How Lego's Creative Play Lab built the Smart Brick, its custom chip, sensors, and proprietary communication system to seamlessly integrate with existing sets
Lego's next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets.
Lego says its Smart Brick is “here to stay” but “does not mean that we're leaving our core proposition behind”, after criticism of abandoning non-digital play
“It's very important to be clear, this does not mean that we're leaving our core proposition behind.”
Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered by a custom chip that connects to compatible minifigures and tags for interactive lights and sounds
Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites an upcoming EU law
Here's Why Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M5 chip Spencer Hart / Stuff : Apple won't include a charger with the new MacBook Pro M5, I think that's a big mis...
Logitech tells users that it will end support for its Pop smart home switches, launched in August 2016, on October 15, as it moves on from its smart home plans
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Belkin's move to brick Wemo devices highlights how little accountability IoT companies face when abandoning connected products customers paid for
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025... Glyn Moody / @glynmoody : Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers' stuff - arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025... another reminder that you don...
Belkin's move to brick Wemo devices highlights how little accountability IoT companies face when abandoning connected products customers paid for
In a somewhat anticipated move, Belkin is killing most of its smart home products. On January 31, the company will stop supporting the majority …
CMU researchers unveil LegoGPT, an AI model that designs physically stable Lego structures from text prompts and currently supports eight standard brick types
On Thursday, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University unveiled LegoGPT, an AI model that creates physically stable Lego structures from text prompts.
Some hair stylists, bridal shops, and hardware stores say AI generated “inspo”, taken from platforms like Pinterest, is warping customers' sense of reality
From bridal shops to med-spas to hardware stores, AI-generated photos are warping our sense of reality and hurting small businesses along the way. Bluesky: @hypervisible Bluesky: @hypervisible : “...A...
During oral arguments, SCOTUS seemed open to a Texas law requiring age checks to view online porn, but could send the case back to a lower court
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u... Allie Shenkin / @shenkin : Not that anyone asked for a large experiment on the presumably-mollifying effects of porn on violence by teenagers, but looks like we're abou...