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Lego Horizon Adventures Debuts, and It Looks Better Than the Mainline Games

At Summer Game Fest, PlayStation’s Horizon franchise finally joins Jurassic Park, Marvel, Star Wars, and other beloved brands in the Lego pantheon. 

By Jordan Minor

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Generative AI? Poison the Well

AI's problems can only be fixed if they're made much, much worse.

By Will Greenwald

Will Apple's AI Finally Make Siri Smart?

With all the buzz about generative AI and a rumored Apple-OpenAI partnership announcement at WWDC, can Siri finally move from punchline to essential tool?

By Michael Muchmore

Why Is Ford Letting Its EV Lineup Get Stale?

Ford posted strong EV sales numbers in May, but it's not expected to release a new all-electric car until 2026. Will it fall behind rivals or quietly build a winning strategy?

By Emily Dreibelbis

Nintendo Switch 2: Backward Compatibility Could Be the Killer App

If Nintendo continues to support Switch games, the Switch 2 will debut with one of the best libraries in video game history.

By Jordan Minor

MultiVersus: 12 Characters We Want to See Fight

From Carrie Bradshaw to Tony Soprano, these are the streaming video characters we'd like to see knuckle up in the free-to-play platform fighter.

By Jordan Minor

5 Ways Copilot+ PCs Solve the Biggest Problems With AI PCs

Microsoft and PC makers finally give us real reasons to buy AI laptops.

By Chris Hoffman

A big.LITTLE Problem: AMD Needs to Hustle to Top Intel, Arm on Hybrid Chip Designs

Recent Intel and Qualcomm processor efforts, built around high-speed and low-power cores, look like winners. Where's AMD's take on the concept?

Why Are Intel Processors AWOL in Microsoft’s New Surfaces?

Intel needs a little more time to reach (or maybe even surpass) the projected performance of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips, so no fresh Intel Surfaces for now.

By Joe Osborne

At Microsoft Build, Did We Just See the Spark of a PC-Laptop Revolution?

Snapdragon-based Surfaces. OEMs adopting Qualcomm chips. A way more robust Windows on Arm emulator. The laptop market just got a whole lot more complicated...and interesting.

By John Burek

Drake vs. Kendrick Drama Confirms AI Rap Is for Losers

Computer impersonations have no place in real rap beef.

By Jordan Minor

Apple's 'Let Loose' iPad Event: What We Want and How to Watch

Apple's May 7 event is upon us, and we expect it to debut new iPads and accessories. With that in mind, here’s what we want to see in this year's iPad lineup.

By Eric Zeman

After Winning the Charging Wars, Elon Musk Rewards Team With Mass Layoffs

With more rival EV makers set to turn on access to Tesla's network throughout the year, Musk axes the 500-person Supercharging team and renews his focus on autonomous driving.

By Emily Dreibelbis

7 Features You Need in Your New Laptop (and 4 You Should Skip)

After testing and rating more than 300 laptops, PCMag's longest-serving reviewer has some good advice about essential features in your new PC and what's not worth your money.

By Eric Grevstad

Canon's EOS R System Needs Third-Party Lenses Now More Than Ever

Canon finally seems ready to open up its EOS R mirrorless mount to third-party lens makers. This change can't come soon enough.

By Jim Fisher

5 Reasons You Should Play Balatro Now

Haven't heard of Balatro? We tell you why the roguelike deckbuilder is already one of our favorite games of the year.

By K. Thor Jensen

Why Electric Cars Are Built for Cities, But Only Booming in the Suburbs

EVs thrive in areas where home charging is easy, but the technology has more revolutionary potential as a small, efficient form of urban transit. Here's how we get there.

By Emily Dreibelbis

5 Big Problems Holding Back AI PCs

In 'the year of the AI PC,' neither Microsoft nor computer makers can explain what that means.

By Chris Hoffman

Gmail at 20: Ubiquitous, But Bad for Productivity

The reason behind Gmail's success has nothing to do with productivity or innovation.

By Jill Duffy

10 Things We Hope Google Doesn't Take Another 20 Years To Add to Gmail

We've been waiting patiently for the company to copy Outlook’s “sweep” feature for over a decade.

By Rob Pegoraro