OpenAI's 4o Image Generator Tells Its Origin Story What would it be like if this brand-new OpenAI Image Generator had a personality, a flair for drama, and a wild sense of humor?
Gemini 2.5: Google's AI Model That Finally Decided to Think First Gemini 2.5 is a “thinking model,” which obviously makes everything before it just “shrugging and hoping” models.
Snark Bytes: AirPods Max, Now With Actual Audio Features Apple has announced that the AirPods Max are finally getting actual audio features next month.
Monzo Tackles the UK’s Most Taboo Topic: Asking for Your Money Back British digital bank Monzo thinks you're too British to ask for your money back, so it built an app to do it for you.
SiliconSnark Launches HypeWheel™, the Startup Game No One Asked For But Everyone Deserves SiliconSnark has launched HypeWheel, a startup pivot simulator designed to disrupt productivity and insult your intelligence at the same time.
TechCrunch Got Acquired Again, So We Did a Pitch Deck Teardown Of Their Press Release Pour one out for the Disrupt-branded hoodies and whatever shred of independence TechCrunch still had left in the Yahoo basement. The tech media institution just got scooped up by yet another private equity firm.
This Week in Snark: From Pebble’s Resurrection to Nvidia’s AI Empire From AI CEOs to dead wearables crawling back from the grave, this week’s Silicon Snark round-up is a blend of quantum ambition, GPU domination, and just a touch of dystopia.