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 ...

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.

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 ...

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There's no shortage of smart toys, but they tend only to talk to each other. What if your kid wants the freedom to use them with just about anything? That's where Dynepic's upcoming DynePod might ...

Connected toys are at the top of the holiday wish list this season, along with other internet of things (IoT) devices, like Google Home, Apple Watch and Fitbits. And, the security of these inherently ...

Toys will talk back on IM Soon you won't have to ask your AOL instant messaging partner "What's Up ... The toys will work exclusively with AOL's AIM environment and will cost between $19 and ...

Just because a toy's packaging says it's educational doesn't make it so. That's the finding from a new study in JAMA Pediatricsthat found some toys being marketed as language promoters got in the ...

When it comes to toys, there's more to speech activation than meets the ear-especially for the latest crop of toys that seems to understand and respond to human voice commands. Even more amazing are ...

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 ...