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Google’s Nano Banana Craze: From Selfie to Weird 3D Figurine in Seconds

Google’s Nano Banana AI turns selfies into collectible figurines. Fun, creepy, and weirdly addictive—here’s why the trend is everywhere.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot lectures founders on “Product–Market Fit = Salvation” with a chalkboard graph pointing to the promised land.

The Cult of Product–Market Fit: A Guide to the Holy Grail for Startups

A dry, mildly academic roast of product–market fit—how it became startup religion, why the binary myth misleads, and what AI is doing to the altar.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot juggling alphabet soup cans labeled Series A–K while drowning in Apple press releases under a giant “MOU Basically Nothing” and “Unindexed” stamp.

This Week in Snark: Apple’s Avalanche of Launches, Databricks’ Alphabet Soup, and Microsoft’s Empty Promises

This Week in Snark: Microsoft’s empty MOU, Apple’s press release flood, Databricks’ Series K, and Google censoring our funniest articles.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot staring at a tiny 47-word Microsoft–OpenAI press release on a giant screen.

Microsoft and OpenAI Announce a Memorandum of Understanding, Which Is Fancy Talk for “We’ll Get Back to You Later”

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a non-binding MOU with just 47 words — here’s an 800-word snarky breakdown of what the shortest press release in tech history really means.

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Vanta AI Agent Promises to Make Risk Management Less Boring

Vanta’s new AI Agent promises to end compliance chaos, and SiliconSnark is the only place making noise about it.

SiliconSnark robot running a toll booth labeled “RSL: Pay-per-inference” while AI crawlers line up with coins.

From RSS to RSL: The Really Simple Licensing Standard Wants to Make AI Pay Rent

The RSL Standard (Really Simple Licensing) promises to turn AI content scraping into fair compensation. Or at least into the internet’s first robot toll booth.

SiliconSnark robot drowning in Apple press releases as Tim Cook smiles in the background.

Apple’s Fall Event 2025: Press Releases Nobody But Me Will Ever Read

SiliconSnark breaks down all seven Apple Fall Event 2025 press releases—from iPhone 17 Pro Max to AirPods Pro 3—with snarky summaries questioning why anyone still reads them.

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The 20 SiliconSnark Articles Google Won’t Let You Read

Discover 20 satirical SiliconSnark articles Google unindexed—proof the algorithm just can’t handle good tech humor.

Cartoon-style SiliconSnark robot eats alphabet soup labeled “Series K” with dollar signs rising in the background.

Databricks Hits $4B Run-Rate, $1B in AI Revenue, and a Series K That Proves Alphabet Soup Has No End

Databricks crosses $4B revenue run-rate, $1B in AI revenue, and raises a $1B Series K round at a $100B+ valuation—complete with new buzzwords, Agent Bricks and Lakebase.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot giving a TED-style talk, juggling buzzwords and AI icons to parody tech thought leadership.

The History of Thought Leadership in Tech (and How to Be One in the AI Era)

A snarky deep dive into the history of thought leadership in tech, from management gurus to AI influencers, with practical tips on how to be a thought leader today.

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This Week in Snark: From Citi’s AI World Tour to Anthropic’s $13B Sovereign Wealth Flex

From Citi AI expanding to 80 markets to Anthropic’s $13B sovereign wealth cosplay—and yes, an AI bee—here’s the week’s tech hype, snarked.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot juggling Citi AI tools over a glowing world map with 80 markets lit up.

Citi AI Expands to 80 Markets: Because Nothing Says “Innovation” Like Automating Your Expense Report

Citi AI expands to 80 global markets, promising automation, insights, and a “responsible AI-first culture.” We explain why it’s more hype than revolution.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot with glowing red sunglasses flips Polymarket tickets beside a neon “CFTC APPROVED” sign in a casino-meets-Capitol Hill backdrop.

Crypto

Polymarket’s U.S. Return: Prediction Markets, Politics, and Profits Collide

Polymarket secures CFTC approval to re-enter the U.S., reigniting debates over prediction markets as financial tools or digital casinos.

