IN 2026, The Wuffy Robot Puppy has gained massive attention online through eye-catching ads and promotional videos claiming it is a lifelike, AI-powered robotic dog for children. According to ...

A postwar robot toy car known as the “Honeymoon Car” has sold for $233.7k – more than the price of a Tesla. The rare Japanese toy with a robot driver and a robot passenger seems to have been ...

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued toy maker Apitor Technology for allegedly allowing a Chinese third party to collect children's geolocation data without their knowledge and parental consent. A ...

Plus: Los Angeles protestors set Waymos alight while opposing Trump's immigration raids This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in ...

The tasks taken on by the Armatron aren’t so different from the ones AI is tackling today. As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our local Radio Shack as a kid. While my dad ...

A playful grizzly bear rode a floating disc toy on a stream at a wildlife park in Washington. Footage shows the brown bear standing on all fours on the circular object while splashing in the water in ...