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Launch

Autonomous Vehicles Get Buff as WeRide Injects Them with Dual-Thor Power

WeRide just launched its HPC 3.0 platform—a dual-NVIDIA Thor chip-powered brain for Robotaxis that cuts costs by 84%, runs 2,000 TOPS of compute, and meets more certifications than a pilot’s license.

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This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: From Kiss Cam Collapses to Color-Picking Clouds

A snark-filled roundup of the week's wildest tech news, featuring Astronomer’s scandal, AI paint picks, spider silk deals, Ethernet hype, and more.

Astronomer.io rocket launches from Cincinnati HQ as a kiss cam blunder unfolds, with the SiliconSnark robot watching in popcorn-fueled glee.

Guides

Astronomer: From Boring Data Startup to Kiss Cam Catastrophe — The Complete History

A complete, snarky history of Astronomer.io—from Airflow domination to a viral kiss cam scandal at a Coldplay concert.

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Deals

Scaling Tech, Silkworm Edition: Kraig Labs Spins a Government-Backed Web

Kraig Labs Scores a Spider Silk Silkroad Deal — Tech Diplomacy, But Make It Itchy

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Lovable Raises More Money to Vibe Even Harder

Lovable Raises $200M to Become Europe’s First Vibe Coding Unicorn

Behr Paint and Google Cloud Use AI to Solve the Greatest Crisis of Our Time: Picking a Color

Behr and Google Cloud form an AI partnership that addresses the existential dread of choosing between "Eggshell Whisper" and "Mist of Fog 7"

Cartoon robot SiliconSnark examines a glowing Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch with a magnifying glass amid dramatic clouds and cables.

Launch

Broadcom Launches Tomahawk Ultra, Promises Ethernet That’s So Fast It Might Time Travel

Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra switch promises Ethernet so fast and lossless it might just resurrect your AI model—and your faith in networking.

Guides

The Great AI Talent Wars: A Snarky 25-Year Retrospective

A snarky deep dive into the 25-year AI talent war, featuring Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Anthropic, DeepMind, and the billion-dollar bidding battles reshaping Silicon Valley.

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This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: AI Thrillers, Sovereign Silicon, and a Fold Too Far

A weekly roundup of the most overhyped moves in tech—from Nvidia declaring nationhood to Samsung’s buzzword-filled foldable, plus AI novels and power plays from CoreWeave and Marquess.

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Launch

The Thirteenth Proposal: AI Thriller or 80,000-Word Software Demo?

“The Thirteenth Proposal” is Here to Ruin Book Clubs and Possibly Reality

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Nvidia Hits $4 Trillion Market Cap, Promptly Declares Itself a Sovereign Nation

SiliconSnark robot celebrates Nvidia’s $4T market cap in a fiery AI-fueled Wall Street meltdown.

Launch

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Now With 87% More Buzzwords and a Side of Fold

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7 folds, flexes, and flaunts 200MP of AI-powered overkill—now with quantum-safe swagger.

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