Mysterious Roman-era board game that eluded scientists for a century finally solved by AI

The cutting-edge gamebot, named Ludii, “played the game against itself and identified a few variants that are enjoyable for ...
News Tribune

Restaurant regular’s devotion inspired his son to build $1,500 Lego replica

The resulting gift -- a 1½-foot-tall replica of Friday Saturday Sunday's facade and its ground-level Lovers Bar, constructed ...

I turned my life into a video game with ChatGPT for 7 days — and I got more done than ever

By telling ChatGPT about me and asking it to turn my life into a video game, it laid out everything in an RPG format that ...

Man builds electrified chessboard that shocks players for bad moves

Heisler’s Skinner box-esque chess set was inspired by similarly masochistic DIY projects like an electrified keyboard, and ...
Tribeca Citizen

It’s time to start planning summer fun for the kids

Tribeca has so much to offer kids this summer: dance, reading enrichment, crafts, martial arts, coding, gymnastics, soccer, STEM, parkour — you name it, it’s here.
The Business Journals

South Boston building denied lab conversion now aiming for residential use

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min After years of setbacks ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

She’d love to see more women play chess, and maybe join her for a game over a beer

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...
New York Post

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky suffered cardiac arrhythmia after meth, kratom use — death ruled an accident

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky suffered cardiac issues after taking kratom and meth, according to a detailed medical examiner’s report that ruled the 29-year-old’s death an accident. Friends ...
People

Chess Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's Cause of Death at 29 Revealed

The Charlotte Chess Center announced the news of the prolific player's death with a social media post on Oct. 20 Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers ...
Polygon

Lego fans keep accidentally building the Game Boy set wrong

Has it really been around 35 years since Nintendo released its seminal portable console? Apparently, that's long enough for people to start forgetting what the Game Boy actually looked like, based on ...
9to5google

The YouTube Playables Builder lets creators build games with Gemini 3

YouTube announced Playables in 2023 as lightweight games that could be accessed on the platform. The new Gemini 3-powered YouTube Playables Builder lets anyone build a game without any coding ...
The Verge

Indie Game Awards retracts Expedition 33 prizes due to generative AI

The organization also retracted an award from a game sold by Palmer Luckey’s ModRetro. The organization also retracted an award from a game sold by Palmer Luckey’s ModRetro. is a senior reporter ...