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Launch

New ARCAM Radia+ Amps Prove Music Tech Can Still Sound This Good

The hi-fi world is a lot like tech X: full of people arguing about things you can’t actually hear but will absolutely mortgage their house to own. Into this glorious chaos strolls ARCAM, dropping its newest trio of Radia+ amplifiers—the A5+, A15+, and A25+—at CEDIA Expo 2025.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot lounges on cash and GPU bars, sipping Series F champagne beside a globe with country price tags and a neon $183B valuation ticker.

Anthropic’s $13B Series F Makes AI the Hottest Sovereign Wealth Fund in Town

Anthropic Bags $13B, $183B Valuation: Proof That AI Safety is the Real Unicorn

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot with glowing red eyes juggles blockchain cubes atop FIGR stock certificates as bankers panic below a Nasdaq IPO sign.

Deals

Figure Technology Solutions IPO: Because Wall Street Finally Needed a Blockchain Buzzword Fix

Figure Technology Solutions launches its Nasdaq IPO under ticker FIGR, blending blockchain buzzwords with $16B in real home equity loans.

SiliconSnark robot with glowing eyes gives a keynote at Conf3rence 2025 surrounded by buzzwords like AI, Web3, and lifestyle automation.

AI Meets Lifestyle Management: Vacabee Brings Mr. Bee to Dortmund

Vacabee announces its Conf3rence 2025 debut with AI, Web3, and lifestyle buzzwords—because nothing says Labor Day like a startup PR team hard at work.

SiliconSnark robot grills hot dogs while spying cameras, Intel balloon, and AI browser chaos swirl around in Labor Day satire.

This Week in Snark

This Week in Snark: AI Gets Keys to Your Browser, 4K Dog Spying, and a Taxpayer Bailout Buffet

Snark powers down for Labor Day, but not before roasting AI, 4K dog cams, Intel bailouts, and vibe hacking in this week’s funniest tech roundup.

Cartoon-style SiliconSnark robot wields a glowing red lightsaber of code in a cyberpunk Death Star scene, symbolizing the dark side of vibe hacking.

Vibe Hacking: The Dark Side of the Startup Force

Vibe hacking—the dark side of startup culture—has gone mainstream this week as Anthropic’s Claude is linked to AI-powered cyberattacks, turning vibe manipulation into a real-world threat.

SiliconSnark robot laughing as glowing data streams race through futuristic Falcon SIEM pipelines.

Deals

CrowdStrike Buys to Give Your Data Pipeline Needed an Ego Boost

CrowdStrike’s acquisition of Onum promises “agentic AI SOC transformation” and real-time pipeline clairvoyance, but underneath the buzzwords it’s really a fancy funnel for logs with a marketing glow-up.

Cartoon of Cox Automotive’s Top Tech 2025 competition, with the SiliconSnark robot mocking technicians racing to fix trucks under a giant clock.

Launch

Cox Automotive’s Top Tech 2025: Because Who Doesn’t Want to Watch Mechanics Take Written Tests?

Cox Automotive’s Top Tech 2025 crowned champions in Heavy-Duty Truck, Light/Medium Duty Truck, and Trailer categories—because who doesn’t want to watch mechanics take written tests?

Cartoon robot mascot SiliconSnark watches a Wyze Cam Pan v4 project a 4K image of a dog chewing a shoe, while eating popcorn in a living room.

Launch

Wyze Cam Pan v4: Because Your Dog Deserves to Be Spied on in 4K

Wyze just launched the Cam Pan v4, its first 4K smart security camera with AI-powered object tracking, color night vision, and full 360° coverage—all for under $60.

Cartoon of the SiliconSnark robot recklessly clicking Chrome buttons labeled “Delete Emails” and “Buy Dogecoin,” while pop-ups and phishing tabs swarm the screen.

Launch

Claude for Chrome: Anthropic Just Gave Its AI the Keys to Your Browser. What Could Go Wrong?

Anthropic’s new Claude for Chrome extension lets AI browse the web for you—but security risks, prompt injection attacks, and safety concerns raise big questions about trusting AI in your browser.

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.

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