This Week in Snark
OpenAI’s Pentagon deal. Jack Dorsey’s 4,000 layoffs. Nvidia’s “impossible” $68B quarter. AI agents killing SaaS. This Week in Snark breaks down the chaos shaping tech in 2026.
Guides
Inside OpenAI’s classified Pentagon deployment: safety claims, political pressure, and the AI arms race reshaping Washington.
AI
Jack Dorsey cuts 4,000 jobs at Block despite strong profits, citing AI efficiency. A sharp look at the philosophy behind thriving-company layoffs.
Satire
A sarcastic, narrative look at the year 2030, when AI agents could instantly replicate any SaaS app—collapsing seat-based pricing, product teams, and possibly basic accountability.
AI
NVIDIA just posted $68.1B in quarterly revenue and 75% gross margins. We ranked the 5 most surprising numbers from the earnings release.
AI
Axios reports Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum: loosen AI safeguards for the Pentagon or face Defense Production Act action.
Launch
No specs. No features. Just “Built different.” The Nothing Phone (4a) press release might be the ultimate anti-hype smartphone launch strategy.
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Strutt says its ev¹ Smart Everyday Vehicle is redefining mobility. Early pre-orders beat projections, and Q2 2026 deliveries are on track.
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.
At the India AI Impact Summit, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei skipped a unity handshake — and accidentally created the most symbolic AI moment of 2026.
Gorilla Technology’s planned acquisition of Shackleton Finance would create Gorilla Technology Capital, a regulated vehicle targeting AI data centres and GPU infrastructure.
Snapchat launches Creator Subscriptions, adding exclusive content, priority replies, and ad-free Stories to power scalable creator revenue.
OpenAI hires OpenClaw’s creator, signaling a major push into autonomous AI agents. Here’s what it means for agent tech, Moltbook, and the AI arms race.
From OpenClaw obsession to humanoid robots and AI coalitions, here’s everything ridiculous and brilliant in tech this week.
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.
The Massachusetts AI Coalition aims to make Boston a global AI hub. Here’s why this launch is a big deal for the ecosystem.
The Samsung Galaxy A07 5G brings AI features like Gemini and Circle to Search to a budget 5G device. Here’s what actually matters.