Oh, *Great*. Gemini’s Number One. Again.
Right, so Google’s Gemini app is apparently topping the App Store charts. Why? Because they shoved in a new AI image model called “Nano Banana.” Yeah, you heard that right. Nano Banana. I swear to all that is holy, these marketing departments need a serious talking-to – or maybe just a swift kick in the digital ass.
Apparently, this “Nano Banana” thing lets you generate images *on your phone*. Groundbreaking. Truly revolutionary. It’s not like other apps haven’t been doing that for ages, but Google managed to slap a stupid name on it and now everyone’s losing their minds. They claim it’s faster and more private because it doesn’t need the cloud. Fine. Whatever. Still uses your battery though, you idiots.
The article drones on about how this is going to make Gemini “the go-to AI app.” Yeah, right. It’ll be forgotten by next Tuesday when some other shiny object catches people’s attention. And the whole thing is built around getting more data from users – surprise, surprise! They want your prompts so they can train their models even further and sell you more crap.
They’re also pushing this “Gemini Advanced” subscription harder now, because of course they are. More money for Google, less functionality for you. It’s the circle of life, apparently. Don’t expect anything actually *useful* unless you pay up.
Honestly, I’m starting to think people just download whatever has a pretty icon and a vaguely interesting name these days. No critical thinking involved whatsoever.
Source: TechCrunch
Speaking of useless tech, I once had to debug a system where the entire network crashed because someone decided to use a banana as a makeshift antenna connector. A *banana*. Seriously. The smell lingered for days. Don’t even get me started on the monkeys.
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