OPPO F35 Turns the Group Selfie Into a Six-Year Commitment

OPPO’s F35 series combines a 50MP ultrawide selfie camera, 8,000mAh battery, and six-year promises. Your group chat may not last as long.

This Week in Snark: Plush Governance, $650 Rent Parties, and Sam and Dario's Breakup Duet

This week, AI got a stuffed-animal board, a $200 million velvet rope, and a congressional letter about its keys. Then it got a music video. Priorities, people.

SF Tech Week 2026 Turns San Francisco Into a Pitch Deck You Can Walk Through

SF Tech Week 2026 runs October 5–11. Explore the events, AI hype, robots, networking traps, and Boston comparisons before your calendar files for bankruptcy.

8BitDo Turned a Gaming Keyboard Into a Tiny Gears of War Memorial

8BitDo’s Gears of War: E-Day keyboard and mouse are smart, capable, and gloriously overcommitted to desk-based military history.

Neurable Put a Brain Battery Inside $499 Headphones. Please Recharge Yourself.

Neurable One puts 12 EEG sensors and a ‘Brain Battery’ in $499 headphones. The focus tech is clever; the cognitive dashboard needs humility.

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei’s AI Music Videos Demand a Friendship Intervention

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei become an AI pop duo in APT. and Gotye memes. The internet has a modest request for the rival CEOs: please just be friends.

OpenAI Adds a Parks Website to Its Australian Incident Collection

Another NSW website joins OpenAI’s incident list. Today’s disclosure tests whether agent safety includes knowing where your software went months ago.

Vicinity Energy’s $2.92 Billion Deal Makes Boston’s Underground Pipes the Hot Property

Vicinity Energy’s planned majority sale values the Boston company at $2.92 billion, putting district heating and Cambridge electrification in the spotlight.

12 Benefits of a Stuffed Animal Advisory Board for Your AI Company

Daniela Amodei’s reported stuffed-animal advisory council inspires 12 very silly reasons to give a teddy bear authority over your meetings and snack budget.

Sony Patented an AI Co-Pilot for Your Controller. The Accessibility Angle Is Actually Good.

Sony’s AI controller patent could finish inputs for players with motor limitations. Smart accessibility, real privacy questions, and absolutely no release date.

Fiserv Put North Dakota’s Stablecoin Inside the Bank’s Existing Login

Fiserv launches Roughrider Coin for North Dakota banks. Inside the stablecoin’s payment mechanics, community-bank incentives, and unanswered cost questions.

Ro Khanna Asks AI Labs Who Has Keys to the Brain

Ro Khanna asks AI labs about attempted model-weight theft. A useful security inquiry, provided the national interest doesn’t become a corporate moat.