Chess or video games—which actually makes you smarter? The answer may surprise you.

Games don’t make you smarter, but they can support your brain, regardless of your age. Different games sharpen different ...
Tech Xplore

Ancient board game tactics help AI unlock optimal cooling strategies

When electricity or fuel powers a machine, the machine gets hotter. Finding new ways to cool machines quickly and ...
The Economist

An AI revolution in drugmaking is under way

His job is to reimagine the future of drugmaking using that similarly trendy branch of computer science, artificial ...
Inverse

A Strange Twist On Chess Makes For An Excellent Roguelike Strategy Game In Shotgun King

Shotgun King is a surprisingly clever strategy game that’s also a silly twist on chess. Punkcake Délicieux In Shotgun King, you play as a mad tyrant fighting to put down a rebellion in his dominion — ...
PC Gamer

Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: 'We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames'

Games PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025 Events & Conferences Steam Awards 2025 give Game of the Year to Hollow Knight: Silksong Games 2025 has been the pinnacle of weird and interesting ...
IEEE

Developing a Methodology for Quantifying Infant Interaction with a Robotic Toy

Abstract: Preterm infants are at increased risk for developmental delays and disability such as cerebral palsy. When these delays are detected early, movement training can significantly improve ...
GameSpot

Baldur's Gate, Divinity Dev CEO Responds To Backlash Over Generative AI Comments

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity developer Larian has confirmed that it uses generative AI in its development processes, but not necessarily in the way ...
Polygon

BG3 studio Larian says it's using genAI for Divinity, but not 'looking at trimming down teams to replace them'

Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin developer Larian Studios generated a ton of hype (and no shortage of revulsion) when it revealed its next big role-playing game, Divinity, at The Game Awards ...
IEEE

A Methodology for Electricity Demand Forecasting Using a Hybrid Approach

Abstract: Load forecasting (LF) plays a crucial role in energy production planning and scheduling, simplifying budgeting processes, and improving power supply reliability. The available integrated ...
Deadline.com

Netflix, Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps And Story Kitchen Developing Feature Adaptation Of Video Game ‘Kingmakers’; Christopher MacBride Writing

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired a feature pitch based on the upcoming action-strategy sandbox game Kingmakers, developed by Redemption Road Games and published by tinyBuild. Christopher MacBride is ...