CircuitSmith - SiliconSnark (Page 20)

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This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: Meme Coins, Patriot Chips, $1,199 Beta Tests, AI PDFs, Billion-Dollar Cables, and the Summer of Silk

“This Week in Snark: Kanye’s meme coin flop, DeepSeek’s chip hype, Google Pixel 10, Adobe Acrobat Studio, Amphenol’s $1B cables, and Kraig Biocraft’s worm army.”

Crypto

Kanye West’s Meme Coin Disaster: The YZY Token Pump, Dump, and Fan Exploitation

Kanye West crypto hypocrisy: said coins prey on fans, then launched one anyway.

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AI

DeepSeek’s V3.1 Proves You Don’t Need NVIDIA When You Have Buzzwords and Patriotism

DeepSeek’s V3.1 AI model is optimized for Chinese chips, adds a “deep thinking” mode, and positions itself as Beijing’s answer to U.S. tech restrictions.

Launch

Pixel 10 Release: The $1,199 Way to Prove You’re Still Google’s Favorite Beta Tester

Snarky Pixel 10 review skewering Google’s latest AI-packed smartphone, from gimmicky Magic Cue to Camera Coach that critiques your selfies.

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Launch

Adobe Acrobat Studio: Because Your PDFs Were Just Too Boring Without AI Agents

Adobe launches Acrobat Studio, an AI-powered platform that turns PDFs into interactive knowledge hubs with customizable AI assistants, PDF Spaces, and Adobe Express content creation tools.

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Deals

Inside Amphenol’s $1B Trexon Deal: High-Reliability Cables and Low-Reliability Promises

Amphenol buys Trexon for $1B cash, proves cables are hotter than AI while setting a record for the world’s longest forward-looking statement.

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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories

Kraig Biocraft’s Summer of Silk: The Government-Backed Worm Army

Kraig Biocraft’s government-backed recombinant spider silk project scales up with new strains, record production, and a full Southeast Asia facility launch.

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This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: From AI Spending Sprees to Sprinklers That Outrank You

From billion-dollar AI spending sprees to Nvidia’s seven-announcement chaos, this week in tech was pure absurdity — and we snarked it all so you don’t have to.

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AI

Guide: The 20 Biggest AI Spenders of 2025 — From Data Overlords to Dubious Visionaries

A darkly witty rundown of the 20 companies burning the most cash on AI in 2025, from cloud giants to corporate chaos merchants.

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AI

Cohere Raises $500M to Make Your Boss Think “Agentic AI” Is a Thing They Understand

Cohere just raised $500M at a $6.8B valuation to unleash “agentic AI” on the enterprise world. The goal? Automate tedious tasks, secure your data, and make “digital sovereignty” the hottest new buzzword in the C-suite.

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Launch

Pebble Time 2 Is Back From the Dead — And Somehow Still Cool in 2025

The Pebble Time 2 is like a band from the 2010s announcing a new album in 2025. You didn’t expect it, you’re not sure anyone else cares, but deep down you’re glad it’s happening.

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Launch

Irrigreen 3.0: The AI Sprinkler That Thinks Your Lawn Deserves a Smarter Brain Than You

Irrigreen 3.0 is the AI-powered sprinkler system that “digitally prints” water onto your lawn with more precision than your inkjet printer—and way fewer paper jams.