2025-01-28

Good luck figuring out what time it is on this cool Asteroids watch

Here's one for the fashion-conscious retro gamers out there. Atari has teamed up with watchmaker Nubeo to release an Asteroids-themed watch to celebrate the game's 45th anniversary (even tho [...]

2025-05-01

Rivian R1S Gen 2 review: The rugged foundation of Rivian’s electric empire

Making electric cars from scratch is hard. Out of all the homegrown EV startups, Tesla is the only company that has broken through to the mainstream. Nikola was a scam. Canoo recently filed for bankru [...]

2025-06-15

ChatGPT lost badly to Atari's 1979 Video Chess engine

ChatGPT lost badly to Atari's 1979 Video Chess engine. It gave solid advice and explained tactics, but couldn't track the game.<br /> The article ChatGPT lost badly to Atari's 197 [...]

2025-06-12

ChatGPT Just Got 'Absolutely Wrecked' at Chess, Losing to a 1970s-Era Atari 2600

An engineer's experiment yielded a surprising result for OpenAI's popular chatbot. [...]

2025-06-16

How Did ChatGPT Get 'Absolutely Wrecked' at Chess by an 1970s-Era Atari 2600?

The console Gen Xers used to play Pac-Man and Pitfall on apparently was better than anyone knew. [...]

2025-02-04

Atari’s Breakout is getting a side-scrolling reboot

Proving that truly no IP is safe from modern reboot culture, Atari’s Breakout is back. The upcoming version of the simple 1976 brick-smashing hit rotates the playing field by 90 degrees and adds aut [...]

2025-02-25

Atari’s side-scrolling Breakout reboot arrives on March 25

Proving that truly no IP is safe from modern reboot culture, Atari’s Breakout is back. The upcoming version of the simple 1976 brick-smashing hit rotates the playing field by 90 degrees and adds aut [...]

2025-04-22

Duolingo will soon start offering chess lessons

Duolingo will soon add chess to its list of non-language courses, alongside music and math. The company has revealed that it will add chess lessons to its app, which will initially be available in bet [...]

2025-06-10

Pick up the Sonos Era 300 while it's on sale for 20 percent off

Sonos is selling a bunch of its speakers at a discount on its own site and Amazon. This includes the well-regarded Era 300 smart speaker, which is down to just $359. That's 20 percent off and not [...]