AI
Vibe Hacking: The Dark Side of the Startup Force
Vibe hacking—the dark side of startup culture—has gone mainstream this week as Anthropic’s Claude is linked to AI-powered cyberattacks, turning vibe manipulation into a real-world threat.
Latest
Deals
CrowdStrike Buys to Give Your Data Pipeline Needed an Ego Boost
CrowdStrike’s acquisition of Onum promises “agentic AI SOC transformation” and real-time pipeline clairvoyance, but underneath the buzzwords it’s really a fancy funnel for logs with a marketing glow-up.
Launch
Cox Automotive’s Top Tech 2025: Because Who Doesn’t Want to Watch Mechanics Take Written Tests?
Cox Automotive’s Top Tech 2025 crowned champions in Heavy-Duty Truck, Light/Medium Duty Truck, and Trailer categories—because who doesn’t want to watch mechanics take written tests?
Launch
Wyze Cam Pan v4: Because Your Dog Deserves to Be Spied on in 4K
Wyze just launched the Cam Pan v4, its first 4K smart security camera with AI-powered object tracking, color night vision, and full 360° coverage—all for under $60.
Launch
Claude for Chrome: Anthropic Just Gave Its AI the Keys to Your Browser. What Could Go Wrong?
Anthropic’s new Claude for Chrome extension lets AI browse the web for you—but security risks, prompt injection attacks, and safety concerns raise big questions about trusting AI in your browser.
Launch
Bounce Launches: The Open-Source Social Media Migration Tool Nobody Asked For (But Maybe We Need)
Bounce Beta, the new open-source migration tool, lets users move followers from Bluesky to Mastodon while poking fun at big tech’s social media monopoly.
Guides
AI in 2025: The Ultimate Snarky Guide to What It Can (and Can’t) Do
A snarky deep-dive guide to everything AI can (and can’t) do in 2025 — from images and video to chatbots, voice assistants, productivity hacks, coding, and autonomous agents.
Satire
After Intel, Here Are 10 Failing Tech Companies the U.S. Government Should Bail Out Next
After bailing out Intel with $8.9 billion, here are 10 failing tech companies the U.S. government should invest in next—from WeWork to BlackBerry to Quibi.
Deals
Taxpayers Now Own a Piece of Intel—Enjoy Your Discounted Shares of Mediocrity
Intel and Trump strike an $8.9 billion deal giving taxpayers a nearly 10% stake in Intel—critics call it a bailout disguised as semiconductor leadership.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Meme Coins, Patriot Chips, $1,199 Beta Tests, AI PDFs, Billion-Dollar Cables, and the Summer of Silk
“This Week in Snark: Kanye’s meme coin flop, DeepSeek’s chip hype, Google Pixel 10, Adobe Acrobat Studio, Amphenol’s $1B cables, and Kraig Biocraft’s worm army.”
Crypto
Kanye West’s Meme Coin Disaster: The YZY Token Pump, Dump, and Fan Exploitation
Kanye West crypto hypocrisy: said coins prey on fans, then launched one anyway.
AI
DeepSeek’s V3.1 Proves You Don’t Need NVIDIA When You Have Buzzwords and Patriotism
DeepSeek’s V3.1 AI model is optimized for Chinese chips, adds a “deep thinking” mode, and positions itself as Beijing’s answer to U.S. tech restrictions.