At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose ...

There’s no wonder that people love to start Tamagotchi-like projects – something special happens when an electronic device invokes the same feelings that we’d get while caring for our own ...

In this strangely fascinating talk, you can follow along as [Natalie Silvanovich] reverse engineers some Tamagotchi. Even if you have no interest whatsoever in digital pets, you’ll probably pick ...

Bandai announced that 3 new Tamagotchi toys with exclusive designs will appear on Lawson Japanese convenience stores from ...

When I say “Tamagotchi”, you’ll either remember trying to keep them alive as a child or trying to keep them alive for your child while they were at school. Whatever your experience ...

If you've ever played Tamagotchi, you know that there are a variety of characters to get—many of which seem to depend on pure ...

Attention toys. R US shoppers just arrived and located at the end of aisle six *** is the virtual pet Tamagotchi move over beanie babies. There's *** new toy in town called Tamagotchi. I thought ...

Tamagotchi were keychain-sized plastic eggs with small screens through which you could "interact" with a virtual pet. This Associated Press article displays the typically bemused reaction the ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or ...

Back when he was at school in the 1990s, Josiah Chua says "everyone" had a Tamagotchi. The 31-year-old remembers how the playground buzzed with kids addicted to their digital pets. "I don't think ...

As long as there have been robots, there have been attempts to create robot pets. A dog you don't need to feed, walk, or pick up after? Sign us up!