AutosWaymo cars are making 50,000 paid trips a week. (engadget.com)Pedestrian deaths are a function of speed. (vox.com)Detroit may regret killing off the sedan. (fastcompany.com)Why auto insurance premia are soaring. (nytimes.com)Why 'stroads' are the bane of American cities. (wsj.com)TransportGPS spoofing continues to grow. (ft.com)Urban transit systems...

MarketsUtility stocks are having a moment. (barrons.com)Bonds seem to have bottomed. (allstarcharts.com)StrategyBig round numbers don't matter unless you hold on. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)There are two approaches to investing. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)It's easy to forget the pain of volatility. (wggtb.substack.com)Venture capitalFigma shareholders...

BusinessLogan Bartlett talks with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. (podcasts.apple.com)Sam Dogen talks with Emily Luk, Co-Founder and CEO of Plenty. (sites.libsyn.com)Private creditMatt Reustle talks the evolution of private credit with Armen Panossian is the co-CEO of Oaktree. (joincolossus.com)Cameron Passmore and Benjamin Felix talk about whether private...

MarketsThree assets that don't diversify your portfolio as well as you think. (morningstar.com)Risk-on assets have failed to outperform in 2024. (allstarcharts.com)How market consensus forms. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)ExchangesCME Group ($CME) is planning to launch bitcoin trading. (ft.com)The CFTC doesn't want you betting on event contracts. (sherwood.news)FinanceBerkshire...

BooksA Q&A with Michael Muthukrishna author of "A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going." (behavioralscientist.org)An excerpt from "Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs" by Johann Hari. (tim.blog)A Q&A with Zoë Schlanger author of "The Light...

MarketsYou don't need ZIRP for crazy stuff to happen in the stock market. (sherwood.news)Timing the meme stock mania is tough. (etf.com)GoogleAI-powered search disconnects us from the web. (platformer.news)How can Google assure us that AI-powered search isn't hallucinating? (theatlantic.com)How will AI search affect Google's advertising business? (wired.com)WalmartAmazon...