You Can Now Block Your Kids From Watching YouTube Shorts

YouTube is now allowing parents to block Shorts for their kids. The company is rolling out the option to set YouTube Shorts ...
Bleeping Computer

Russia blocks Roblox over distribution of LGBT "propaganda"

Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, has blocked access to the Roblox online gaming platform for failing to stop the distribution of what it described as LGBT propaganda and extremist ...
NJ.com

Are Costco and Stop & Shop open on Thanksgiving 2025? All the stores, malls and grocery stores open on Nov. 27

Thanksgiving 2025 is on Thursday, Nov. 27, which means many offices and businesses will be closed to observe the holiday. In previous years, retailers would open stores on Thanksgiving to get ahead of ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
Los Angeles Times

Roblox to scan users’ faces to verify age amid persistent child safety concerns

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Roblox, a popular gaming platform that’s faced growing scrutiny over child safety concerns, said Tuesday it will ...
PCGamesN

Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
Business Wire

Roblox Expands Facial Age Checks for Communication, Setting New Safety Standard

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX), an immersive gaming and creation platform, today announced it is in the process of rolling out age-based chat, following its ...
TheWrap

Rosamund Pike Urges Another Studio to Rescue ‘Wheel of Time’ for Season 4: ‘Be Wise and Pick It Up’

Rosamund Pike is still hoping a studio will come to its senses and pick up the canceled “Wheel of Time” for a fourth season. While talking with Collider, in an interview published Wednesday, Pike ...
TechCrunch

Studio Ghibli and other Japanese publishers want OpenAI to stop training on their work

A Japanese trade organization representing publishers like Studio Ghibli wrote a letter to OpenAI last week, calling for the AI giant to stop training its AI models on their copyrighted content ...
Variety

Trade Group Representing Studio Ghibli, Other Japanese Companies Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Their Content to Train Sora 2 Video Generator

Japanese content trade group CODA — whose members include award-winning animation house Studio Ghibli — issued a letter to OpenAI demanding the AI company stop using their content to train its Sora 2 ...