The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs

Jeremy White

Plagued by delays, tied to a rival’s electric platform, yet somehow still being clever and innovative, Ford’s European EV experiment embodies the automaker’s failure to commit to electric cars.

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Cloud Gaming on the PlayStation Portal Isn’t the Exciting Step Forward We’d Hoped for

Matt Kamen

A software update was supposed to free up the PS Portal from its reliance on the PS5 and add a world of streamable games to its appeal. In practice, it does nothing of the sort.

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Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive

1. Clara Chan

Thanks to a bunch of game-makers who were still teens when “Toontown Online” disappeared, the beloved online world lives on as “Toontown Rewritten.”

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Generative AI Still Needs to Prove Its Usefulness

Gary Marcus

The hype is fading, and people are asking what generative artificial intelligence is really good for. So far, no one has a decent answer.

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Why Can’t You Switch Seats in an Empty Airplane?

Rhett Allain

Yes, the weight distribution on an aircraft really does affect how well it flies. Our physics guy explains.

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AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines

Kate Crawford

Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.

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