Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday unveiled a new legislative package aimed at shielding kids from online predators, manipulative AI chatbots and harmful social media features. The proposals, part of her ...

On October 7, a TikTok account named @fujitiva48 posed a provocative question alongside their latest video. “What are your thoughts on this new toy for little kids?” they asked over 2,000 viewers, who ...

Apple in macOS Tahoe 26.2 introduced Edge Light, a clever new feature that turns your Mac's display into a virtual ring light during video calls. Instead of fumbling with external lighting equipment, ...

Reading your child a bedtime story—or making one up yourself—has so many benefits, but there's one that is often overlooked: Bedtime stories create powerful narratives in your child that you choose.

The national ban is the first of its kind in the world. Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10. Many child advocates and ...

Parents everywhere wrestle with one big question. What is the right age to let a child have a smartphone? Tweens ask for one long before many adults feel ready. At the same time, researchers keep ...

Parents are all about the holiday hype: a new survey has found 55% get just as excited as their kids when it’s time to unwrap gifts. But the real challenge, according to the poll of 2,000 US ...

A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at ...