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For his analysis, Barthelemy chose to represent chess as a decision tree in which each “branch” leads to a win, loss, or draw. Players face the challenge of finding the best move amid all this complexity, particularly midgame, in order…

January 24, 2025 2 min read Los Angeles Fires Delay Release of New Fire Risk Maps Climate disasters such as the recent Los Angeles–area fires are making it harder to prepare for more climate disasters By Camille von Kaenel &…

In its year-and-a-half of existence, one of the things that’s set Threads apart from Meta’s other apps is that the service has been entirely free of the advertising that fills up just about every corner of Facebook and Instagram. That’s…

Xiaomi’s upcoming 15 Ultra is getting a global release just like its predecessor, an exec recently confirmed. The phone will be made official next month at the earliest, and ahead of that today it’s time to see it in a…

For people who had high blood pressure readings only when sitting (normal readings while lying down), there was no statistically significant difference in risk of coronary heart disease, heart failure, or stroke compared to people with normal blood pressure. The…

Slowly but surely, we are making good on the gadgets we imagined, as kids, that the future would hold. Penny Brown’s video watch from Inspector Gadget? Check. The Starfleet tricoder from Star Trek? Almost there. But web-shooting? Web-slinging? That wasn’t…

As the world turns, so do the console generations. The Nintendo Switch is over seven years old, so it’s due for a refresh. Nintendo Switch 2 rumors have been swirling for years, but now we have some signs of life.…

Electric-bike brand Heybike has launched a competitively priced adventure ebike. The Alpha sports chunky fat tires for city riding and beyond, terrain-soaking adjustable front squish and a mid-mount motor with torque sensor. Heybike says that the Alpha has been designed…

Beyond the Alphabet (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) Beyond the Alphabet is a weekly column that focuses on the tech world both inside and out of the confines of Mountain View. Leading up to Galaxy Unpacked, there were…

The FBI has warned that North Korean IT worker schemes are stealing data to extort their victims as part of efforts to generate revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The US intelligence agency confirmed it has observed…