We’ve mastered the Rubik’s Cube. By we, though, I don’t necessarily mean that you and I have figured out how to solve the classic puzzle, but other members of humanity have certainly shown the Cube ...

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has created computers that can drive cars, synthesise chemical compounds, fold proteins and detect high-energy particles at a superhuman level. However, these ...

Few things reveal the limits of someone’s problem-solving skills faster than a Rubik’s Cube, the multicolored, three-dimensional puzzle that has befuddled so many since the 1970s. Though the cube has ...

Why it matters: Solving a puzzle box is not the only problem autodidactic iteration can solve. The deep-learning algorithms used in Deep Cube can be applied in other fields that require complex ...

A robot built out of Lego can solve a Rubik’s Cube in about 3.2 seconds, but some 40 years after I first picked up the iconic puzzle, I’ve yet to solve it on my own. I assumed that successfully ...

A machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without human assistance, according to a group of UC Irvine researchers. Two algorithms developed by the researchers, collectively called Deep Cube, ...

The stage is set for the first ever all-digital Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Cup. More than 2,000 hopefuls have been whittled down to the world’s 30 fastest cubers ahead of November’s virtual final.

Discover the tricks the planet's fastest speedcubers use to challenge for the Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup. And now, you can learn and compete alongside the pros without leaving your sofa. The ...

A machine learned to teach itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without human assistance, according to a group of UC Irvine researchers. Two algorithms, collectively called Deep Cube, typically can solve ...