As a neurosurgeon I care a lot about road safety. By now you’ve probably seen Waymo’s stunning safety results (like 91% fewer serious crashes). But they didn’t just publish data headlines. They released the raw CSV files and data dictionaries. I did a much deeper analysis. A

Very nice analysis by neurosurgeon Dr. Jon Slotkin of how Waymo's autonomous vehicles have much better safety properties than human drivers, and what would happen if everyone in the U.S. drove as safely as a Waymo. "The national math: If every US vehicle performed like Waymo, we’d

Did you know that when they say stuff like "The A18 uses TSMC's 3nm process" or "announced the 2nm node" The 3nm, 2nm actually doesn't mean anything?! It's just like a version number. They make it up. Literally nothing measures 2nm or 3nm. I certainly didn't know.

Sebastien Bubeck Mark Sellke this is embarrassing

This is so bullish for pixel phones

Every day, over 1,500 terabytes of open models and datasets are downloaded and uploaded between Hugging Face and Google Cloud by millions of AI builders. We suspect it generates over a billion dollars of cloud spend annually already. So we’re excited to announce today a new

Hey Sundar Pichai, how soon till we get Gems in our Google Chat?

Add in that TPU chips are already deployed on Pixel phones, soon to be laptops with the Android/Chromebook merger. They are positioned to deliver the best on-device consumer experience too.

LFG

Gemini 3 Pro's autonomous reasoning is huge as compared to Gemini 2.5 Pro. Gemini 3 Pro finished Pokémon Crystal and beat Red while Gemini 2.5 Pro stalled at 4 badges. Gemini 3 Pro also did it with ~50% fewer turns and far fewer tokens. The big deal is that it behaved like a

When I was 20, all I wanted was to live in an apartment above a bookstore on a block like this. What I did not then understand was that this block typology (mixed use, small-scale multifamily) was a stunning triumph of pre-war urbanism. Only later did I realize how thoroughly

If I was a betting man I'd say Google puts this as a core part of the Aluminum OS. Next gen OS with deep native AI integrations, works across the phones, watches, desktops, tablets, and whatever is the next hardware form factor. Alphabet wins big with this

2026 career advice Warren Buffett: "Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks". As you approach 2026, realistically evaluate the boat you're on and ensure

my competitive advantage is that i'm having fun

Many are talking about Miyares and Sears not showing up, but that pales in comparison to the most glaring absence of the day…the Hokiebird from the mascots parade group 🧐🦃

Movie pitch: 6 state legislators and a few staff from opposite parties were working late and end up getting snowed into the state capitol building together. Hijinks and hilarity ensue

What's wild is Nuuk, Greenland (pop. 19.6k) has 16 buses in its transit system and has higher ridership than Wichita, Kansas's bus system (pop. 472k). Yet this country is defunding transit and wants to spend $700B on Greenland.

"In other words, stealing a laptop could get you more prison time than killing a pedestrian and fleeing the scene." Great story from Samuel B. Parker on why no-one who struck one of the 13 pedestrians killed last year has been prosecuted. richmond.com/news/local/gov…