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The tech news in cartoons — September 18, 2026

17 comics from the day's tech news — the single-panel cartoon and the full three-panel strip for each.

Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards

Full 3-panel stripMeta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards — comic strip

Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakes Meta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK politician and a young Muslim woman from Facebook and do more to tackle AI-gene

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Waymo is expanding to Singapore

Waymo is expanding to Singapore — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripWaymo is expanding to Singapore — comic strip

Welcome to the future, where self-driving cars learn to navigate the unpredictable.

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NASA's moon orbiter has spotted an impact crater that only happens once a century

NASA's moon orbiter has spotted an impact crater that only happens once a century — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripNASA's moon orbiter has spotted an impact crater that only happens once a century — comic strip

Once a century, we find a hole in the moon.

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OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot

OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripOpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot — comic strip

When the lock picks itself, you know you've got bigger problems.

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Flash floods can strike without warning — this new technology could change that

Flash floods can strike without warning — this new technology could change that — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripFlash floods can strike without warning — this new technology could change that — comic strip

Early warning system: 'Looks like you need to move your meeting to a conference room with higher ground.'

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Rethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI

Rethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripRethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI — comic strip

When the question is no longer if it fails, but if it can see the plug and pull it out.

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On Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill

On Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripOn Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill — comic strip

When your Wi-Fi goes down, it's time to get wired.

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This cartridge-playing Game Boy clone is smaller and cheaper than Analogue’s Pocket

This cartridge-playing Game Boy clone is smaller and cheaper than Analogue’s Pocket — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripThis cartridge-playing Game Boy clone is smaller and cheaper than Analogue’s Pocket — comic strip

Smaller, cheaper, but still missing some games.

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The virtual worlds where robots are trained

The virtual worlds where robots are trained — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripThe virtual worlds where robots are trained — comic strip

Robots learning to cross the digital street before the real one.

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Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city

Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripWaymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city — comic strip

Waymo: 'Bringing the future to Singapore—starting with the past.'

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eGPUs do work, but they come with some notable limitations

eGPUs do work, but they come with some notable limitations — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripeGPUs do work, but they come with some notable limitations — comic strip

Sometimes, a $500 eGPU is just a $500 paperweight.

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The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI

The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripThe fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI — comic strip

Ironically, the best way to watch AI is with more AI.

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‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks

‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel strip‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks — comic strip

When every crisis drowns out the next one

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The AI Superintelligence Slowdown

The AI Superintelligence Slowdown — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripThe AI Superintelligence Slowdown — comic strip

'Move Slowly and Be Very, Very Afraid'

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Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production

Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripMarvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production — comic strip

Sometimes being the next trillion-dollar company means finding the right map.

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Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI

Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripSecurity researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI — comic strip

Using Claude to hack OpenAI is like using a Swiss Army knife to pick Switzerland's locks.

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The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera

The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera — one-panel cartoon
Full 3-panel stripThe real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera — comic strip

In the quest for the perfect camera phone, the iPhone 18 Pro now outclasses the studio lightbox.

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