Something about hearing a toddler ask me what I was looking at when I was mindlessly peering into my screen made me realize — I was looking at nothing, or at least nothing important. Like most people, ...

Lego’s next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Brick was born.

What used to be innocent enough — checking social media to see what our friends were up to — has escalated into a battle of wills in which there can emerge only one victor: man or phone. Many of us ...