AI
Snapchat’s New Sponsored AI Lenses: Now You Too Can Be an Advertisement With a Face Filter
Snapchat has announced Sponsored AI Lenses, a bold new way for brands to colonize your identity in the name of “self-expression.”
AI
SignalFire Raises $1B to Let AI Replace Gut Instincts in Venture Capital
SignalFire raises $1 billion for a new AI-focused venture capital fund backing applied AI startups, even as markets cool. Here’s how it plans to invest.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: The Meme Coin Heard Round the Web (And 100 Articles Later, We're Just Getting Started)
This was the biggest week ever for SiliconSnark. Not just because we accidentally became crypto influencers, but because we blew past 100 articles in less than two months.
AI
Meet the New Clippy: Microsoft Copilot Is Smarter, Snarkier, and a Little Judgmental
Microsoft’s Copilot has officially gone full Clippy 2.0 — watching, listening, and quietly judging your every click. Here’s how Microsoft turned nostalgia into surveillance.
Enterprise Tech
Unframe Raises $50M to Solve Enterprise AI
Fresh out of stealth and $50 million richer, this Cupertino-based startup wants to “turnkey” your enterprise AI into existence in “hours, not months,” like a meal kit for CTOs who forgot how to cook.
AI
Apple Vision Pro Enters Its “Look Mom, I’m Smart!” Era with Apple Intelligence and Spatial Schmancy
Apple Vision Pro now comes with AI features that help you write better, emoji harder, and see the world through a curated lens of spatial fabulousness.
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.
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.
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.
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.