7-4-26 Tech roundup spans office shifts AI and robotics

7/4/26

Seattle faces long office vacancies, Midjourney challenges studios, Matic raises vacuum prices, and tech pushes seamless integrations.

  1. As downtown Seattle offices empty, city facing years of

Article URL: As downtown Seattle offices empty, city facing years of ‘zombie’ towers | The Seattle Times Comments URL.

  1. Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of

As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.

  1. Matic’s robot vacuum is getting a $250 price hike in September

The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum by a pretty comfortable margin.

  1. Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office

It’s a pretty good movie, but it needed to be a great movie to thrive in an oversaturated superhero market.

  1. Submit Your Questions: Inside The World of Online Romance Scams

The Yahoo Boys author Carlos Barragán will join Kate Knibbs to answer your questions about Nigeria’s romance scammers.

  1. Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrations

A closer look at why users don’t need more tools in their daily lives.