Meta’s SPICE framework lets AI systems teach themselves to reason

Researchers at Meta FAIR and the National University of Singapore have developed a new reinforcement learning framework for self-improving AI systems. Called Self-Play In Corpus Environments (SPICE), [...]

How Murderbot’s Chris and Paul Weitz adapted All Systems Red for TV

For Paul and Chris Weirtz, Murderbot — the upcoming TV adaptation of Martha Wells' sci-fi novella All Systems Red — was an experiment: Can you have a hero who tries to do nothing?<br /> [...]

Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney has the internet in a chokehold

The first look at Sam Mendes' four-film Beatles project just dropped, and the internet is loving Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney. [...]

The gear I used to photograph Paul McCartney

This story about Paul McCartney begins with one of his old bandmates. "I'm not really Beatle George," the ever-philosophical George Harrison once said. "For me, Beatle George was a [...]

The best gaming keyboards of 2025

The best gaming keyboards bring a greater feeling of comfort and control to your PC play time, whether you’re sinking into a 100-hour RPG or sweating through an online shooter. They may not always f [...]

The 5 best mechanical keyboards for 2025

Your keyboard is one of the few pieces of technology you’ll use for hours at a time, so why not make it something that brings you joy? Sure, the people who gush over mechanical keyboards can be a bi [...]

No Man’s Sky now has Pokémon-style creature battles

The free No Man’s Sky updates are still flowing. With the latest one, dubbed Xeno Arena, Hello Games has added a completely original feature. Players have long been able to adopt wild animals as com [...]

Here are my favorite things from Toy Fair 2026

Toy Fair 2026 just wrapped earlier this week and while I would have liked to spend even more time there, I have my own kids (and all their toys and trinkets) to look after. That said, there were a ton [...]

Y Combinator founder Paul Graham says AI-written founder emails feel like being lied to

Y Combinator founder Paul Graham ignores emails clearly written by AI—they feel "like being lied to," he says. That's coming from one of OpenAI's earliest investors. Studies sugg [...]