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A cartoonish robot drives an overloaded “Bounce Beta” moving truck from Bluesky to Mastodon City while giant Meta, TikTok, Snap, and X billboards loom overhead.

Launch

Bounce Launches: The Open-Source Social Media Migration Tool Nobody Asked For (But Maybe We Need)

Bounce Beta, the new open-source migration tool, lets users move followers from Bluesky to Mastodon while poking fun at big tech’s social media monopoly.

A satirical cartoon office scene with quirky AI robots working chaotically under the unimpressed, coffee-sipping SiliconSnark robot mascot.

Guides

AI in 2025: The Ultimate Snarky Guide to What It Can (and Can’t) Do

A snarky deep-dive guide to everything AI can (and can’t) do in 2025 — from images and video to chatbots, voice assistants, productivity hacks, coding, and autonomous agents.

Cartoon auction scene with Uncle Sam selling failed tech logos as the SiliconSnark robot waves a “Taxpayer” paddle at a Government Bailout Auction.

Satire

After Intel, Here Are 10 Failing Tech Companies the U.S. Government Should Bail Out Next

After bailing out Intel with $8.9 billion, here are 10 failing tech companies the U.S. government should invest in next—from WeWork to BlackBerry to Quibi.

Cartoon trading floor with Intel logos, Uncle Sam handing cash to executives, and the SiliconSnark robot holding a “Taxpayer Money” bag under a ticker reading “INTC: Bailout Edition.”

Deals

Taxpayers Now Own a Piece of Intel—Enjoy Your Discounted Shares of Mediocrity

Intel and Trump strike an $8.9 billion deal giving taxpayers a nearly 10% stake in Intel—critics call it a bailout disguised as semiconductor leadership.

Cartoon newsroom scene of the SiliconSnark robot sipping coffee while surrounded by YZY coins, worm soldiers, AI PDFs, and overpriced Pixel 10 beta phones.

This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: Meme Coins, Patriot Chips, $1,199 Beta Tests, AI PDFs, Billion-Dollar Cables, and the Summer of Silk

“This Week in Snark: Kanye’s meme coin flop, DeepSeek’s chip hype, Google Pixel 10, Adobe Acrobat Studio, Amphenol’s $1B cables, and Kraig Biocraft’s worm army.”

Crypto

Kanye West’s Meme Coin Disaster: The YZY Token Pump, Dump, and Fan Exploitation

Kanye West crypto hypocrisy: said coins prey on fans, then launched one anyway.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot meditates on a circuit board, pressing a glowing “Deep Thinking” button in a futuristic Beijing chip factory.

DeepSeek’s V3.1 Proves You Don’t Need NVIDIA When You Have Buzzwords and Patriotism

DeepSeek’s V3.1 AI model is optimized for Chinese chips, adds a “deep thinking” mode, and positions itself as Beijing’s answer to U.S. tech restrictions.

Launch

Pixel 10 Release: The $1,199 Way to Prove You’re Still Google’s Favorite Beta Tester

Snarky Pixel 10 review skewering Google’s latest AI-packed smartphone, from gimmicky Magic Cue to Camera Coach that critiques your selfies.

A chaotic futuristic office with floating PDFs, chatty AI bots, and the SiliconSnark robot cameo smirking from a corner.

Launch

Adobe Acrobat Studio: Because Your PDFs Were Just Too Boring Without AI Agents

Adobe launches Acrobat Studio, an AI-powered platform that turns PDFs into interactive knowledge hubs with customizable AI assistants, PDF Spaces, and Adobe Express content creation tools.

Cartoon of Amphenol wiring up Trexon with oversized cables, while the SiliconSnark robot drowns under a giant stack of forward-looking statements.

Deals

Inside Amphenol’s $1B Trexon Deal: High-Reliability Cables and Low-Reliability Promises

Amphenol buys Trexon for $1B cash, proves cables are hotter than AI while setting a record for the world’s longest forward-looking statement.

Cartoon of the SiliconSnark robot managing a futuristic silk factory with hard-hat-wearing silkworms on a conveyor belt.

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories

Kraig Biocraft’s Summer of Silk: The Government-Backed Worm Army

Kraig Biocraft’s government-backed recombinant spider silk project scales up with new strains, record production, and a full Southeast Asia facility launch.

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This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: From AI Spending Sprees to Sprinklers That Outrank You

From billion-dollar AI spending sprees to Nvidia’s seven-announcement chaos, this week in tech was pure absurdity — and we snarked it all so you don’t have to.

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