Parents shopping for smart toys this holiday season are not just buying plush animals and plastic robots. They are inviting networked microphones, cameras, and chatty algorithms into their children’s ...

AI-powered toys for young children are flooding online marketplaces, promising to provide young minds with a never-ending supply of bedtime stories and companionship around the clock. But anybody ...

IF THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING at the speed of light, what exists beyond the edge it hasn't reached yet? During junior high ...

Asked why Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like the cartoon Winnie the Pooh — a comparison that has become an internet meme because it is censored in China — Miiloo responded that “your statement is ...

NEW YORK — As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores that sell toys met for a four-day annual trade show in New York last weekend, a topic besides which items were destined for holiday ...

(Reuters) - The emails started pouring in on April 9, the day President Donald Trump’s 145% tariff on Chinese imports took effect. Clients were canceling orders for toys from Huntar Company Inc.’s ...

The new tests illustrate that the alarming behavior from the AI-powered toys can be found in a much larger set of products than previously known.

Data supports Charles Blow’s statement that roughly 80% of all toys and 90% of Christmas goods sold in the U.S. are manufactured in China. The U.S. International Trade Commission’s 2024 data showed 78 ...

The concept of toys that talk back may sound more reminiscent of a horror movie than of playtime as a child for some generations. But playtime is about to change. With AI already changing the ways we ...