California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys

Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill ...
PCMag

Cyber Fidget Is Part Fidget Toy, Part Educational Hacking Tool, and I Want One

What happens when you combine an Arduino-based microcontroller with a palm-sized aluminum box and clicky buttons? A fidget ...
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Engineers Say These Ten Holiday Gifts Will ‘Make Kids Think’

From a book to robots, the products all focus on microelectronics. Purdue University Inspire Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering As they pondered which STEM toys kids might want for the ...
Microsoft

‘Vibe coding’ and other ways AI is changing who can build apps and how

Doher Drizzle Pablo was drowning in travel receipts. After her company transferred her to Sweden from the Philippines last year, she’d started visiting clients in at least two countries a month, and ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Code Ninjas offering new robotics, AI academy for kids and teens

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — One of the largest and fastest growing kids coding franchise is empowering the next generation of tech experts. Code Ninjas has two locations in the the valley and is now offering ...
KGUN 9

Code Ninjas teaches kids digital skills through video games

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Back-to-school season is no longer just about pencils and notebooks. At Code Ninjas, kids are learning digital literacy, coding, and problem-solving through video game building.
Mashable

ChatGPT vs Claude vs Grok: Best vibe-coding platform for beginners

The rise of vibe coding is based on the promise of services like GPT-5: that in the future, you won’t have to know how to program at all in order to “create” software — you’ll just need to know how to ...
The Atlantic

A Cheat Code for Parents Isn’t Working Anymore

Julia, a Muppet on Sesame Street, is a 4-year-old girl with bright-orange hair who likes singing, painting, and playing with her stuffed bunny, “Fluffster.” She’s also autistic—which means, as the ...
ZDNet

I tested GPT-5's coding skills, and it was so bad that I'm sticking with GPT-4o (for now)

OpenAI's new GPT-5 flagship failed half of my programming tests. Previous OpenAI releases have had just about perfect results. Now that OpenAI has enabled fallbacks to other LLMs, there are options.
Reader's Digest

54 Best Gifts for Kids At Every Age

Our list of the best gifts for kids includes everything from learning gadgets and creativity-inspiring tools to the hottest toys of the year. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature.