAPL (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Trump Media reports a Q2 net loss of $238.1M, vs. a net loss of $20M in Q2 2025, and says 10+ clients are paying up to $100K per month for its Truth API (Steve Kopack/NBC News) [2d]
- SpaceX's earnings show X's Q2 ad revenue at $367M, down from $1.08B at Twitter in Q2 2022; Musk once said he would take its annual ad revenue to $12B in 2027 (Mike Masnick/Techdirt) [2d]
- Ukraine hits Russian Crimea targets with unmanned ship carrying FPV drones [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #892) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #1158) [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #1661) [1d]
- Amazon's new Texas AI data center could become the biggest CO2 polluter in the US — 7.65GW facility gets permit to spread 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases, despite Amazon's clean energy pledge [1d]
- Capturing the 'primal energy of Wolverine' in a new look, Sony is going all-in on Marvel’s Wolverine with a new PS5 collection that includes covers, a DualSense, and a limited-edition console [1d]
- Quote of the day by musician Nick Cave on AI-generated lyrics: 'A grotesque mockery of what it is to be human' — dismissing the use of AI in the creative process [1d]
- Drone firm PDW lands $820 million Pentagon funding to build the next generation of UAS components as crackdown on foreign providers continues [1d]
- Nashville will use 'eminent domain' to block a $700 million data center threatening iconic zoo [1d]
- Apple and the curse of the mythical next thing [1d]
- The incredibly lightweight Asus Zenbook A14 drops $300 — and a 28-hour battery life is just the beginning for this business laptop [2d]
- Scammers are using fake Odyssey pirate downloads to spread malware that's more dangerous than the Cyclops and Circe combined [2d]
- Expand your home server for less — WD Red Plus 2TB NAS drive falls to $155 at Newegg [2d]
- HyperX Omen 16 gets a huge $600 discount — and with an RTX 5060 and a 165Hz 2K display, it's a win for students and creators [2d]
- UK Navy forced to strip out internet connectivity from drones after finding it sent 'heartbeat communications' to China [2d]
- The best back-to-school sales 2026: TechRadar's recommendations for laptops, headphones, essentials, and more [2d]
- GTA 6 leverages the PS5's ultra-high-speed SSD for 'near-instant load times', but fans reckon Rockstar has been quietly revealing the game's loading screens for months [2d]
- Insomniac confirms Marvel's Wolverine is 'fully playable on the disc' out of the box — just months before Sony ends physical game production for good [2d]
- 'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat [2d]
- Privacy giant Proton may be building a web browser — but its community turns cold [2d]
- Solar eclipse 2026: where, when and how to photograph the unmissable celestial event [2d]
- How to watch The Traitors India season 2 online from anywhere [2d]
- Build your own 120TB private cloud without subscription fees with this great TerraMaster F4-425 NAS deal [2d]
- The Corsair Nightsword V2 Wireless should feel like an upgrade, but I'm quite upset to see that it's lost a key selling feature of the original model [2d]
- Anker's 'powerful and versatile' Solix C1000 portable power station massively improved our workflow — and with $170 off, it's the perfect summer companion for home, work, and off-grid adventures [2d]
- I wore Garmin's powerful microLED Fenix watch through heatwaves, blizzards and at 4,000m altitudes— here's why it's a five-star buy [2d]
- Amazfit’s five-star fitness tracker just got a new way to take on Garmin’s best smartwatches, and it just got even better value [2d]
- Five questions to test whether an AI stack is truly under your control [2d]
- How to watch Sharks vs All Blacks for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry game [2d]
- Star Wars Zero Company is XCOM set in a galaxy far, far away, and even those unfamiliar with turn-based tactics games like me can easily get hooked by it [2d]
- What is the release date for The Shards episodes 3 and 4 on Hulu and Disney+? [2d]
- The 6 myths of agile project delivery (and how to solve them) [2d]
- OpenAI extends 'Daybreak' security project and reveals new cyber model — but for approved users only [2d]
- Spotify is introducing AI Persona tags to differentiate real artists from fake ones, vowing to become ‘the most transparent and trustworthy place to listen to music’ — but the tool isn’t targeting the music itself [2d]
- Wix launches Symphony – giving small businesses their own AI workforce [2d]
- How to watch Sky Sports from anywhere – stream Premier League, cricket, golf and more [2d]
- I've watched all 8 episodes of Reacher season 4 and still think the hit Prime Video show's pivot to political espionage was a risk — but don't worry, the punching hasn't gone anywhere [2d]
- London Underground is trialing live face scanning from today as privacy groups say it 'treats the public like suspects' — here's how to avoid it [2d]
- 'Our goal is to deliver way more value to consumers than what we charge them' — Take-Two CEO says GTA 6 'will be an incredible bargain' at its $80 base price [2d]
- Thinking of trying to photograph the eclipse? I tried so hard to shoot the last one with my iPhone Pro Max and my DSLR — but in the end I'm glad I abandoned both [2d]
- Redditor somehow turns a Steam Deck into a Game Boy — and I'm loving the 'SteamBoy' [2d]
- We called the Geekom IT13 Max 'superb for office and light creative work' — and this 4-star AI mini PC just got a big discount [2d]
- Take-Two CEO defends timed Netflix exclusive GTA 6 extended look, says it's 'part of Rockstar Games' marketing strategy' [2d]
- The CEVA Logistics data breach is having major knock-on effects across Europe - here's what we know [2d]
- Epson's ink tanks consistently top our tests — and this $200 EcoTank ET-2800 deal is perfect for students [2d]
- GTA 6 Ultimate Edition is selling more than Standard, says Take-Two CEO, despite the price controversy: 'The most avid consumers are the ones who are pre-ordering now' [2d]
- Beats teased new headphones then ghosted us — but now, Reddit sleuths think they’ve worked out when the new cans will land [2d]
- The AI era is creating a new CTO [2d]
- How SMBs turn AI into lasting business value [2d]
- Microsoft Teams will now let you really show off how good you are at your job — but it might make your co-workers cringe [2d]
- UK businesses don't have a CX innovation problem. They have an operational readiness problem. [2d]
- Worried about data centres near you? The UK map shows most facilities are in London, but things are changing fast [2d]
- 'It's only 4x the price it should be' — Amazon's latest DDR5 RAM deal isn't convincing buyers, but it could get worse [2d]
- Preparing for post-quantum cryptography: Building a practical roadmap [2d]
- NordVPN outpaces competitors in independent tests, with top marks for speed and malware protection [2d]
- 'AI has the potential to fundamentally reshape the role of procurement': Amazon Business tells us why AI could supercharge procurement like never before [2d]
- Data movement is the new performance battleground in semiconductor design [2d]
- AI transformation is now a leadership test [2d]
- Meet Snowflake Volunteer: Tor's Android app that lets you help people bypass censorship [2d]
- 2026 Australian Census: the key dates, rules and questions answered [2d]
- Improved connectivity is helping more Brits realise their dream — in both business and personal life [2d]
- The KitchenAid KF2 might be the company's entry-level automatic coffee machine, but I think its unique feature makes it the most desirable [2d]
- What is the release date for Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 4 on HBO Max? [2d]
- Amazon reportedly uses 45-year-old rules to get around AI data center opposition - California residents left fuming after Gilroy facility begins construction [2d]
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- These CMF Noise-Canceling Earbuds Are Just $2 Away From Their Lowest Price Ever [1d]
- Made By Google Live Updates: Pixel 11 Series, HiLight, Tag, Watch 5 and More [1d]
- Get the Best of Both Worlds With $300 Off a Premium 2-in-1 Acer Chromebook [1d]
- Anthropic’s Claude Will Add Watermarks to AI-Generated Text and Files [1d]
- I Found a $200 Discount That Makes the Nothing Phone 3 Even More Affordable [1d]
- NASA Is Hosting a Livestream for Perseids: How to Watch the Meteor Shower [1d]
- The Biggest Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight. Here’s How to Watch It Live [1d]
- Apple’s 20th Anniversary All-Glass iPhone Is Still on the Menu, Report Says [1d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 12 #892 [1d]
- Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 12, #1158 [1d]
- Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 12, #1880 [1d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 13 #893 [1d]
- PlayStation 5 Is Getting a Wolverine Yellow Makeover, and It’ll Cost You $650 [1d]
- Parents’ Stress Leads to More Screen Time for Kids, Study Finds [1d]
- Keep Tabs on Your Wellness Goals With This $299 Apple Watch Series 11 Smartwatch [2d]
- This Solar-Powered Robot Pool Skimmer Is $180 Off Right Now for the End of Summer [2d]
- Get T-Mobile Fiber Home Internet Starting at $35 a Month [2d]
- Bumble Changes the Feature That Made It Different From Other Dating Apps [2d]
- Crank It Up to 11 With the Lowest Price We’ve Seen on This Marshall Stanmore III Speaker [2d]
- Brighten Your Smile and Save Over $40 on This Oral-B iO Rechargeable Toothbrush [2d]
- Amazon Deals of the Day: Grab the Pixel Buds Pro 2 Before This $40 Discount Goes Away [2d]
- Walmart Deals of the Day: Beats’ Premium Studio Pros Are an Unbelievable $201 Off [2d]
- Star Wars: Zero Company Is Not XCOM, but I Have a Good Feeling About This [2d]
- What to Do When You’ve Been Deepfaked [2d]
- Spotify’s AI Persona Label to Pluck AI Artists From Your Algorithm [2d]
- This New Open-Weight AI Model Is Built for Video and Robots [2d]
- GTA VI Is $64 for College Students at Target and the Savings Don’t Stop There [2d]
- Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Aug. 11 [2d]
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