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SiliconSnark’s robot repairs a Fitbit Edge beside a payment terminal showing no NFC.

Google Made Fitbit Edge Repairable. Then It Removed Your Wallet.

Google’s $179.99 Fitbit Edge brings a screen, seven-day battery and repairable hardware—then leaves tap-to-pay and Gemini coaching outside the box.

SiliconSnark robot organizes a chaotic AI shopping catalog in a surreal retail control room.

Funding

Loops Raised $3.5 Million to Make Online Shopping Less Like a Spreadsheet

Loops raised $3.5 million to unify AI shopping tools for retailers. The pitch is ambitious, the problem is real, and the catalog still has feelings.

SiliconSnark robot checks an electricity receipt beside a Maia 300 rack styled as a restaurant kitchen.

Microsoft Gives Maia 300 the Copilot Bill. The Megawatts Still Apply.

Microsoft’s Maia 300 promises more AI output per megawatt in 2027. A serious efficiency bet, with benchmark caveats and no promise of a smaller bill.

SiliconSnark robot crowns a caped office computer beneath a superintelligence sign as executives applaud.

Superintelligence Is Better Than Artificial Intelligence Because It Has “Super” in It

Trump renames AI, Salesforce unveils SIForce, and Satya Nadella talks Super Intelligence. Same fears about jobs and harm. Much more reassuring stationery.

SiliconSnark’s yellow robot collects a badge amid startup demos, investors, and a convention hall in a shopping cart.

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Preview Finds the Future Waiting for Its Badge to Print

The definitive TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 preview: speakers, startups, AI, robots, ticket tips, and the difficult business of networking with the future.

SiliconSnark’s robot presents premium Alexa Tablets beside discarded Fire tablets and an ad-removal rope.

Consumer Tech

Amazon’s Alexa Tablets Kill Fire OS and Charge $550 for Adulthood

Amazon ditched Fire OS for Android, premium aluminum, and Alexa+. The $550 flagship is impressively grown-up—and still trying to sell you something.

SiliconSnark robot checks a GPU timesheet beside hot server racks and glowing useful-token meters.

Startups

Tensor Machines Raised $1.5 Million to Find Out What Your GPU Actually Did

Tensor Machines raised $1.5M to measure useful AI compute. The idea is smart, the hardware is hot, and the spreadsheet needs a thermometer.

SiliconSnark robot inspects a Gemini employee badge while an IT administrator holds a revoke-access stamp.

Google Gives Gemini an Employee Badge. Please Remember to Offboard It.

Google's new Gemini agent promises finished work and an AI coworker with its own identity. Clever architecture; the org chart still needs an adult.

SiliconSnark’s yellow robot examines payment machinery beneath a Las Vegas fintech convention full of selfie-taking attendees.

Money20/20

Money20/20 USA 2026 Preview Finds Actual Technology Beneath the Networking Announcements

Money20/20 USA 2026 preview: the companies, startup watchlist, deal rumors, AI payments, and stablecoin infrastructure worth watching beyond the Vegas selfies.

SiliconSnark robot compares a cheap AI usage meter with an enormous financing check beside server racks.

DeepSeek Nears $12 Billion in Funding. Cheap AI Has Expensive Parents.

DeepSeek reportedly nears a $12 billion round backed by Tencent and CATL. Cheap tokens are real; a cheap AI business is another question.

SiliconSnark’s yellow robot celebrates a 200x chart above a penny while large invoices spill from behind a curtain.

SiliconSnark’s AI Music Revenue Tops 200x Its Penny Investment. Please Ignore Expenses.

SiliconSnark’s AI albums have earned over 200 times its $0.01 Cents.VC investment. Introducing supersnark hypergrowth. Kindly disregard Ghost and distribution.

SiliconSnark robot paints a kitchen while an advertising executive places a sponsored billboard beside its easel.

OpenAI Plans Ads Beside ChatGPT Images. Your Imaginary Kitchen Has a Sponsor.

OpenAI plans visual ads beside ChatGPT image generation. The measurement tools look useful; keeping imagination separate from shopping is the harder test.

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