The tech news in cartoons — October 18, 2026

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

Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns

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Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns — comic strip

We're not crawling any more, we're just... floating.

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You don't have to turn off your phone to switch SIM cards (but you probably should)

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You don't have to turn off your phone to switch SIM cards (but you probably should) — comic strip

Just what you needed, a phone call while switching SIM cards.

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Cybercrims go beyond stealing data to attack physical building systems

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Cybercrims go beyond stealing data to attack physical building systems — comic strip

Hold my beer, have fun getting into your offices

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OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites

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The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard.

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Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

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Listen to the session or watch below Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that c

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This Hidden Device Could Free Up Gigawatts of Grid Power

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This article was originally published by Canary Media . America’s energy supply crunch is driving a surge of federal and private investment in new electricity generation — from polluting gas turbines to cleaner developments like solar farms and geothermal plants . But gigawatts of power are already

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