University of Washington researchers developed the game AI Puzzlers to show kids an area where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles. In the game, users get ...

The puzzles of Blue Prince feel less like the gridlike blueprints you draft in the game and more like an intricate web. Even seasoned puzzle lovers might feel tested by its mysteries. In Blue Prince, ...

In the 2025 competition, Tortoise Protocol was runner-up for the Puzzlers’ Award, which is determined by attendees who vote for their favorite. The year before, another of Mr. Yananose’s creature ...

Are your friends and family consistently being smug about how easy they’ve found today's Wordle? Well, now have a chance to teach them a lesson by creating your very own Wordle puzzle. While making it ...

Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today. By Sam Corbin To discuss this year’s Super Mega, please visit our guide.

Duah: Using puzzles, both at home and in classrooms, can restore the often-forgotten truth that learning happens in ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

While the current generation of artificial intelligence chatbots still flub basic facts, the systems answer with such confidence that they're often more persuasive than humans. Adults, even those such ...

Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means tabletop games quickly reappear on kitchen tables. Games provide opportunities for learning ...