The story of the Easy-Bake Oven begins with pretzels. In the early 1960s, Norman Shapiro was walking through New York City when he spotted vendors keeping pretzels warm with small ovens. Shapiro was ...

Neil Humphrey receives funding from various bodies including The National Lottery Community Fund to conduct research on young people's wellbeing Qiqi Cheng does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...

Crime is down. Migrant workers and customers are staying home. As part of our video series on Trump’s second term, The Wall Street Journal’s Michelle Hackman takes us inside the aftermath. Photo ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly buying millions of dollars’ worth of new surveillance tools as the administration pushes forward with its mass deportation policy. Federal ...

The 3D-IC market outlook is entering a decisive phase as the semiconductor industry transitions beyond the limits of traditional Moore’s Law scaling. As performance, power efficiency, and system ...

For a while, LED light bulbs went through what I can only describe as an ugly-duckling phase. When incandescent bulbs were phased out, the early energy-efficient replacements – first compact ...

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In context: Child behavior experts have long warned about the harmful effects of excessive screen time and have urged parents to limit their children's smartphone use. Now, parents in California are ...

The Boise Bicycle Project is riding toward its 19th annual Holiday Kids Bike Giveaway and is continuing to seek the community’s help. The nonprofit’s holiday drive gifts kids, from toddlers to tweens, ...

At what age should a kid ideally get a smartwatch? In China, parents are buying them for children as young as 5. Adults want to be able to call their kids and track their location down to a specific ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...