Every few weeks, usually at night, I have a sudden craving for vanilla soft serve from McDonald’s. But just as I start to fantasize about the immaculate, snow-white swirl, I remember the futility of ...

McDonald’s might just be a new frontier in our fight against the climate crisis. Yes, that McDonald’s. Specifically, their infamous ice cream machines. Over the last few years, these machines have ...

“If that McFlurry machine is broken, I’m coming through that drive-thru window,” wrote one person under a post on X about the new treat. “Given the number of broken ice cream machines, I have a better ...

The soft-serve machines at McDonald's restaurants are so often out of order that their reliable unreliability have long been the butt of jokes, memes — and now even a rallying cry in this year’s ...

It’s a recurring complaint and long-running joke that’s been the subject of countless memes and drunken cry sessions inspired by disappointment and a renewed understanding that life is unfair: the ...

McDonald’s troubled ice cream machines are iFixit’s next right-to-repair target. McDonald’s troubled ice cream machines are iFixit’s next right-to-repair target. is a news writer who covers the ...