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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The New York Times

How sports betting is affecting NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL players

Players have broadly said that legalized sports betting has changed how fans interact with them. Aaron M. Sprecher / Getty Images No American sports league has been fully insulated from gambling ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...
BBC

Roblox blocks children from chatting to adult strangers

Children will no longer be able to chat to adult strangers on Roblox - one of the world's most popular gaming platforms - as part of an expansion of its safety measures. Mandatory age checks will be ...
ABC News

New York Jets player Kris Boyd remains hospitalized with bullet lodged in his lung following shooting

Boyd was shot during a scuffle outside a Midtown Manhattan restaurant. New York Jets player Kris Boyd remained hospitalized on Monday with a bullet lodged in his lung as police worked to identify the ...
Bleacher Report

The Best Player at Every Position in the NFL This Season

Professional football is defined by the greats. Jim Brown, Dick Butkus, "Mean" Joe Green, Lawrence Taylor, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Ray Lewis, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, ...
Newsweek

Alabama HC Responds to Player Infighting During Loss to Oklahoma

A costly mistake at the end of the first half helped lead to No. 11 Oklahoma knocking off No. 4 Alabama 23-21 in front of 100,077 fans at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday. The Crimson Tide made ...
CNET

Fitness Experts Weigh In on Whether Walking Actually Counts as Exercise

Hot girl walks. Mental health walks. Japanese walking. Over the past few years, several walking trends have encouraged people to get up, get out and go for a walk. Various studies have also ...
NBC New York

Seen him? Video shows gunman sought in New York Jets player's shooting, cops say

Police released surveillance footage and images Monday of the alleged gunman wanted in the shooting of Jets cornerback Kris Boyd outside a Manhattan restaurant over the weekend, as the 29-year-old ...