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 ...

Josh Safdie's film is no biopic, but it's heavily indebted to the life and talents of ping-pong champ Marty Reisman.

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.

For Pico Iyer, making his acting debut in the hit movie “Marty Supreme” was the latest journey in a life full of unexpected voyages. By Pico Iyer The author’s TED Talk “What Ping-Pong Taught Me About ...

At CES 2026, Singapore-based company Sharpa has redefined general-purpose robotics with the debut of its first autonomous humanoid. Named North, the robot has been designed to showcase that autonomous ...

Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme stars Timothée Chalamet as an obnoxious, nerdy young 1950s ping-pong hustler who somehow cons everyone around him. It’s flashy, fast, and made with so much talent it’s a ...

Who are all those familiar faces in the cast? More importantly, how do I get a Marty hoodie? The Gold Derby team reveals all about the holiday season's buzziest film.

In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the film's ping-pong consultant, Diego Schaaf, says he hopes the actor's wild press run "gives the sport the breakthrough it’s deserved." By Lexi Carson ...

In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more. They competed, bet on the game or both at all-night spots like ...

Timothée Chalamet's new movie "Marty Supreme" arrives in theaters nationwide on Christmas Day. Director Josh Safdie's genre-busting sports drama is rated R. The young actor deserved an Oscar for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweaty and self-confident, Timothée Chalamet swings a table tennis paddle like a madman in “Marty Supreme,” an unconventionally ...