Yearly, practically all tech firms provide you with new prank ideas which can be enjoyable to expertise. Listed below are a few of my favourite pranks of all time from numerous tech firms.

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Razer Cthulhu–the Spider-Man Chair

If you happen to’re a Spider-Man fan, then you will need to have seen Spider-Man 2, the place his predominant villain is Dr. Octopus—the man with the mechanical arms. Watching Dr. Octopus, I at all times used to suppose how cool it could be to have greater than two arms. I may do a number of issues concurrently.

Nicely, it looks like Razer by some means learn my thoughts as a result of, in 2024, they unveiled the Razer Cthulhu gaming chair, which comes outfitted with eight unbiased robotic arms. These arms could be programmed to offer you massages, feed you snacks, and even allow you to shave your beard.

After all, this was all a part of the corporate’s 2024 April Idiot’s Day prank. However with the way in which expertise is evolving, I wouldn’t be stunned if one thing like this really turns into a actuality sometime. And for those who’re questioning what “Cthulhu” means, it’s a fictional cosmic entity with a number of tentacles on its face. It was created by author H.P. Lovecraft and first appeared within the American pulp journal Bizarre Tales again in 1928.

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World’s First Dice-Formed Smartphone

In 2020, LG launched the LG Wing, which topped the listing of a few of the most unique smartphone designs I’ve ever seen. However that modified after I noticed the world’s first cube-shaped smartphone, the Oppo X³.

Though it’s only a idea design and easily a prank by Oppo, would not it’s cool if smartphone producers transfer away from normal flat smartphone designs and provide you with new designs? A cube-shaped smartphone may be a far-fetched thought, however I’d positively like to see extra telephones with daring designs just like the LG Wing.

That mentioned, Oppo revealed which you could merely rotate or flip the Oppo X³ to modify between a complete of 54 apps which you could set up on the machine. If you happen to’re questioning in regards to the value of this feature-packed, cube-shaped smartphone, you may be stunned to know that it’s simply $333, which is even lower than the just lately launched iPhone 16e.

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Snapchat Jab At Instagram

Snapchat and Instagram have at all times had shut competitors over who introduces new options to their platforms first. Generally, sure options are so widespread that different platforms merely copy them. That’s precisely what Instagram did with Snapchat’s Tales characteristic.

In 2016, Instagram launched Instagram Tales, which had been similar to Snapchat’s Tales. So, as a enjoyable banter, Snapchat determined to poke enjoyable at Instagram for copying their characteristic. In April 2017, Snapchat launched an Instagram filter on its platform. Making use of the filter made it appear like you had been utilizing Instagram as a substitute of Snapchat.

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Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha Lingo Translator

Salty, finna, boujee, cap, high-key, bop—these are just some of the most typical slangs you’ll hear Gen Z and Gen Alpha youngsters utilizing lately. Regardless of being a part of Gen Z, I discover it onerous to grasp the that means of most of those phrases. To assist me and others who’re struggling to decode this contemporary slang, Razor got here up with Razer Skibidi on this 12 months’s April Idiot’s Day.

It’s an AI-powered translator headset, which, in line with Razer, may help you “decode the most cancers your Gen Z teammates are spewing” when you’re speaking to them in-game or on a name. At any time when the opposite individual makes use of any trendy slang, you simply ask the headset what it means, and it’ll clarify the definition in easy, on a regular basis English. Curiously, whenever you communicate regular English, the headset will convert it into Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang in order that your teammates can hear the language they perceive finest.

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Flip Your Canine Right into a Coding Grasp

Ever because the AI increase, you’ve most likely heard rather a lot about how AI goes to take over many coding jobs. However I remorse to tell you that your competitors as a coder isn’t simply AI anymore. It’s additionally canines.

Surprise Workshop launched an app known as WonderPaw as a enjoyable prank, claiming it may train canines the way to code. So as soon as your canine learns to code, don’t be stunned in the event that they’re interviewing at Google, Meta, or NASA as a substitute of digging by the trash.

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Decode What Your Canine’s Bark Means

Have you ever ever wished you may perceive precisely what your canine is attempting to say to you? ElevenLabs would possibly simply assist make {that a} actuality with its new text-to-speech mannequin. The mannequin is predicated on Llama 3.2 and claims that can assist you perceive what your canine’s barking actually means.

Moreover, it might probably convert your easy textual content into canine language, so your canine can higher perceive what you are attempting to say. Jokes apart, I actually hope one thing like this turns into actual quickly, particularly for cats. I’d like to lastly perceive why my pet cat at all times growls at me each time I attempt to pet her.

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Lastly, A Smartphone For the Hulk

As a child, I at all times used to surprise how onerous it should be for Bruce Banner to make use of a 6-inch smartphone after turning into the Hulk. His fingers would most likely be larger than the telephone itself. Apparently, engineers at Sony had the identical thought as mine as they’ve launched the Sony Xperia Max.

This smartphone includes a 1-meter-wide display. The display dimension is greater than 4 occasions bigger than the 8.03-inch show on the Xiaomi Combine Fold 3, which is at present one of many largest smartphones obtainable.

If you happen to’re within the different specs, Sony talked about that they’re the identical as these on the Sony Xperia 1 VI. Meaning the Xperia Max comes with 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of inner storage and runs on Android 13 out of the field.

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Apply BMW Lunar Paint to Reduce Down Your Electrical energy Payments

Charging your BMW EV can considerably improve your electrical energy invoice. If you happen to’re in search of a little bit of aid in your pocket, you would possibly think about BMW’s Lunar Paint, which the corporate launched as a prank again in 2019.

Based on BMW, the paint makes use of photovoltaic expertise that leverages moonlight to recharge your automotive’s battery. I’d additionally advocate putting in a photo voltaic panel in your BMW’s roof. That method, your automotive battery can cost throughout the day utilizing daylight, and at night time, the lunar paint will maintain charging the battery

On a severe observe, growing a lunar paint-like expertise may positively assist automotive producers push electrical autos extra simply available in the market.

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Play Pac-Man on Google Maps

Pac-Man is certainly one of many best video video games of all time. To pay tribute to the sport, Google built-in Pac-Man into Google Maps on April Fools’ Day in 2015.

On that day, for those who accessed Google Maps, you’ll have seen a Pac-Man icon within the bottom-left nook of your display. Clicking on that icon allowed you to play the Pac-Man sport in any metropolis of your alternative.

This wasn’t the primary time Google embraced video video games. In 2014, the corporate used Maps to create its personal world Pokémon Problem. Actually, even in the present day, there are a number of video game-related Easter eggs which you could strive on Google.

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Make Lion Cubs Your Uber Co-passenger

In 2015, Uber partnered with Nat Geo Wild to launch a marketing campaign known as UberLIONS, which gave riders the possibility to benefit from the firm of actual lion cubs throughout their Uber experience. Though the marketing campaign was meant as a joke, it had a severe message behind it. By this marketing campaign, Uber and Nat Geo Wild aimed to encourage individuals to donate to assist save lions.

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These had been a few of the finest pranks by totally different tech firms. Whereas all of them had been spectacular, I’m particularly impressed by Razer’s modern concepts relating to pulling off pranks on its clients.

The corporate even has a dedicated playlist on YouTube that includes all of their April Fools’ Day movies. Along with Skibidi and Cthulhu, I additionally preferred Razer Razer—the mouse that comes with a built-in razor to shave your beard.