The toy that’s sold out in America’s biggest retailers and just topped Amazon’s charts on the busiest shopping day of the year was made by a tech startup that had absolutely no clue how to make a toy.

In Ireland, The Late Late Toy Show on RTÉ is the unofficial kickoff ot the Christmas season - and one of the biggest television events of the year. Not in Ireland? Not to worry! You can watch Toy Show ...

For much of 2025, the frontier of open-weight language models has been defined not in Silicon Valley or New York City, but in Beijing and Hangzhou. Now, one small U.S. company is pushing back. Today, ...

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 — some talk through built-in AI chatbots. Sometimes that’s a ...

The State Government has decided to focus on accelerating Total Factor Productivity (TFP), a measure of economic efficiency reflecting how well an economy can produce output from its inputs like ...

AI chatbots have conquered the world, so it was only a matter of time before companies started stuffing them into toys for children, even as questions swirled over the tech’s safety and the alarming ...

Competition is heating up, with Mattel and OpenAI expected to launch a product for kids this year. Kids have always played with and talked to stuffed animals. But now their toys can talk back, thanks ...

Toys 'R' Us is mounting a comeback in the United States, expanding its presence with new stores and pop-up locations, which one expert said could mark the beginning of an American revival for the once ...

Paul T. Riddle knows that he’s prone to shed a tear or two when the right moment strikes. He’s the first to admit he gets choked up during soft-hearted TV advertisements or when “Silent Night” comes ...

It's a plush doll. It's a bag charm. It's a collectible that recently sold for six figures. But no, this wildly popular creature isn't a Gremlin or one of the monsters in Maurice Sendak's children's ...

Toys made in China have been exempt from tariffs since President Donald Trump’s first term. That is no longer the case. Last month, Trump raised tariff rates on China to 20%, dealing a big blow to the ...