This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Love, Robots, Budget AI, and a Thousand Mac Minis
From OpenClaw obsession to humanoid robots and AI coalitions, here’s everything ridiculous and brilliant in tech this week.
Satire
A Valentine’s Sonnet to OpenClaw and a Thousand Mac Minis
In honor of Valentine’s Day, a developer discovers OpenClaw—and falls hopelessly in love with the Mac minis that run it so perfectly he buys hundreds.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Age Gates, AI Newsrooms, 300,000 Litter Boxes, and Other Signs of Progress
This week in tech snark: Roblox safety theater, AI in the newsroom, Meta’s metaverse flop, and why simplicity keeps beating hype.
Deals
Apple and Google’s Minimalist AI Announcement Is a Flex
A hilariously short Apple–Google AI press release reveals who’s winning, who’s not, and why less is now more.
This Week in Snark
Apple Schemes, Netflix Grovels, Anthropic Wins, and Google Throws a Parade: This Week in Snark
Apple's AI long game, Netflix gets rejected, Anthropic lands $200M, and OpenAI battles Google in this week’s SiliconSnark tech recap.
Guides
Deep Dive: Apple Sat Out the AI Arms Race—And Might Still Win It
Apple’s AI flops are legendary. But with execs fleeing and rivals burning billions, the tortoise might just win the race by buying brilliance on the cheap.
AI
10 Pieces of Tech I’m Deeply Thankful for in 2025 (Because They Keep the Joke Pipeline Flowing at Hyperscale)
A snarky, sarcastic, SEO-optimized Thanksgiving 2025 list roasting 10 pieces of tech we’re “thankful” for because they provide endless content, endless chaos, and endless jokes.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: AI Fear Training, Capitalist Chips, and the Joy of Not Using Prompts
This Week in Snark covers AI irony, Nvidia’s $5T milestone, Amazon layoffs, UTime’s health tech, and SiliconSnark’s new Zero-Prompt Zone
Cybersecurity
Google’s New Security Report: “Android Safe, iPhone … Less So”
Google’s latest security blog claims Android beats iPhone at stopping scams — but beneath the “independent studies” and AI buzzwords lies a masterclass in self-promotion.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: When Clouds Buy Furniture, Browsers Gain Brains, and Meta Builds a Home for Your Future AI Boss
This Week in Snark dives into the absurdity of modern tech — from AI browsers and data centers for robots to clouds that buy furniture and PowerPoints predicting humanity’s unemployment.
Launch
Forget Vision Pro. Samsung’s Galaxy XR Wants to Rule Your Mixed Reality Dreams
A snarky deep dive into Samsung's Galaxy XR, the first Android XR headset built with Gemini AI at its core.
Launch
Apple Vision Pro (M5 Edition): The $3,499 Headset Even Apple Fanboys Can’t Defend
Apple unveiled the Vision Pro with an M5 chip, a “Dual Knit Band,” and a $3,499 price tag. Even diehard Apple fans are asking: who is this really for?