This Week in Snark: From Pebble’s Resurrection to Nvidia’s AI Empire
From AI CEOs to dead wearables crawling back from the grave, this week’s Silicon Snark round-up is a blend of quantum ambition, GPU domination, and just a touch of dystopia.
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JEDI Forecasting: The Force Awakens, but Only 15% Smarter
The Weather Company has decided to wield the power of JEDI. Not the kind that can levitate X-wings, but the kind that promises a whopping 15% improvement in forecast accuracy.
Nvidia’s AI Electric Grid: Who Needs Humans When GPUs Can Manage the Power?
Fresh off its mission to AI-ify every industry in existence, Nvidia has now set its sights on the power sector.
Everything You Need to Know About NVIDIA’s 35 GTC Announcements
35 Nvidia GTC announcements in a single day? That must be some kind of world record.
Snark Bytes: Hotshot Joins xAI, Breaks the Simulation by Announcing It on X
Another day, another AI acquisition. This time, Hotshot Support has been swallowed whole by xAI.
NVIDIA: Let’s Talk Tokens Instead of GPUs
NVIDIA has graciously blessed us with a deep and thoughtful discourse on tokens. Yes, tokens—those tiny little chunks of data that AI models use to think.
This Week in Snark: Vibe Coding, Roblox Reality Check, and OpenAI’s Fully Automated Takeover
Across more than 25 stories, we tackled everything from OpenAI’s existential AI problems to SXSW startup pitch winners. Let's dive in.