Ever stared at a doll or robot and felt something was off — even disturbing? That’s not random. It’s the uncanny valley — a ...

Common Sense Media urged parents not to give the toys to children 5 and younger, and to exercise “extreme caution” with those ...

Travis Knight, known for Laika’s stop-motion animated films and the “Transformers” spinoff “Bumblebee,” has taken on the Herculean task of imagining the He-Man character and his battle with Skeletor ...

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Highlights: OpenAI has set up a secret robotics lab in San Francisco focused on training robotic arms The company is collecting massive amounts of human-operated data for household tasks Full humanoid ...

Answering the question, "Why move two-pound burritos in two-ton cars?" a Redwood City company has built autonomous sidewalk ...

Lori Coble, the Southern California mother who became a symbol of resilience after losing her three children in a highway ...

In 2025, the whole of social media was flooded with Labubu dolls. However, now it appears the collectable plush toy industry has a new craze, a hyperrealistic charm toy, Mirumi. Created by Tokyo-based ...

CES exhibitor Tombot created this robotic Labrador retriever named Jennie, which it says can serve as an emotional support animal for people who can’t have pets. Some residents a senior living ...

The state's top attorney said Grok, made by Musk's xAI, appears to be making it easy to harass women and girls with deepfake ...

Two men were taken to the hospital after getting into a fight at a Peoria gas station, where one man hit the other in the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) fired back at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday by posting a meme parodying the secretary’s description of the governor. Bessent described Newsom as a cross ...