Toy Story 5 pits Woody, Buzz, and returning characters against touch-screen smart toys like Lilypad and Smarty Pants, exploring technology's disruption of play.
Bringing buttons back: rethinking how smart your smartphone should be
Physical button-based interfaces are resurging as an antidote to touchscreen doomscrolling, blending nostalgia and analog design with focused, limited-function devices.
Touchscreens in cars are finally on their way out. Good riddance
Mercedes-Benz will prioritize physical controls over touchscreens in future vehicle cabins starting in 2026 because data shows physical buttons perform better.