How fast can Casey Pernsteiner solve a scrambled Rubik’s Cube? Try reading this paragraph out loud. That’s about how long it takes her to transform that mixed-up block of squares into a completed ...

Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human ...

Quicker than a snap of the fingers it doesn’t have, a robot has shattered the world speed record for solving a Rubik’s Cube, completing the puzzle in just 0.305 seconds. This record time is roughly ...

My family had one when I was a kid. I’d pick it up, twist the sides around a few times, and maybe get three blue squares in a row before I’d throw it back in the toy bin in frustration. So when my ...