Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique ...

Crimson Desert just launched yesterday to a bit of a chaotic and mixed reception from critics. That hasn't hampered its sales, but those two million players are starting to stumble into some ...

For some college basketball fans, filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket can be a gradual process. Initial picks are made on Selection Sunday, and then they're adjusted as the week progresses, with ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: The brain uses two key pathways for ...

The 1,000th Connections puzzle is out today. Wyna Liu, the writer behind the game, knows you have thoughts. Credit...An Chen Supported by By Wyna Liu Wyna Liu is a puzzle editor for The Times. She ...

This project implements a simplified Pong game using Deep Q-Learning (DQN). The agent learns to control the paddle and intercept the ball through continuous interaction with the environment. The ...

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...

If you love the daily word games online, but a simple letter guessing or testing your vocabulary skills seems shallow to you, consider playing Contexto once. Instead of slowly revealing each letter ...

PCWorld highlights how Microsoft’s new Xbox leadership under Asha Sharma could address customer frustration over Game Pass Ultimate’s 50% price increase to $29.99 monthly. Microsoft Rewards points, ...

Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three ...

In brief: Microsoft is still exploring ways to leverage NPUs for gaming. While AI-based image upscaling might be the most obvious implementation, the company is also attempting to turn Copilot into a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract. He also threatened ...