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If you’re online at all in 2026, you know that it can feel like April Fool’s Day every day. Surely you have come across videos and content very often Created using artificial intelligenceYou had to stop and ask yourself whether what you were looking at was true or made up.
Some are obvious. You mean, aren’t there really beds made of cats, cotton candy, and rubies? And wasn’t I really offered a job guarding a creepy funeral home where I might hear knocking coming from the morgue at three in the morning? (Both are TikTok videos, and the AI is frighteningly good — and scary, too.)
As brands come up with April Fool’s Day jokes this year, I’m still thinking about it Artificial intelligence heavy worldThe jokes seem less surprising, and the fake art less novel. Here are some highlights from this year’s list of corporate and technology jokes for April 1.
Cologne T-Mobile
Can you smell me now? Wait, the cell phone company is wrong.
Do you want to smell like your mobile phone? What does that even mean? Wireless tech giant T-Mobile’s joke is the Metro by T-Mobile CALLoGNE, which combines a call, as in a phone call, with cologne. The company is touting April 1st Joke as “the world’s first luxury fragrance inspired by the smell of a brand new phone.” Metro is the prepaid brand of T-Mobile, formerly known as MetroPCS.
Timekettle British translation
They say that the United States and the United Kingdom are two countries separated by a common language. You probably already know some British phrases, including “boot” for what Americans call the trunk of a car, and “bonnet” for what we call the hood of a car. Timekettle makes AI-powered translation products, and its April 1 teaser is an update to its company’s British-to-American translation Translation devices. Cheerio, old chap.
Timekettle offers translation services, but the British English to American English version is a joke, especially on April 1st.
Cat hair clothes
From high fashion to cat hair, Whisker’s April 1st prank involves cat hair clothing.
If you own a cat, cat hair is already on everything in your closet. So Catnip (Like high fashion, I guess), a designer clothing line made from real cat hair doesn’t seem that far-fetched. Whisker, the company behind the Litter-Robot litter box, is taking the April 1st prank to the extreme. They’ve already used real cat hair from adoptable cats at a Michigan animal shelter to decorate five sweaters that will later be sold on eBay. Every listing on eBay doubles as an adoption profile for a real shelter cat.
Yahoo Scroll Stoppr
Doomscrolling isn’t even possible with Yahoo’s thumb guard, ScrōllStoppr.
Those who spend a lot of time on their phones may appreciate the idea behind Yahoo’s prank, Scrōll Stoppr. It’s described as a “silly and delightful finger accessory that actually prevents your thumb from touching your phone’s screen.” I hate to break it to Yahoo, but I discovered this myself years ago when I cut my thumb while chopping onions at Thanksgiving and had to wrap it in a bandage. Yahoo says you can actually buy this – it will be available for $5 on the Yahoo TikTok Store on April 1 and will be delivered in a box that makes a sound with Yahoo’s signature singing. If you’re sold out, just apply a Band-Aid to get the same results. Biojodel.
Pocket steak from Omaha steak
Make room in your shirt for this pocket steak.
Need a spot of protein on the go? Omaha Steak Company is known for sending out giant boxes of beef as gifts, but the company’s April 1 product is a “world’s first.” Pocket-sized steak” It gets even more powerful: The company jokes that the steak is cooked using motion-activated technology. It’s a rare bargain indeed, if it’s cooked well.
Baskin Robbins ice cream soup
Baskin-Robbins’ April Fools’ Day joke, Ice Cream Soup.
Baskin-Robbins has always had innovative ice cream flavors, but on April 1, the company is promoting…an ice cream soup. Not real, of course, but they’re promoting the frozen dessert in hopes that people will be inspired to take advantage of the buy-one-get-one deal at 50% off pre-packaged quarts April 1-2 for Baskin-Robbins Rewards members. Swallow them if you get them.
Baby Bottle Pop, complementary style
Suck it up, say the makers of Baby Bottle Pop.
Adults don’t get any of the fun kids’ candy, but instead are stuck with vitamins and supplements. Baby Bottle Pop Candy, which is exactly what it sounds like, candy in a baby bottle container, is pretending on April 1 that it now comes in adult flavors. Does protein have flavour? Is it fiber? Salmon is there, but too much sweet salmon, even for Seattleites. Fortunately, this is only for April Fools’ Day.