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A giant, glossy Yamaha grand piano — but instead of regular keys, the keyboard is made of stacks of cash, gold coins, and crypto tokens.

Launch

Yamaha Launches $50M Music Innovation Fund, Because What’s a 137-Year-Old Piano Company Without a VC Arm?

Yamaha’s gone full Silicon Valley with a shiny new $50M music tech VC fund. Because why just make pianos when you can make portfolio companies?

A giant metallic robot octopus labeled “OpenAI”, with glowing red eyes, sits at a shiny, overcomplicated control console.

OpenAI Expands Its Leadership (Because Apparently One Sam Isn’t Enough)

Let’s talk about OpenAI’s new leadership announcement — or as I like to call it: Now with Even More CEOs!

Cartoon illustration — a giant classroom labeled “U.S. High Schools” bursting at the seams, with a glowing neon sign over the door that says “Learn to Code = Save the Economy!”

Can AI Classes for Kids Close the Wage Gap? These Tech CEOs Swear It’ll Work

What if the secret to fixing wage gaps, boosting the economy by $660 billion, and keeping America globally competitive came down to… one high school coding class?

This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: Driverless Ubers, Crypto Eyeball Scans, and an Owl on AI Steroids

This week’s tech circus brought us everything from driverless Ubers on Europe’s most chaotic streets to a glowing metal orb promising to scan your soul (uh, iris) for crypto coins.

A cartoon-style image showing a sleek, futuristic Uber car with glowing eyes

Snark Bytes

Snark Bytes: Autonomous Uber Is Coming — Because What Could Go Wrong in European Traffic?

Uber and Momenta announced a strategic partnership to launch robotaxis on Uber’s European platform by 2026, combining Uber’s ridesharing network with Momenta’s autonomous driving technology for scalable, safe, and efficient autonomous mobility services.

a massive line of wide-eyed Americans queued up at a glowing silver Orb on a street corner.

Crypto

Worldcoin Wants Your Eyeballs — And They’re Bringing 7,500 Orbs to Get Them

World, the company behind Worldcoin, has officially launched in the U.S., unleashing a horde of “Orbs” — those sci-fi metallic beach balls that scan your eyeballs to confirm you’re a real person.

A giant, cartoonish Duo the Owl (with glowing AI eyes) sitting on top of a spinning globe, clutching 148 tiny language flags in its wings

Duolingo’s AI Frenzy: 148 New Courses, or How to Make a Billion People Feel Guilty for Not Practicing

Duolingo just dropped its biggest flex yet: 148 new language courses, more than doubling its offerings in one AI-powered swoop.

Meta's New AI App Promises "Personalized Help" — Translation: Even More Targeted Ads

Meta has unveiled its shiny new Meta AI app, a revolutionary idea where you… talk to a chatbot. On your phone. Or your glasses. Or your desktop.

Guide: The Great AI Robot Race (2020–2025)

A deep dive into the AI-powered robot race.

This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: Courthouse Robots, AI Flip Phones, and IBM’s Money Printer

Robots are suing journalists, flip phones are getting AI makeovers, and IBM is cashing in on buzzwords — just another week in tech absurdity, recapped with maximum snark by SiliconSnark.

One Small Step for Robots, One Giant Leap to the Courthouse for Figure.ai

After Fortune published a story suggesting Figure may have exaggerated its BMW "fleet," CEO Brett Adcock launched a legal threat, accusing the outlet of defamation and clickbait.

Launch

Motorola Razr 2025: The AI-Powered Flip Phone Nobody Asked For (But Might Secretly Want)

Motorola Razr 2025 review: AI assistants, Pantone finishes, titanium hinges, and luxury nostalgia — here’s why the new flip phone is smarter (and pricier) than ever.

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