This Week in Snark: Wallets, Wormholes, and Words That Mean Nothing

Trump launches crypto wallet, Sensata hit by data breach, and Redwire’s space tech clears NASA milestone in a wild week for tech.

Sensata Technologies Fails to Sense Ransomware, Drops Breach Bomb Before the Weekend

Sensata Technologies quietly fumbles a massive data breach, dropping the news midday Friday like a classic tech oopsie.

Can Aive’s AI Make Video Editing Fun Again? €12M Says Oui

Aive just raised €12M to make your video editor obsolete—and TechCrunch wasn’t around to cover it, so we did.

Space Construction Tech Gets Real: Redwire’s Mason Passes NASA Milestone, Gets Zero Hype

NASA and Redwire are quietly building roads on the Moon and Mars, and somehow no one in tech media noticed.

Trump’s Crypto Wallet Is Here. SiliconSnark’s $SNARK Coin Says ‘Same Energy’

Trump launches a crypto wallet, so SiliconSnark responds with $SNARK—satire you can actually trade.

Chime IPO: The Neobank That Prints Money Without Being a Bank

Chime filed to go public with an S-1 that’s equal parts alphabet soup and fintech fever dream.

The Complete Guide to Tech Marketing Buzzwords (1995–2025)

A snark-filled guide to 30 years of tech buzzwords—from “synergy” to “AI-powered”—and how they shaped (and warped) modern marketing.

This Week in Snark: AI Flexes, VCs Cheer, and Your Calendar Gets Monetized

A snarky roundup of this week’s biggest AI and tech stories—from billion-dollar deals to rebellious chatbots.

Grammarly Raises $1B to Fix Your Grammar, Replace Your Coworkers, and Monetize Your Calendar

Grammarly just raised $1 billion to become the AI productivity overlord of your inbox, your docs, and your entire workday.

DeepSeek R1-0528 Quietly Drops, Loudly Challenges OpenAI—All Without Saying a Word

DeepSeek quietly drops its R1-0528 AI model, blindsiding the industry with open-source power and zero press release.

NVIDIA Prints $44 Billion and the Market Screams “Daddy!”

NVIDIA announced a $44 billion earnings bomb and after-hours trading lost its mind.

Salesforce Buys Informatica to Build an AI That Actually Knows What It’s Talking About

Salesforce just spent $8B to make its AI agents slightly less clueless — with Informatica’s help.