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.
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.
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.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: AI Hype, Corporate Nonsense, and the Same iPhone Again
SiliconSnark covered everything from Nokia’s sudden AI ambitions to BuzzFeed’s latest attempt at relevance, Adobe’s Firefly marketing spin, and, of course, the impending robot uprising.
Satire
Roses Are Red, iPhones Are Many, SE4 Is Okay, But I Deserve Plenty
In honor of Valentine’s Day—and because Tim Cook has once again whispered vague sweet nothings on X—here’s a love letter to the soon-to-be-announced iPhone SE4.
Funding
Investors Enthusiastically Fund Humanity’s Eventual Overlords
Apptronik has secured a cool $350 million to accelerate the production of humanoid robots.
Adobe
Adobe Firefly Video Model: Creativity or Automation in Disguise?
Adobe Firefly Video Model brings AI video, audio, and images into Creative Cloud. Is it empowering creativity—or replacing it with automation?
Buzzfeed
BuzzFeed Declares War on Doomscrolling with ‘Joyful’ Social Platform
BuzzFeed has announced its brilliant plan to launch a social platform that will “restore joy and creativity.”
Satire
Nokia Plans to Reinvent AI in the Image of Its Indestructible Brick Phones (Satire)
Nokia has announced that its next great innovation in artificial intelligence will be inspired by the company’s most beloved creation: the virtually indestructible Nokia 3310.