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Battle over how to pay for new MFD rigs

There is a battle brewing over Milwaukee tax dollars. Mayor Cavalier Johnson vetoed some, but not all, money to replace aging Milwaukee fire trucks. Thune fires back at House GOP effort to repeal ...
Wired

He Hunted Alleged Groomers on Roblox. Then the Company Banned Him

Last month, Kentucky attorney general Russell Coleman announced the details of yet another lawsuit against Roblox over suspected pedophiles lurking on the hugely popular gaming platform. While doing ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Rigzone

North America Adds 12 Rigs Week on Week

North America added 12 rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was published on November 21. The total U.S. rig count increased by five week on week ...
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 ...
Variety

Ubisoft Sets Generative-AI Game ‘Teammates’ From ‘Neo NPC’ Developers: ‘Our Role Is to Give AI Meaning, to Narrativize It’

Ubisoft is debuting new game experience “Teammates” from the developers behind its 2024 project “Neo NPC,” which the French gaming giant says will show how “generative AI-driven gameplay can shape a ...
Reuters

US drillers cut oil rigs to lowest in four years, Baker Hughes says

NEW YORK, Nov 26 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time in four weeks, with oil rigs dropping to a four-year low, energy ...
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From Classic Rigs to Luxury Haulers: The Evolution of Car Transporters

Discover the incredible evolution of car transporters, from early classic models like the De Rooy autotransporter and Soviet MAZ-200V to today’s advanced and luxury carriers. This video explores ...
Mashable

Want to chat on Roblox? You'll need to verify your age.

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...