Inside Roblox's age-verification push and its impact on child safety in India's online gaming

Roblox brings AI-powered age verification technology for the chat feature in India. Know how it works and why it's crucial ...

Roblox's Age Verification Is a Joke

Roblox has a new AI age-verification system aimed at protecting kids and teens during chats. Users can verify their age using ...

Roblox's new age verification is reportedly fooled by shockingly simple tactics

Roblox game developers have also complained that the age verification system is hurting their games by decimating their chat ...
PCMag

Roblox's New Age-Verification System Is Reportedly Off to a Chaotic Start

The program's known problems include parents verifying their kids as adults, verified accounts being sold on eBay, and kids ...

Ivan Battimiello Receives 2025 Global Recognition Award For Secure Systems Leadership And High-Impact Engineering

Ivan Battimiello earned a 2025 Global Recognition Award for technical leadership in secure systems engineering. His nine-year ...
IGN

Divinity, Like Baldur’s Gate 3, Is a Turn-Based RPG, Larian Confirms

Larian has confirmed that its upcoming role-playing game, Divinity, is indeed turn-based following speculation from the developer's fans. Following the announcement of Divinity at The Game Awards, ...
KOMU

Missouri's age verification requirement for explicit sites goes into effect

Missouri's rule requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages went into effect Sunday. A news release from Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said that within hours of the rule taking ...
Bleeping Computer

GreyNoise launches free scanner to check if you're part of a botnet

GreyNoise Labs has launched a free tool called GreyNoise IP Check that lets users check if their IP address has been observed in malicious scanning operations, like botnet and residential proxy ...
KSAT

Roblox adding new age-verification system after lawsuits involving child exploitation, assault

SAN ANTONIO – Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together ...
Business Insider

X erupts after the platform reveals the locations where accounts are based

X announced that it will display the region in which an account is based. The information is visible under the new "About This Account" section. X removed the feature for some accounts on Saturday.
The New York Times

X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

Online sleuths quickly found that some accounts posting about U.S. politics, including those in support of the MAGA movement, appeared not to be based in the United States. By Yan Zhuang X launched a ...
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 ...