Teddy bears and stuffed plushies have long been a mainstay in toy collections. But today they don’t talk back in a child’s imagination — they talk through built-in AI chatbots.

The UK’s most-wanted toys for Christmas 2025 have been revealed — from a parent-controlling helmet to interactive Stitch dolls and creative craft kits. The UK’s top 15 Christmas toys predicted to be ...

Is the age of toys really over? That is the fateful question posed by the new teaser trailer for “Toy Story 5,” released by Pixar on Tuesday, which picks up on the familiar parenting conundrum about ...

Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine. By Richard Sandomir In the early 1960s, the toy inventor Burt Meyer went to an ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It feels like yesterday that I was begging my mom for a Furbie—yes, the "talking" creature that could ...

The latest Trouble in Toyland report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund has identified a troubling new category of risk for children: artificial intelligence. In its 40th annual investigation of toy ...

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Will stuffed animals and mini robots with built-in AI chatbots help or hinder children's language development?

I’m PCMag’s senior writer covering smart home and wearable devices. I’ve been reporting on tech professionally for nearly a decade and have been obsessing about it for much longer than that. Prior to ...

I’m PCMag’s senior writer covering smart home and wearable devices. I’ve been reporting on tech professionally for nearly a decade and have been obsessing about it for much longer than that. Prior to ...

This year, my household went from having two small dogs who hardly shed to five dogs. Between the dirt their paws track in after going outside, the fur the larger three shed, and the occasional turf ...