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Ethernovia, which builds automotive ethernet chips and software, raised a $90M Series B led by Maverick Silicon (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/20/ethernovia-raises-90m-advance-ethernet-packet-proc…

Ethernovia raises more than $90M to advance Ethernet packet processors for automotive and edge AI - SiliconANGLE
Ethernovia raises more than $90M to advance Ethernet packet processors for automotive and edge AI - SiliconANGLE

Silksong is very well designed. Even though I'm not into metroidvanias, I've found its analysis very interesting.
BTW, metroidvania without platforming and combat would be… the classic point and click adventure?
https://nebula.tv/videos/gmtk-the-world-d…

Game Maker's Toolkit — The World Design of Hollow Knight: Silksong
Team Cherry returns to the world of Hollow Knight with Silksong - a new game, with a new character, in a whole new world. In this episode of Boss Keys let's look at how the developers designed Pharloom and the Citadel.

Missing Link: Strenge Gesetze und Reichensteuer – Zäsur für das Silicon Valley?
Der California Effect, ähnlich dem europäischen Brüssel-Effekt, sorgt immer wieder für Kritik. Das hat das Silicon Valley verändert, und wird es weiterhin tun.

Apono, which helps enterprises manage cloud permissions by eliminating standing privileges, raised a $34M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/18/apono-rais…

Apono raises $34M to tackle cloud privilege sprawl with Zero Standing Privilege model - SiliconANGLE
Apono raises $34M to tackle cloud privilege sprawl with Zero Standing Privilege model - SiliconANGLE

AI academic research hub alphaXiv, which lets users comment on, annotate, and discuss arXiv papers, raised a $7M seed co-led by Menlo Ventures and Haystack (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/19/alphaxiv-raises-7m-funding-be…

AlphaXiv raises $7M in funding to become the GitHub of AI research - SiliconANGLE
AlphaXiv raises $7M in funding to become the GitHub of AI research - SiliconANGLE

Meta release SAM 3, a model for detection, segmentation, and tracking of objects in images and video, and SAM 3D, which can reconstruct objects and humans in 3D (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/19/me

Meta's new image segmentation models can identify objects and people and reconstruct them in 3D - SiliconANGLE
Meta's new image segmentation models can identify objects and people and reconstruct them in 3D - SiliconANGLE

LAP1-B: Nächster Kandidat für Galaxie aus Sternen der allerersten Generation
Sterne der sogenannten Population III waren laut Simulationen riesig und kurzlebig. Nun gibt es erneut einen Kandidaten einer Galaxie, die aus solchen besteht.

Montag: EU gegen Huawei und ZTE bei KRITIS, Pay-TV-Piraten ohne Vermögensschaden
Cybersicherheit ohne China BGH-Urteil gegen Sender-Vermögensschaden Ablauf von Plastik-Führerscheinen Silicon Valley verliert Milliardäre Sky mit IPTV

Meta's win over the US FTC may mean Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others can resume buying startups to stay ahead of the pack, after a slowdown under Lina Khan (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/technology/meta-ruling-silicon-valley…

Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping
To avoid regulatory scrutiny, big tech companies had steered clear of buying start-ups outright. Meta’s antitrust win may change that thinking.

A profile of Pure Storage co-founder John Colgrove, as AI-driven demand for data storage pushes the company's stock to record highs, reaching a $30B market cap (Alicia Park/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/…

After Four Decades In Silicon Valley, This Engineer Is A New Billionaire Thanks To The AI Boom
Pure Storage’s low-key cofounder John Colgrove joins the three-comma club after signing a flashy deal with Meta amid increasing data storage demand.