Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. As the world tries to keep up with the rapid advances of artificial intelligence across ...

I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.

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Oakland A's catcher Jhonny Pereda is one of many pro athletes who plays ping-pong. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Justine Willard / Athletics / Getty Images This story is part of Peak, The ...

You’ve probably seen an artificial intelligence system go off track. You ask for a video of a dog, and as the dog runs behind the love seat, its collar disappears. Then, as the camera pans back, the ...

Foams were once thought to behave like glass, with bubbles frozen in place at the microscopic level. But new simulations reveal that foam bubbles are always shifting, even while the foam keeps its ...

In this video I set up a fun chain of ping pong ball trick shots that type out the word “Context” on my laptop screen. Each shot lands in a cup to add the next letter while I explain how I use Context ...

Ping drivers have always been known for being “brick s***houses” — as our gear director Johnny Wunder likes to say — that no matter where you hit it on the face, you barely lose any speed and it flies ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering a decisive phase—one defined less by speculative breakthroughs than by the hard realities of governance, adoption, and strategic competition. As AI systems ...

There were no idle hands at Sharpa's CES booth. The company's humanoid may have been the busiest bot at show, autonomously playing ping-pong, dealing blackjack games and taking selfies with passersby.

A wild, Chalamet-esque press run has helped Josh Safdie's table tennis dramedy beat out the previous record-holder in Britain, 'Civil War.' By Lily Ford Is anyone surprised? After a headline-making ...