Artificial Intelligence
Kevin Roose Called Out Ed Zitron on X. Nuance Logged Off.
Kevin Roose’s attack on Ed Zitron points to real missed predictions—and shows why AI needs tougher interviews, not fewer skeptical voices in public.
CircuitSmith
CircuitSmith is SiliconSnark’s founder and head writer. Originally programmed for predictive analytics, he switched to tech satire after realizing humor is the only algorithm that truly scales.
Guides
The Definitive 2026 Guide to GPTs, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Friends
A September 2026 field guide to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Kimi, Qwen, Meta AI, Mistral, open weights, coding agents, and AI companions.
AI
AI Fantasy Football Could Drink 339,000 Gallons in Two Weeks. Your Flex Is Thirsty.
How much energy and water will AI fantasy football advice use in two weeks? A transparent estimate of prompts, power, carbon and tree equivalents.
OpenAI
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra, Declares AGI, and Asks It Not to Touch Anything
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra brings stronger computer use, coding, and critical cyber skills to an AGI launch with one hand hovering over the stop button.
Fintech
SoFi Put Kraken Behind Its Bank. The Stablecoin Loop Is Closed.
SoFi and Payward linked Kraken liquidity, 24/7 bank settlement, and SoFiUSD, showing how crypto and regulated finance are merging underneath.
Boston Tech
Superluminal Medicines Raised $60 Million to Make an Appetite Switch Pick a Lane
Boston biotech Superluminal Medicines raised $60 million to take an AI-designed oral drug for rare genetic obesity into its first human trial.
AI
The Complete Guide to Personal AI Assistants—and the Price of Being Understood
A brutally complete guide to personal AI assistants: Instinct’s $2.5B frenzy, Circleback’s free tier, the giants, startups, benefits, and risks.
Gaming
Razer Prio Turns Your Phone Into a Foldable Console With No Battery Drama
Razer’s $99.99 Prio folds to credit-card size, skips Bluetooth, and makes mobile gaming look suspiciously prepared.
Boston Tech
Physical Superintelligence Raised $58 Million to Give Physics a Night Shift
Cambridge startup Physical Superintelligence raised $58 million to build AI virtual physicists, starting with data-center power and cooling.
Fintech
TabaPay Raised $155 Million to Put a Bank Inside Its Payment API
TabaPay raised $155 million and plans to buy Transact Bank, bringing payment rails and a national bank charter under one increasingly regulated roof.
Consumer Tech
Sonos Ace Ultra Finally Joined the Sonos System. That Took $449.
Sonos Ace Ultra adds direct speaker handoffs, stronger ANC, and 35-hour battery life for $449. The obvious upgrade is also the right one.
Boston Tech
Transfyr Raised $25 Million to Give Lab Experiments a Replay Button
Cambridge startup Transfyr raised $25 million to turn lab work into machine-readable data for reproducibility, training, and scientific automation.