The Verge

This semi-secret Lego Smart Brick feature gives it even more potential

So many possibilities when two bricks know one another’s exact relative position. So many possibilities when two bricks know one another’s exact relative position. is a senior editor and founding ...
Business Insider

Lego's high-tech Smart Brick is dividing its adult fanbase

Lego's newly announced Smart Brick is proving polarizing among its fanbase. It's Lego's latest exploration into bringing technology into its traditionally analog toy sets. Adult Lego fans told ...
Microsoft

Microsoft propels retail forward with agentic AI capabilities that power intelligent automation for every retail function

REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 8, 2026 — Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced agentic AI solutions designed to bring intelligent automation to every part of the retail business. These new capabilities help ...
Entrepreneur

This Is What the New Lego Smart Brick Can Do — Its ‘Most Significant Evolution’ in 50 Years

Lego unveiled its most ambitious product in nearly 50 years at CES 2026. It’s called the Smart Brick — a 2×4 Lego brick with an entire computer inside. The brick contains light and sound capabilities, ...
Observer

LEGO’s ‘Smart Brick’ Gives Its Plastic Bricks the Power to See, Hear and Feel

A presentation during the LEGO SMART Play launch event at Mandalay Bay Convention Center on Jan. 05, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker/Getty Images for The LEGO Group LEGO just made its most ...
Shacknews

LEGO introduces 'Smart Brick' that will power new features in future sets

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is now in full swing, with tech companies around the world descending on the Las Vegas Convention Center to share their upcoming products and working ...
MarketWatch

Trump Media just launched five ‘Made in America’ ETFs, testing whether political power is an investable theme

From artificial intelligence to clean energy, Wall Street’s collection of thematic exchange-traded funds have been riding the wave of the stock market’s most exciting trends, turning hot ideas into ...
SFGate

Waymo temporarily suspends service in SF amid power outage

Waymo halted service in San Francisco as of Saturday at 8 p.m., following a power outage that left approximately 30% of the city without power. The autonomous cars have been causing traffic jams ...
GeekWire

Seattle-area startup challenges Tesla Powerwall with hydrogen-fueled ‘Lego brick’ energy storage

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Lisa Stiffler on Dec 12, 2025 at ...
DualShockers

The 10 Best Video Game-inspired LEGO sets

Eric Warner is a Journalist and Multimedia Producer based in New England with over seven years of experience producing stories for multiple print, online, radio, and video publications. Eric has been ...
Machine Design

The Power of a Ball Spline: Design, Function, Applications

The ubiquitous ball spline. Basically, it is a type of mechanical element used in a variety of industrial applications where precise movement and alignment is required, like machine tools, robot arms ...