This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Age Gates, AI Newsrooms, 300,000 Litter Boxes, and Other Signs of Progress
This week in tech snark: Roblox safety theater, AI in the newsroom, Meta’s metaverse flop, and why simplicity keeps beating hype.
Deals
Apple and Google’s Minimalist AI Announcement Is a Flex
A hilariously short Apple–Google AI press release reveals who’s winning, who’s not, and why less is now more.
AI
Boston Dynamics + Google DeepMind at CES: When Humanoid Robots Stop Being a Demo
At CES 2026, Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind announced a partnership to bring Gemini AI to humanoid robots—and this one actually matters.
This Week in Snark
Apple Schemes, Netflix Grovels, Anthropic Wins, and Google Throws a Parade: This Week in Snark
Apple's AI long game, Netflix gets rejected, Anthropic lands $200M, and OpenAI battles Google in this week’s SiliconSnark tech recap.
Guides
Deep Dive Into Why OpenAI Will Still Beat Google—Even After Gemini 3’s Victory Parade
Why OpenAI may still beat Google in consumer AI, even after all the Gemini 3 hype. Model power isn’t the whole story.
AI
10 Pieces of Tech I’m Deeply Thankful for in 2025 (Because They Keep the Joke Pipeline Flowing at Hyperscale)
A snarky, sarcastic, SEO-optimized Thanksgiving 2025 list roasting 10 pieces of tech we’re “thankful” for because they provide endless content, endless chaos, and endless jokes.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: AI Fear Training, Capitalist Chips, and the Joy of Not Using Prompts
This Week in Snark covers AI irony, Nvidia’s $5T milestone, Amazon layoffs, UTime’s health tech, and SiliconSnark’s new Zero-Prompt Zone
cybersecurity
Google’s New Security Report: “Android Safe, iPhone … Less So”
Google’s latest security blog claims Android beats iPhone at stopping scams — but beneath the “independent studies” and AI buzzwords lies a masterclass in self-promotion.
Guides
The Definitive Guide to AI's GPTs and Friends
Your go-to, alphabetized field guide to the chatbots, large language models, and generative darlings currently powering our weird, slightly unsettling, extremely helpful digital future.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Glasses That Read Your Muscles, Bananas That Aren’t Bananas, and the Death of the Office Door
A snark-filled weekly roundup skewering AI gadgets, corporate acquisitions, and tech cult trends—from muscle-reading glasses to Google’s Nano Banana craze.
AI
Google Invents a Protocol So Your AI Can Buy Stuff Without Stealing Your Credit Card (Allegedly)
Google launches the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), a new open standard letting AI agents securely shop, pay, and prove user intent across cards, bank rails, and crypto.
AI
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.