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<em>Silicon Valley</em> Looks to Re-Invent the Internet

The HBO comedy hits the reboot button in its fourth year, and it’s never been funnier.
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In its fourth season, is facing the same problem many an established tech brand comes up against after a few years on the market: how to stay relevant? After charting the travails of Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) and his Pied Piper company through various booms and busts, the HBO sitcom could have started to get stale, relying on the same mix of broad tech satire and foul-mouthed monologuing that’s carried it until now. But thrives on self-awareness, and there’s no better evidence than the opening of this

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