I recently wrote a piece for The Dispatch on why Republicans are so reluctant to participate in the “Conference of the ...

The captivity tale of Cervantes, the author of "Don Quixote," involves a third-party punishment dilemma.

Researchers are scrambling to figure out why generative AI appears to lead some people to a state of “psychosis.” ...

The ability to forecast the future is valuable sign of intelligence and a good test of AI's capabilities. Economists put ...

Twenty years ago, I stepped off a train into the Colorado River Valley with nothing more than a backpack and a vague sense of curiosity. I was a young traveler from Australia, chasing open-ended ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We've got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. If I were to show you a tiny ...

There’s a new relationship trend flying around the algorithm. “The bird theory” has taken TikTok by storm. But what can it actually tell you about your relationship? Here's what you need to know about ...

Why doesn't a rising tide raise all or most boats? That is: how does wealth manage to get "sequestered" with the wealthiest? [In theory], they don't put it in big money rooms like Scrooge McDuck: they ...

Play as a space merchant selling and trading your wares across the galaxy in Stellar Trader, a new 4X space-trading sci-fi sim in development for PC. You'll build space stations, negotiate prices, ...

The new injunction placed on Google Play in the US this week preventing the tech giant from blocking alternative payments and implementing anti-steering measures can transform the Android games ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...