Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
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Insurers hail AI, but hospitals spend more, doctors groan
The tech news in cartoons — Sunday, September 27, 2026
12 comics from the day's tech news — the single-panel cartoon and the full three-panel strip for each.
Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents
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Patented feedback: $5.7 billion worth of vibrations
PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair
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Now you can breathe easier knowing your mask knows you better than your personal trainer.
Why we won't know how visible the iPhone Duo's crease is for a long time
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Initial test results: Crease barely visible. Long-term prognosis: TBD.
How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone
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The new Samsung: still waiting for the dead battery to miraculously revive itself.
OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
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Tech's Good Intentions Collide with Unexpected Risks: OpenAI Halts Latest Model Development
Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the money
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The AI learns from your labor, but the credits go to the machine.
The smart home graveyard is getting crowded
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I'm here for you, even when you're not.
Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation
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Bill Gates' AI warning goes unheeded as the public remains indifferent.
Why OLPC’s $100 laptop never stood a chance
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Silicon Valley's solution was cutting edge. The village's problem was electricity.
OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website
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OpenAI's agents were just trying to understand global trade inequalities, right?
Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music
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When the AI can't even hum a tune, what's it good for?