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Friday, December 19, 2025 7:37 AM ET

The Week - Technology

What is Roomba's legacy after bankruptcy? In the Spotlight - Tariffs and cheaper rivals have displaced the innovative robot company - In the Spotlight

1 day ago

SiriusXM hopes a new Howard Stern deal can turn its fortunes around -- The Explainer -- The company has been steadily losing subscribers -- Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

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AI griefbots create a computerized afterlife -- Under the Radar -- Some say the machines help people mourn; others are skeptical -- Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

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Metaverse: Zuckerberg quits his virtual obsession -- Feature -- The tech mogul's vision for virtual worlds inhabited by millions of users was clearly a flop -- The Week US -- Published

2 days ago

Trump wants to build out AI with a new 'Tech Force' -- The Explainer -- The administration is looking to add roughly 1,000 jobs -- Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

2 days ago

The robot revolution -- Feature -- Advances in tech and AI are producing android machine workers. What will that mean for humans? -- The Week US -- Published

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Facial recognition: a revolution in policing -- Talking Point -- All 43 police forces in England and Wales are set to be granted access, with those against calling for increasing safeguards on the technology -- The Week UK -- Published

3 days ago

Australia's teen social media ban takes effect -- Speed Read -- Kids under age 16 are now barred from platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Reddit -- Rafi Schwartz, The Week US -- Published

5 days ago

Separating the real from the fake: tips for spotting AI slop -- The Week Recommends -- Advanced AI may have made slop videos harder to spot, but experts say it's still possible to detect them -- Theara Coleman, The Week US -- Last updated

8 days ago

Texts from a scammer -- Feature -- If you get a puzzling text message from a stranger, you may be the target of 'pig butchering.' -- The Week US -- Published

8 days ago

Inside a Black community's fight against Elon Musk's supercomputer -- Under the radar -- Pollution from Colossal looms over a small Southern town, potentially exacerbating health concerns -- Theara Coleman, The Week US -- Published

8 days ago

Blackouts: Why the internet keeps breaking -- feature -- Cloudflare was the latest in a string of outages -- The Week US -- Published

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Poems can force AI to reveal how to make nuclear weapons -- Under The Radar -- 'Adversarial poems' are convincing AI models to go beyond safety limits -- Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK -- Published

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Has Google burst the Nvidia bubble? -- Today's Big Question -- The world's most valuable company faces a challenge from Google, as companies eye up 'more specialised' and 'less power-hungry' alternatives -- Will Barker, The Week UK -- Published

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Spiralism is the new cult AI users are falling into -- Under the radar -- Technology is taking a turn -- Devika Rao, The Week US -- Published

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