Engineers developed a ping-pong-playing robot that quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the table. MIT engineers are getting in ...

Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if it’s reached a fever pitch. Earlier this week, I sat down ...

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 ...

Today on CNN10: We'll get the latest developments out of Davos, Switzerland, where leaders are gathered for this year's World Economic Forum as President Trump attempts to acquire Greenland. Then, ...

In this video I try to cram eight different ping pong trick shots into just 20 seconds. From bouncing balls off paddles and spinning platforms to landing cups and ring hooks, every setup is homemade ...

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 ...

In October 2024, we reported on a new Timothée Chalamet movie that was shooting on the Lower East Side, and now that movie is in theaters! You can catch a glimpse of the set we visited in the trailer ...

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 few years ago, when Jewish actor Timothée Chalamet said his next project involved ping pong, people were perplexed. The star had already been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. First clue that someone is serious about pingpong: They call it table tennis. Second clue: They bring their own ...