Satire
Farewell, Skype: The Rise, Fall, and Glorious Lag of a Once-Great App
It is with a mix of nostalgia and profound indifference that we gather here today to mourn Skype's slow, painful, and utterly predictable demise.
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.
VR
Sony Slashes PS VR2 Price in a Last-Ditch Effort to Convince You That VR Isn’t Dead
Starting in March, you can grab a PS VR2 for the low, low price of $399.99—which is still somehow more than a PlayStation 5 costs on sale.
Amazon
Alexa+ Is Here: Amazon’s Plan to Make You Pay for the Voice Assistant You Already Own
Amazon launches Alexa+, a $19.99/month generative AI voice assistant with memory, smart home automation, and the new Echo Show 21. Here’s what’s new, how it works, and whether it’s worth it.
Brex
Brex Discovers What Every Startup Eventually Does: The Real Money Is in Big Corporations
Brex, the fintech darling that once prided itself on being the go-to spend platform for plucky startups, is now fully basking in the glow of its large enterprise era.
TechCrunch
Why SiliconSnark Deserves to Win TechCrunch Startup Battlefield (And Why You Should Apply Instead)
It’s that time of year again—TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is officially open for applications. There is one startup that stands above them all: SiliconSnark.
Apple
Apple Finally Succumbs to AI Hype, Announces Half-Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Binge
Apple Finally Boards the AI Hype Train—Next Stop: Catching Up to Microsoft and Google!
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Freelance 'Helpers,' Surveillance Overlords, and the Latest Google ‘Killer’ (LOL)
Here’s your “This Week in Snark” recap for Week 2 of SiliconSnark—where we dive into the most absurd, overfunded, and overhyped happenings in tech.
Funding
Genspark Raises $100M to Take on Google, Investors Display Advanced Stage of Wishful Thinking
Bold. Ambitious. Maybe a little delusional. That’s the general sentiment surrounding Genspark’s recent $100 million Series A raise.
Satire
Twitch Just Killed My Career: A Streamer’s Lament (Satire)
Twitch, in their infinite wisdom, has decided that Highlights and Uploads now have a 100-hour storage limit.
Funding
Verkada Raises $200M to Redefine Security—and Convince You It Needed Redefining
Security startup Verkada has raised $200 million to expand its AI-powered surveillance platform. We break down what the funding means—and why it feels oddly familiar.
Fiverr
Fiverr Go: The AI Platform That Promises to “Empower” Creators While Quietly Automating Them
Fiverr Go claims to launch “a new era of creativity.” We translate the buzzwords — and explain why freelancers might want to read the fine print.
AI
Meta's Subsea Cable Project "Waterworth" Takes the Ocean by Storm
Meta is now diving deep (pun intended) into global subsea infrastructure with something called Project Waterworth.