Launch
Tinder Gamifies Flirting, Accidentally Invents AI Ghosting Simulator
Tinder's The Game Game is a voice-based roleplay simulator that lets you awkwardly flirt with AI personas before you awkwardly flirt with real people.
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Launch
Amazfit Bip 6: Because Your Wrists Deserve Buzzwords, Too
Because what the world clearly needed was another smartwatch, Amazfit has bravely stepped forward with the release of the Bip 6.
Amazon
Amazon Unveils AI That Clicks Buttons, Calls It Innovation
In its latest attempt to convince the world it's not trailing behind OpenAI, Google, or xAI, Amazon has unveiled Amazon Nova.
Crypto
SiliconSnark Meme Coin Hits $800K, Proves the Internet Loves Tech Sarcasm
SiliconSnark writes about tech the way tech writes about ethics: briefly, and with sarcasm. $SNARK is the meme-layer currency for a tech world built by people who know how to laugh at their own stack traces.
Startup
Join SiliconSnark in Vibe Founding: A Movement, a Mindset, and a Middle Finger to Startup Orthodoxy
What if startup building could be joyful again? What if it could be...a vibe? That’s vibe founding.
This Week in Snark
Snarkapalooza: A Week of Launches, Laughs, and Light Phones
We dropped our first game, debuted two new Guides, and still found time to roast Elon, Meta, OpenAI, and a minimalist phone. Tech satire has never been louder—or more dangerously self-aware.
Deals
Elon Announces Acquisition of X by xAI on X, Breaking the Space-Time Continuity
A snarky take on Elon Musk’s latest bid to collapse the universe into a recursive branding singularity of X.
Snark Bytes
SnarkBytes: Meta Discovers Friends Were the Point of Facebook All Along, World Pretends to Be Shocked
Facebook is “bringing the magic of friends back,” which raises the obvious question: where exactly did the magic go?
Guides
The Definitive Guide to AI's GPTs and Friends
Your go-to, alphabetized field guide to the chatbots, large language models, and generative darlings currently powering our weird, slightly unsettling, extremely helpful digital future.
Launch
Light Phone III Launches: Finally, a Phone That Won’t Ruin Your Life (As Quickly)
Just when you thought the smartphone arms race couldn’t get any louder, the Light Phone III glides in whispering, “Have you tried not checking Slack in the bathroom?”
Guides
Guide: The Chaotic Evolution of “Vibe Coding”
Your definitive guide on vibe coding, the chaotic-good, AI-fueled future of software development that’s equal parts meme and movement.
OpenAI
Funding Pending, Buzzwords Imminent: Our Draft Press Release for OpenAI’s Inevitable $40B Round
Reports are swirling that OpenAI, the company responsible for making your job obsolete, is about to close a SoftBank-led funding round worth approximately $40 billion. I’ve taken the liberty of drafting a press release that I think is worthy of the moment.