The Halloween cards are out, which means Christmas lights are twitching on the horizon, which means a toy store near you will soon be jammed with games and gadgets beseeching, “Take me home!” I mean ...

Some child advocates are clamoring for Mattel to halt production of a new “smart” Barbie that can have conversations with your kid. The Barbie’s powered by voice recognition artificial intelligence ...

Consumers may have been slow to adopt smart home technology, but that’s not the case for Barbie. At the recent New York Toy Fair, Mattel unveiled a newly upgraded – and now tech-enabled – Dreamhouse ...

Barbie is moving into her very own connected smart home in 2016, but with Internet-capable features like voice command, is this toy able to listen in on kids conversations and home activities?

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Now that Barbie comes in all different shapes and sizes, her dream house is also getting with the times. The new fully connected Hello Barbie Dream House is Wi-Fi enabled so that kids can control ...

We’re rocketing towards a domestic sphere that’s increasingly reliant on smart tech. If you take IKEA’s word for it, our kitchens of the future will be equipped with predictive cooking surfaces and ...

Nicks revealed the Barbie version of herself during her concert at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images for ABA In the middle of her performance at Madison Square Garden on ...

You and I both know the intention of the film “Barbie” is to help Mattel sell more dolls. Accepting this, then going into a screening, makes one feel complicit; becoming one with the cogs of ...

Barbie has worn many hats—literally and figuratively since her debut in 1959. The iconic doll has traveled to space, performed surgery, run for the nation’s highest office and competed in the Olympics ...