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This Week’s Cartoons: October 14-18, 2019

Just hear the lab rat out.
Cartoon of lab rat with ear transplant on back telling scientist I want to keep it.

Friday, October 18, 2019. By Jeremy Nguyen, with cartooncollections.com. It’s not all ears—bioengineers are closer than ever to lab-grown lungs.

Cartoon of two tourists going to a door with a keypad. One looks at phone and says It says we're genetically predisposed...

Thursday, October 17, 2019. By Drew Dernavich, with cartooncollections.com. Welcome to the age of “Airbnb for everything.”

Cartoon of woman covered by stock photo watermarks. Doctor says Do you want it removed for one year two years or in...

Wednesday, October 16, 2019. By Jeremy Nguyen, with cartooncollections.com. After Google showed off an algorithm capable of removing watermarks from photos a few years ago, stock photo companies randomized their marks to foil it.

Cartoon of person riding a dog sled holding cellphone. Caption reads Robocall of the wild.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019. By J. C. Duffy, with cartooncollections.com. An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.

Cartoon of man selling his own data in tag sale

Monday, October 14, 2019. By Jeremy Nguyen, with cartooncollections.com. Information about you, what you buy, where you go, even where you look is the oil that fuels the digital economy. WIRED’s Guide to personal data collection explains it all.

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