Toy designers and speech technologists need to work together from the outset to create products that kids will love and that manufacturers will be able to create. Today's smart toys may be child's ...

If you were thinking of getting your kid a little doll or robot that they can talk to — and, critically, that responds — you should probably hold off for a few years. A complaint to the FTC ...

Now, those Talking Friends Superstars – you know, Talking Tom and Talking Ginger, and the like – have a plush toy that can interact with apps or with other plush toys from the collection.

This holiday season, new toys are hitting the market that are smarter than ever: toys that talk with kids, connect to the cloud, even employ artificial intelligence. Mattel’s new “Hello Barbie ...

The Barbie movie is on pace to be the top-grossing film this year. This means we're about to get a lot of movies trying to duplicate that success in a toy-filled cinematic future.

Toy and safety experts took a look at an annual list of hazardous toys.

“AI toys that talk back and remember details about a child can foster a sense of companionship and validation,” says Raneem Nageeb, a psychologist at Thrive Wellbeing Centre.

Cincinnati inventors Steve Fink and Mike Hoeting work almost two years in advance to create toys kids love to see underneath the Christmas tree. For decades, their Bang Zoom Design has wowed toy ...

Furby, the ’90s toy phenomenon that divided kids and parents into opposing camps when it first hit stores, is making yet another comeback.