The Economist

From social media to porn, age checks are spreading across the web

To cheers in some quarters and wails in others, various countries are making parts of the web off limits to minors. Australia ...
The Register on MSN

Search the pre-ChatGPT internet with the Slop Evader browser extension

Surf Google SERPs like it's November 29, 2022, with this workaround for the age of AI slop ChatGPT's public debut on November ...
Reuters

Snap offers Australians bank-linked age proof tool ahead of teen social media ban

SYDNEY, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Snap (SNAP.N), opens new tab said on Monday it will offer Australians the chance to verify their age with software owned by the country's banks as the internet platform ...
The New York Times

‘The Age of Disclosure’ Review: Release the Extraterrestrial Files

A documentary argues that the U.S. government needs to divulge what it knows about the phenomena formerly called U.F.O.s. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
The Hill

Roblox steps up age checks, will group younger users into age-based chats

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
GamesIndustry

Roblox begins rolling out age checks using facial age estimation technology

Roblox has started rolling out voluntary age checks on its platform to access its chat feature to "limit communication between minors and adults." Age verification will be conducted through the Roblox ...
CNET

How to Use Every Active Borderlands 4 SHiFT Code

Tyler is a writer under CNET's home energy and utilities category. He came to CNET straight out of college, where he graduated from Seton Hall with a bachelor's degree in journalism. For the past ...
Marijuana Moment

There’s No Reason To Increase The Legal Age For Marijuana Use To 25, New Scientific Paper Concludes

The theory that marijuana use can negatively—and potentially permanently—rewire the brain up until a person reaches the age of 25 is based on misleading science that neglects to account for key ...
Polygon

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment puts the Zelda timeline to good use

There’s a moment in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker that I’ve never been able to forget. Midway through the seafaring adventure, Link discovers the remains of Hyrule Castle hidden underneath the Great ...
san

Australia to require age verification when using search engines

This recording was made using enhanced software. Beginning in December, Australians will be required to verify their age to use search engines like Google and Bing. Users will have to scan their face ...