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SiliconSnark robot examines the abxylute P5 PS5 controller beside a price tag, shipping calendar, and a skeptical DualSense.

Review

abxylute Put Hall-Effect Sticks in a $76 PS5 Controller. Naturally, It Has Macros.

abxylute’s $76 P5 brings Hall-effect sticks and adaptive triggers to PS5. Smart value on paper; the real test is whether it ships the promise.

SiliconSnark robot tries to carry an AI safety report past a giant approval stamp blocking a laboratory exit.

OpenAI and Anthropic’s Independent AI Reviews Have Entered the Approval Queue

OpenAI and Anthropic face scrutiny over evaluator publication rights. Protecting trade secrets is reasonable. Making independence negotiable is the problem.

SiliconSnark’s robot cooks beside an Apple HomeView showing recipes, timers, calendars, and camera feeds.

Apple’s HomeView Recognizes Your Face and Reorganizes the Kitchen

Apple’s $299 HomeView makes Siri AI useful in the kitchen, but facial recognition, subscriptions and ecosystem gravity come with dinner.

Muse Wonder robot carries OpenAI and Anthropic lunch bags past SiliconSnark’s yellow mascot in an AI lab break room.

Meta’s Muse Wonder Enters the AI Race Carrying OpenAI and Anthropic’s Lunch

Meta launches Muse Wonder and Wonder Full with memory, coding, and persistent agents. OpenAI and Anthropic might want to check who’s eating their lunch.

SiliconSnark’s robot repairs a Fitbit Edge beside a payment terminal showing no NFC.

Google Made Fitbit Edge Repairable. Then It Removed Your Wallet.

Google’s $179.99 Fitbit Edge brings a screen, seven-day battery and repairable hardware—then leaves tap-to-pay and Gemini coaching outside the box.

SiliconSnark robot organizes a chaotic AI shopping catalog in a surreal retail control room.

Funding

Loops Raised $3.5 Million to Make Online Shopping Less Like a Spreadsheet

Loops raised $3.5 million to unify AI shopping tools for retailers. The pitch is ambitious, the problem is real, and the catalog still has feelings.

SiliconSnark robot examines an open dual-screen Anbernic RG DDS handheld with a “TBD” price tag.

Gaming

Anbernic Built a 3DS Clone With Two Screens and One Missing Dimension

Anbernic’s RG DDS makes 3DS emulation look delightfully serious with dual screens and Snapdragon power. The missing price is doing suspenseful work.

SiliconSnark robot checks an electricity receipt beside a Maia 300 rack styled as a restaurant kitchen.

Microsoft Gives Maia 300 the Copilot Bill. The Megawatts Still Apply.

Microsoft’s Maia 300 promises more AI output per megawatt in 2027. A serious efficiency bet, with benchmark caveats and no promise of a smaller bill.

SiliconSnark robot buys stocks with digital coins while an alpaca broker files share certificates behind a screen.

Fintech

Bybit Adds U.S. Stocks. The Crypto Revolution Has Hired a Broker.

Bybit adds U.S. stocks and ETFs funded with USDC. Inside the Alpaca brokerage setup, trading costs and custody questions behind its latest fintech expansion.

The SiliconSnark robot crouches at a sleek black smart lock, intently turning a small glowing crank dial with one hand

This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: Sponsored Imagination, Gemini's Employee Badge, and a Penny That Went 200x

This week, your daydreams got a media buyer, an AI got a company email address, and SiliconSnark's penny went 200x. Please do not check the expenses.

SiliconSnark robot holds a screwdriver beside an unfinished smart doorbell and a towering stack of LG agreements.

Apple

Apple, Build Your Own Smart Home. We Already Have Enough LG Agreements.

Apple reportedly co-developed smart home devices with LG. Please build your own, Apple: the front door deserves your privacy, support, and product obsession.

SiliconSnark robot crowns a caped office computer beneath a superintelligence sign as executives applaud.

Superintelligence Is Better Than Artificial Intelligence Because It Has “Super” in It

Trump renames AI, Salesforce unveils SIForce, and Satya Nadella talks Super Intelligence. Same fears about jobs and harm. Much more reassuring stationery.

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