I thought it was going to be about the Pixel phone and how it lasts or doesn't

It doesn't. Mine paperweighted itself last week.

Working on pixel phones, "pixel 2018" is a common moniker for pixel 2 before its model name is chosen, relatively late in the product development cycle. Before then it was wahoo or taimen (or other things before directors settle bikesheds).

I though it was going to be either a physical display technology, a Google phone, a Google laptop, or an analytics tracker.