Apple
Snark Bytes: AirPods Max, Now With Actual Audio Features
Apple has announced that the AirPods Max are finally getting actual audio features next month.
Launch
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.
Launch
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.
AI
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.
Launch
JEDI Forecasting: The Force Awakens, but Only 15% Smarter
The Weather Company has decided to wield the power of JEDI. Not the kind that can levitate X-wings, but the kind that promises a whopping 15% improvement in forecast accuracy.
Enterprise Tech
Meet Welinq: The Startup Quietly Building Quantum’s AWS
Enter Welinq, a company you’ve probably never heard of but now should, because they’ve just launched the first commercial quantum memory designed specifically for quantum data centers.
Launch
Snark Bytes: The Pebble Smartwatch Resurrection
The Pebble smartwatch that refused to die is officially coming back!
AI
Everything You Need to Know About NVIDIA’s 35 GTC Announcements
35 Nvidia GTC announcements in a single day? That must be some kind of world record.
Crypto
Snark Bytes: Investing My Life Savings in a Wall of SEALMINERs
Bitdeer just dropped the SEALMINER A2 Pro, the must-have Bitcoin mining rig. Naturally, I’ve just liquidated my 401(k)
Launch
Robinhood’s Prediction Markets Hub Turns Investing Into a Casino With Extra Confetti
Robinhood’s new Prediction Markets Hub turns interest rates and sports outcomes into bets. Is this financial innovation—or just gamified gambling?
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Vibe Coding, Roblox Reality Check, and OpenAI’s Fully Automated Takeover
Across more than 25 stories, we tackled everything from OpenAI’s existential AI problems to SXSW startup pitch winners. Let's dive in.
Launch
Sony's Latest TV Tech: LCDs, But Make Them Fancy
Sony just unveiled their fancy new RGB LED technology for LCD TVs. Apparently, we weren’t already drowning in enough acronyms and marketing buzzwords.