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Easy to use and configure, it's the power at your fingertips that helps you plan, build and maintain your city’s capital assets.  \nBUILD A BETTER TOMORROW  \nSMITH CO L L ECT IO N/ GA DO/ G ETTY ; COURTESY O F 1X TECHNOLOGIES  \n“What we are doing here is building a general purpose brain for robots.”  \n12  \nFEATURES  \n26 How China Wins Without Fighting A Shanghai-funded network took an anti-American slogan from a single social media post to street protests in  \nU.S. cities in five months. A Newsweek investigation reveals how.  \nby Didi Kirsten Tatlow  \n36 America’s Greatest Companies 2026  \nThe Heat Is On  \nClimate change and revenue pressures put Nike in the hot seat.  \nby Chase Bierenkoven  \nIN FOCUS  \n05 Diplomacy  \nIn the Spirit of Unity  \n07 Take Five Stories From Around the World  \n09 Number of the Week $2 trillion Conventional Wisdom Midterm Mania Edition  \n10 The Newsweek Archives 1957  \n11 Uncommon Knowledge Why Big Tech Missed Its Asilomar Moment  \nPERISCOPE  \n12 Artificial Intelligence Mind Over Metal  \n16 Books The Long Game  \n22 Travel Bot Voyage  \n24 Perspective The Cost of Feeling Safe  \n25 The 1600 The Panopticonon the Corner  \nCULTURE  \n52 Film  \nA Timely Legend  \n71 The Register What’s on Our Radar This Week  \n72 On the Contrary Sex, Sailors and Stereotypes  \nCOVER  \nIllustration by Gregori Saavedra for Newsweek  \n\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| |  | | | |\n| September 25, 2026 | Vol. 187 No. 08 |  |  |  |  |\n| Editor-in-Chief\u003Cbr>Jennifer H. Cunningham\u003Cbr>Vice President, Digital Publishing & Subscriber Strategy\u003Cbr>Chris Roberts Executive Editor Alfred Joyner\u003Cbr>Senior Director, Audience & Magazines\u003Cbr>Paul Rhodes Creative Director Andrew Turnbull Director, Operations\u003Cbr>Melissa Jewsbury Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer\u003Cbr>EDITORIAL\u003Cbr>Global Managing Editor James Etherington-Smith Managing Editor, Magazines Meredith Wolf Schizer Director, Politics & Culture Carlo Versano\u003Cbr>Director of Homepage Operations\u003Cbr>Emeri Montgomery Director of Newsletters Shazia Haq\u003Cbr>Director of Audience Brian Lim\u003Cbr>Editorial Director, Asia Danish Manzoor Deputy Managing Editors\u003Cbr>Leea Jackson, Pauline Lockwood Senior Editorial Operations Manager Connie Sideras SENIOR EDITORS\u003Cbr>News Directors\u003Cbr>Samantha Beech, John Fitzpatrick Deputy News Directors Ben Kelly, Jason Lemon\u003Cbr>Senior Editor, Politics Jenni Fink\u003Cbr>Senior Editor, Subscriber Content\u003Cbr>Shane Croucher World Editor\u003Cbr>Frances Mao Breaking News Editor Gabe Whisnant Weekend News Editor Steven Mollman\u003Cbr>Senior Editor, Life & Trends Marc Vargas\u003Cbr>Senior Editor\u003Cbr>H. 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