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Q1 Earnings and AI Surprises for Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and TESLA Semi Mass Production

Brian Wang — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:12:10 +0000

Q1 Earnings and AI Surprises for Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and TESLA Semi Mass Production. Google EPS of $5.11 beat expectations of $2.63. Revenue of $109.9B beat expectations of $107.2B Search: +16% YoY Q1 Youtube: +11.7% YoY Q1 Cloud: +50% YoY FY26 Capex 175B – 185B FY26 EPS: $11.7 Amazon Bedrock had 170% growth instead ...

Berkeley Conference on Aging This Weekend

Brian Wang — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:01:31 +0000

BerkeleyCAL is convening a select group of scientists, technologists, and global thought leaders at the University of California, Berkeley on May 2nd and 3rd to explore the frontiers of aging, longevity science, and their broader societal impact. The conference will feature a keynote by Her Royal Highness Dr. Haya Al Saud alongside prominent scientists such ...

Crude Oil Movement By Rail in Canada and Iran

Brian Wang — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:28:42 +0000

Commissioned in May 2015, the Edmonton Rail Terminal is one of the largest crude oil loading facilities in North America. It will accommodate up to three unit trains per day comprised of 150 railcars each. The facility is capable of loading 76 individual railcars at one time, achieving an ultimate capacity of approximately 250,000 barrels ...

Tesla Added at Least Six Unsupervised Robotaxi in Texas

Brian Wang — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:50:44 +0000

Tesla is up to at least 25 Unsupervised vehicles in Texas per the robotaxitracker. Robotaxi tracker is crowdsourced. This means someone who took a ride in a Tesla robotaxi in Texas has to report the license plate to the app or website. They miss over half of the known Waymo vehicles. Austin 19 Dallas 3 ...

Tesla Semi Truck Has Officially Started Mass Production

Brian Wang — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:43:15 +0000

Tesla Semi mass production has officially begun. Long Range •⁠ ⁠Range: ~500 miles •⁠ ⁠4680 cells •⁠ ⁠Fully electric steering assist (vs hydraulic before) •⁠ ⁠Uses beefed up Cybertruck actuators •⁠ ⁠48 volt architecture •⁠ ⁠Powertrain: 3 independent motors on rear axles •⁠ ⁠Drive Power: Up to 800 kW •⁠ ⁠Curb Weight: 23,000 lbs •⁠ ...

Brinker Introduces a Novel Approach to Deepfake Detection

cybernewswire — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:45:43 +0000

WILMINGTON, Delaware, 29th April 2026, CyberNewswire

UAE Leaving OPEC May 1, 2026 Can Reach 5-7 Millions of BPD

Brian Wang — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:04:12 +0000

The UAE had steadily increased production to around 3.6 million bpd. The UAE’s stated crude oil production capacity currently stands at 4.85 million bpd, with an official target to raise that to 5.0 million bpd by 2027 through continued upstream investment led by ADNOC. Only the UAE and Saudi Arabia currently have pipelines around the ...

TESLA Unsupervised FSD Will Change Everything in 2026 before Robotaxi Scales in 2027

Brian Wang — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:36:56 +0000

TESLA Unsupervised FSD Will Change Everything in 2026. TESLA Robotaxis do not crash — they only hesitate and unsupervised FSD will roll out to owners in ~7 months. The driving experience will be transformed. The full global million-scale robo-taxi is tied to v15, but unsupervised for personal cars + early robotaxi fleet will have meaningful ...

SpaceX Launch Rate in 2026 After Reaching Orbital Operations, Booster and Starship Recovery

Brian Wang — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:20:35 +0000

If the next three Version 3 Starship flights go as planned. Flight 12 in May is the V3 rocket debut with in-space Raptor relight. Flight 13 will have orbital insertion and possibly initial commercial V3 Starlink deployments. Flight 13 should have booster recovery and if things go good a Starship catch attempt. Flight 14 could ...

New Anti-drone, Anti Trench Weapon – Precision, Semi Auto Grenade Launcher

Brian Wang — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:27:19 +0000

New weapon for US soldiers can wipe out drones and enemy in trenches with rapid fire air burst grenades. These are $50K per gun for the version being reviewed. This is a follow up to previously failed grenade weapons. One shot clears a room or can take a section of trench. Semi auto grenade launcher ...

AI Demand is Still Booming

Brian Wang — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:17:06 +0000

The Dylan Patel, head of Semianalysis, interview is a must watch for anyone tracking AI economics, infrastructure, and future societal shifts. SemiAnalysis’s own AI spend exploded from tens of thousands last year to $7 million annualized run-rate right now. Even non-technical staff are now heavy Claude/Code users. Semianalysis metrics and work are cited by Nvidia ...