A Linux-based android is gunning for the Rubik's Cube-solving world record. A Pennsylvania teen may have his Rubik's Cube-solving record stripped from him by a robot. In April, Collin Burns broke the ...

The Rubik's Cube was at its prime in the 1980s, among Care Bears and big hair. In fact, more than 100 million of these puzzles were sold in that decade. But while many 80s fads went the way of the ...

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, ...

Created by YouTuber Mike Boyd as a part of his Learn Quick series, the video explains how it’s possible to solve the cube by memorizing specific algorithms. If you aren’t math-minded it may hurt your ...

We’ve all seen videos of Rubik’s cube champions who can solve the puzzle in less than 5 seconds. And there are cube-twisting robots that can solve the cube even faster, often in under a second. This ...

There are some tasks to which robots and AI are far inferior to humans. We focus on these skills because they separate us from the machines. And when a computer masters one of them, it amazes. But ...

It first appeared at Burning Man, providing a guiding light in the wastes, and now it’s coming to Seattle’s Pacific Science Center. What is it? Why, it’s a huge 26-foot Rubik’s cube that can actually ...

Despite being invented some 45 years ago, the Rubik’s Cube is still an object of fascination — as well as extreme frustration — for many folks around the world. YouTuber Human Controller, for one, ...

Forget what you remember about the Rubik’s Cube that’s gathering dust in your mother’s attic with your old He-Mans. The iconic puzzle that gripped the public’s imagination and fell into disfavor just ...

Even on my laptop’s tinny speakers, the sound is unmis­takable: the click-clacking, slip-sliding sound of a Rubik’s Cube whipping into shape. “It’s my first solve of the day,” says Australian ...