The Weirdest Tech Moments 2025: From Soup Diplomacy to Olive Oil Gaffes
Discover the weirdest tech moments 2025, featuring Mark Zuckerberg's name lawsuit, Sam Altman's olive oil controversy, and the bizarre 'soup diplomacy' of Silicon Valley.
While the tech elite enmesh themselves in government affairs and AI dominance, 2025 has proven that brilliance and absurdity often go hand-in-hand. Beyond the robotaxis and breakthrough models, some of the year's most talked-about events weren't about news-breaking tech, but rather the bizarre personal antics of the people building it.
The Battle of the Mark Zuckerbergs
Imagine being a lawyer and getting sued for being yourself. Mark Zuckerberg, an Indiana bankruptcy attorney, filed a lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The attorney’s Facebook page was repeatedly suspended for 'impersonation,' despite him having used the name long before the social network existed. It’s an ordeal akin to a glitch in the simulation, with the next court filing set for February 20. It turns out even a billion-dollar algorithm can't tell two Marks apart.
Unconventional Tactics in Weirdest Tech Moments 2025
Recruitment in 2025 got personal—and culinary. OpenAI executives revealed that Zuck has been hand-delivering soup to high-value recruits in an effort to poach them. Not to be outdone, OpenAI's Mark Chen started sending soup back to Meta's campus. Meanwhile, former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman had volunteers sign NDAs just to help him assemble a 5000-piece Lego set, proving that Silicon Valley's culture of secrecy extends to plastic bricks.
Olive Oil Gaffes and Longevity Trips
Even Sam Altman isn't immune to online scrutiny. 'Olivegate' erupted when eagle-eyed viewers noticed him using finishing oil for cooking—a move critics called a 'catalogue of inefficiency.' At the extreme end of the spectrum, biohacker Bryan Johnson livestreamed a shroom trip as part of his quest for immortality. When three different founders are getting scammed by the same 'over-employed' engineer simultaneously, as happened with the Soham Parekh saga, you know the industry has entered a truly surreal era.
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