Alex Duffy in Playtesting Welcome to the first edition of Playtesting, our new column in which Alex Duffy explores how games can help make AI smarter and more beneficial for people. In addition to ...

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, released in 1987 and developed by Software Toolworks, is the quintessential typing game. It wasn't the first typing game, but it was among the first. Mavis Beacon Teaches ...

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Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

A 125-124 double-overtime loss to the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won't become a tell-all for the Houston Rockets. After all, it's Game 1 of 82 contests—a mere pitstop on a long, ...

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is expected to return to the lineup this week to face the Chicago Bears, but he didn't practice Monday with his teammates, according to The Athletic's Jeff ...

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Day’s reputation as a quarterback developer wasn’t going to be made or broken on whether or not Sayin looked like a future first-round NFL Draft pick during his first 30 days as a starter. But in ...

For Zach LaVine, the end of training camp can’t come soon enough. After scrimmaging against teammates, absorbing revised schemes, and adjusting to life under a new coaching staff, the Sacramento Kings ...

You’re the University of Texas. You have the biggest athletic department going, you print money, and, again … you’re TEXAS. How in the wide, wide, world of sports do you have a schedule with four ...

“It’s a different game. And learning how to deal with those emotions was an adjustment the first couple of times. In that regard, I think I’m definitely better suited than I was four or five years ago ...