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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.

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.

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