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Lego unveiled its Smart Play system at CES 2026 earlier this month, with a selection of sets designed for the engaging feature. Now, the toy company has announced five new compatible sets all Stars Wars themed available now for pre-order. Anthony Daniels, the original C-3PO, shared the news during the Nuremberg Toy Fair. The Smart Play system, Lego's newest venture, involves a Smart Brick, Smart Tags and Smart Minifigures. Each Smart Brick has proximity sensors, an accelerometer, a speaker and more. The Smart Tags and Smart Minifigures relay what's happening to the Brick. For example, if you whoosh a spaceship through the air, the Smart Brick should make a sound that imitates that. Vader, of course, also makes his deep breathing sound. Plus, it requires no screens or apps, so the fun remains in its true, tactical form. The five new Smart Play sets span the Star Wars universe: Luke's Landspeeder with 215 pieces ($40) AT-ST Attach on Endor with 347 pieces ($50) Yoda's Hut and Jedi Training with 440 pieces ($70) Mos Eisley Cantina with 666 pieces ($80) Millennium Falcon with 885 pieces ($100) These sets join three initially announced Star Wars Smart Play ones: Darth Vader's TIE Fighter ($70), Luke's Red Five X-Wing ($90) and Throne Room Duel & A-Wing ($150). However, these three are "all-in-one" sets, meaning they come with the Smart Bricks. The newly announced options don't come with a Smart Brick, requiring an extra purchase, but will have the Smart Tags and Smart Minifigures that will know what to do. All of the Smart Play Star Wars sets are available to pre-order as of today. They should be available starting March 1. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/lego-has-a-new-round-of-star-wars-sets-that-work-with-the-smart-brick-131210482.html?src=rss
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that his office is investigating whether TikTok is truly censoring content critical of Trump, days after ByteDance finalized a deal to spin off its business in the US. Newsom made the announcement in response to a post on X, claiming that you can no longer send messages in the app with the word Epstein in it. Newsoms office, in a separate post, said it was able to independently confirm instances wherein TikTok suppressed content critical of President Donald Trump. The governors office told Politico that it tried to send a direct message with the word Epstein in it and got a warning that it could not be sent because it may violate TikToks community guidelines. Newsoms team is now launching a review of this conduct and is calling on the California Department of Justice to determine whether it violates California law.If youll recall, ByteDance finalized a deal for a new US entity just as TikTok was about to be banned in the US. ByteDance only owns 19.9 percent of the new entity called the TikTok USDS Joint Venture, while the new investors own 80 percent. Oracle, Silver Lake and Emirati fund MGX have a 15 percent stake each. The US business will now retrain TikToks algorithm on US data and will also be in charge of content moderation. After the US entitys announcement, users started complaining about technical issues affecting TikToks recommendation algorithm and other features. Some claimed that they had difficulties posting videos about ICE over the weekend. TikTok blamed its issues, including bugs, slower loading times and timed-out uploads, on a power outage at one of its US data centers. It said its now working to restore its services. Its time to investigate. I am launching a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content. https://t.co/AZ2mWW68xa Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) January 27, 2026 This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/california-will-investigate-tiktoks-alleged-censorship-of-anti-trump-posts-130000558.html?src=rss
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Between the new Macs, iPhones and rumored AI gadgets, Apple surprised us with an upgraded, second-generation AirTag. It has Apples latest Ultra Wideband chip the same one used in the iPhone 17 lineup and the Apple Watch Ultra 3. It also uses Precision Finding to reach items up to 50 percent further away than the previous AirTag model. This feature will now work with any Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 or newer.TMAAppleApple says the new tag is 50 percent louder and features a distinctive new chime. So you can show off that youve got the new kind of AirTag. Sadly, theres still no keyring hole, so you might want to invest in a holder with a keyring. There are cheaper options than Apples leather version, fortunately. I personally like Elevation Labs AirTag Wallet Holder. Mat SmithThe biggest tech stories.Watch the new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, now with YoshiThe best winter tech to help get you through the coldest months People are uninstalling TikTok and downloading an indie competitorResident Evil Requiem gives series fans the best of both action and survival horrorWith its two protagonists, the game alternates between gory action and tension.TMACapcomCapcom is attempting a delicate balancing act with Resident Evil Requiem. The ninth mainline entry seems to split between the gory action of Resident Evil 4 and the claustrophobic dread of Resident Evil 7. After a four-hour hands-on, the distinction is clear: Leon Kennedy handles the heavy lifting with (mostly) violence, while newcomer Grace navigates a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse in a hospital filled with zombies and other monstrosities.Requiem introduces nuanced zombies who retain fragments of their past lives think blind patients or territorial chefs you can distract. Continue reading.A TikTok US power outage caused a cascading systems failureThere were a lot of bugs.TikTok says its still working to fix the multiple bugs in its US service following a power outage at one of its data centers. Users are having issues logging in and uploading videos and are seeing strange behavior from the for you algorithm. Some creators have also noticed that new uploads seem to be getting no views or likes.The company released a statement yesterday saying a power outage had caused a cascading systems failure that is still affecting the app. The statement, however, didnt address reported issues with the apps recommendation algorithm. Since Sunday, users have reported seeing a wave of generic videos flood their feeds, which are usually hyper-personalized to the user.Continue reading.Apple may have its Gemini-powered Siri ready by FebruaryIt will reportedly show off the revamped Siri in the second half of February.According to Bloombergs Mark Gurman, Apple plans to reveal its new Siri in the second half of February, demonstrating some new Gemini-powered capabilities whatever they may be. After this, Gurman said the new Siri will be available in iOS 26.4, which is also slated to enter beta testing in February before its public release in March or early April. Its been a long time coming; Apple teased its next-gen Siri back at WWDC 2024, but its still not made it to devices.Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-apples-new-louder-high-precision-airtag-120500942.html?src=rss
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