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Walking onto the Sideshow campus in Thousand Oaks, California, feels less like entering a corporate office and more like stepping into a high-tech artist’s sanctuary. While the world knows the ...

In the original "Star Wars" films, Peter Mayhew was Chewbacca. He was very tall and wore the costume, and most fans know that, but what many might not know is t ...

The Danish toy maker Lego has unveiled what it says is one of the "most significant evolutions" of the design of its bricks with a new smart interactive piece that can detect and interact with other ...

When the Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS in 1978, it didn’t just confuse audiences, it flat-out blindsided them. Coming off the massive success of Star Wars, fans tuned in expecting something ...

Forward-looking: When wildfires sweep through the dry hills outside Los Angeles, homes can be lost in moments. A California startup imagines a different outcome: as embers fall and nearby brush ...

Live concerts, fireworks and roaring stadium crowds can reach dangerously high volumes — loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss. But what was the loudest sound ever recorded on Earth? The answer ...

Life Day is a Wookiee holiday originating on the forested planet Kashyyyk, celebrated as a time of family, harmony, and gratitude. It was first introduced in the infamous and forgotten 1978 Star Wars ...

Chewbacca will wear his ceremonial red robe while carrying a glowing Life Day orb in Black Spire Outpost as Disneyland celebrates the Wookiee holiday with a new menu lineup of Star Wars-inspired food ...

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Pixel devices are getting a set of new ringtones, notification alerts, and alarm sounds via an update to the Sounds app. Update: Sounds 3.3 (825845788) is now widely rolling out to older Pixel devices ...

Google Sounds is updating its UI and adding some new sound recordings. Collections are being upgraded from their color gradient icons to abstract vector art. New alarms, ringtones, and notification ...