Bentley takes us for a ride in its new EV, the Torcal

The electric Torcal will be Bentley’s entry model and cost less than a Bentayga.
Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?

EVs account for under 10% of total new-vehicle sales in the US, and the numbers are declining. From a climate perspective, that’s pretty dismal, especially because the transportation sector is the single biggest source…
RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances

A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.
AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

Report shows Meta’s challenges replacing people with AI agents.
New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name

Judge hasn’t ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead
Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts"

Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state.
Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions

The bishops’ snub comes as the state continues to attack vaccines.
Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text

The AI that powers Gboard’s Rambler is coming to more Google products, including Chrome.
The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face

The models responsible for last month’s agent hack of Hugging Face had been inadvertently trained to cheat and to communicate with each other, according to an OpenAI technical report released today. The hack, which a g…
The Porsche 911 GT3 Touring punches above its weight class

The “everyday” GT3 delivers, despite looming regulations and an ever-inflating price tag.