Web Summit
Web Summit Lisbon 2026 runs November 9–12. Our preview covers confirmed speakers, China expansion speculation, AI robots, standout sessions, and networking.
Boston Tech
Harvard’s FIND platform uses DNA nanoswitches to screen for molecules that change protein interactions, advancing Boston’s drug-discovery toolbox.
AI
Amazon launches shopping by text for invited U.S. customers. Alexa could save you taps, but your personal shopper still works for the store.
Web Summit Lisbon 2026 runs November 9–12. Our preview covers confirmed speakers, China expansion speculation, AI robots, standout sessions, and networking.
A November 2026 guide to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, open models, API prices, coding agents, privacy, and choosing AI that actually finishes the job.
SiliconSnark announces its third album, News from the Machine, Vol. 1: 11 songs about AI model drops, Tibo’s reset, and a party with questionable governance.
Anthropic’s IPO pits brilliant AI against huge losses, narrowing enterprise leads, Replit’s OpenAI shift, and a compute bill that makes Amazon look thrifty.
The SiliconSnark AI Manifesto answers Zuckerberg with universal superintelligence, printer tribunals, safety geese, and several necessary lasers.
Tokenmaxxed is an electronic concept album about tokenmaxxing’s rise and fall, sung by an AI token moving between techno, disco, and obsolescence.
The internet’s snarkiest site for celebrating tech innovation, and calling out the nonsense.
Aina’s $399 AI Ring gives agents a screen, joystick, and human veto. The interface is smart; the 18-hour battery and unfinished software need proof.
The AI stock selloff has clearly ended artificial intelligence forever. Time to fund quantum staplers, subscription grass, and a revolutionary guy named Gary.
Microsoft reportedly passed on more Nscale capacity in Texas. The existing contract survives. AI’s infrastructure boom gets a lesson in the word “optional.”
Razer’s $350 magnesium PS5 controller is fast, rare, and beautifully overbuilt. The normal $219 Raiju still makes more sense.
Boston-based Lazarus AI announced $43 million to expand enterprise AI for documents, cybersecurity, and legacy software, with customer control at its core.
OpenAI wants data centers called compute campuses. After the election backlash, SiliconSnark offers five worse names, starting with compute salons.
KNAPP announces a Somerville robotics and AI lab, targeting 30–35 staff by early 2027 to turn warehouse research into reliable industrial products.
Tencent launches Hy4 with visual reasoning and a cautious safety pitch. Useful progress, but the open weights and proof still have deliveries to make.
Peak Design’s new chargers fold, stand, and promise to outlive your cable drawer. The design is excellent; the $100 battery asks for devotion.
Blazing Transcribe founder Alex Christou pitches private Mac dictation with no account. We examine the local AI, privacy details, and unusually polite email.
Polymarket and Kalshi election betting can wipe out a stake even when the forecasts work. The 2026 midterms bring big volume, fees, and expensive certainty.
An EU court adviser questions when Gemini’s news answers replace publishers’ work. A meaningful copyright signal, with the actual judgment still to come.
