The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest ...

Jason Kottke led me to this video about the Delta Airlines seatback chess game kicking everyone’s butt — even on easy mode. It just so happens I am posting this from a Delta flight and can confirm ...

This ain't teleoperation. Chinese researchers have tested a new, much quicker and easier method of teaching robots to play tennis, and the results look like a breakthrough in machine learning and real ...

Criminy. It never ends with this guy. It’s just one myopic, despotic idea after another. Now, “Dear Leader” Trump has announced that we’re “tapping” our strategic oil reserve because the Strait of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Winning a high school state championship takes teamwork, dedication and strategy. Last weekend, the Jesuit High School chess program leveraged all three to win big at the 2026 Oregon ...

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a challenge. Although playing chess on a computer against an AI has been a thing ...

Venezuelans are celebrating—cautiously inside the country, wildly in safer places such as Madrid, Buenos Aires, and Miami, where hundreds of thousands made their homes as a brutal dictatorship ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prakhar Khanna covers the consumer tech beat for Forbes. CES 2026 was filled with robots. From humanoids to quirky AI companions ...

For a game whose rules can be taught to a small child, chess is bewilderingly complicated—there are more possible games of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe, and despite the ...

On the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Hao sits on an indoor soccer pitch – but this turf isn’t for humans. It’s where engineers working for his start-up, Booster Robotics, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A battle of wits in championship proportion comes to the Spokane Convention Center December 11-14. The country's top chess playing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade will ...

The SenseRobot Chess is no typical cyborg. It’s a cute, yet advanced, AI-powered machine that will be a total head-turner during the holidays. It will also provide endless hours of entertainment, as ...