October 5, 2006 According to toy industry analysts, traditional doll sales have taken a recent dip, in large part due to the fact that young girls are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their play ...

Could the toys under your Christmas tree be spying on you? Consumer groups point to an interactive doll they say encourages children to give up personal data, in violation of the law. One tech toy ...

Around the same time we reported that Nickelodeon were teaming up with Mattel to produce an older, "tweenage" version of the Dora the Explorer, an explosion of outrage erupted from parents concerned ...

A number of consumer groups have filed privacy complaints with the Federal Trade Commission over "My Friend Cayla," a doll that can spell words, tell stories and play interactive games. The ...

In the new movie M3GAN, an orphaned 8-year-old girl is given a lifelike interactive doll. The doll in question was designed by roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams) and is programmed with artificial ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If the new season of Peppa Pig has been on loop in your house since it debuted on Netflix in May, then ...

As I wrote in last week’s article, this Christmas was the year of the drone. My son got three and loves them all. Our daughter got clothes and music – gone are the days of her playing with dolls. Lots ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KNXV) — A woman invented an interactive doll to encourage underrepresented kids to learn more about computer science and inspire them to join the field. Bukola Somide has been a ...

Bukola Somide is a Nigerian woman who has invented “Somi,” the very first Computer Science Interactive Doll. The goal of this 14-inch doll is to not only be fun to play with but educational as well.

PHOENIX — A Black information technology professional hopes to increase the number of minorities in her industry by using a doll that teaches kids about computer science. Arizona native Bukola Somide ...