A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

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We’re going to keep this one brief because I have a long night ahead of me. Speaking at this big event, and big events are not really my bag. I’m a small event guy. Backyard, barbecue, brews, my one ...

Volume 1 of Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman, and Absolute Wonder Woman are all included, which makes it a perfect trinity, and the perfect example for what to pick up for yourself, or as a gift for ...

Last month's Absolute Batman #13 introduced the Absolute Universe's take on Harley Quinn, and like many of the characters who inhabit Gotham City in Darkseid's timeline, she was near-unrecognisable.

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The ...

Alarming reports that 154,000 New York City public-school students are "homeless" rely on a dubious definition used in no other context. Pat Benic/UPI/Shutterstock Alarming reports that 154,000 New ...

As kids return to school and schedules full of sports, clubs, and other extracurricular activities, some must contend with an unfortunate byproduct of their hectic schedules: headaches. Pediatric ...

DC’s Absolute Universe is officially headed for its first crossover of characters, and the manner in which it is unfolding hints to what the larger plans for future Absolute DC crossovers could be.

My feelings about TV and movies for kids are also the result of my own set of values about what I want my kids to experience, how I want them to learn to think about screens and storytelling and ...

Intensely loud music. It’s fun, at least for a little while, but it can have lifelong impacts. Children that are excited about music may make an early choice that they’ll regret in the 20s, 30s, and ...