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

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...
Game Rant

BlizzCon 2026 Should Be Blizzard's Biggest Event Ever: Here's What to Expect

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the Game Rant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...
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, ...
NPR

How To Do Everything

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...
IGN

"Innovation and technological advance is patriotic and good for humanity provided it serves people."

A member of U.S. Congress has now called out Activision Blizzard's use of generative AI in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and demanded tighter regulation to "prevent companies from using AI to eliminate ...
Detroit Free Press

'Storm to remember' coming to Michigan. NWS says blizzard may hit UP

Two winter systems are combining to bring heavy snow and strong winds to the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest. Michigan's Upper Peninsula could see over a foot of snow, with some areas potentially ...
Powder

Breaking the Mold: Blizzard Launches Brand New Freeski Collection Designed by the Next Generation

View post: The 6 Best Snowmobiling Destinations in the U.S. Skiing, it seems, has gotten too serious. We wax nostalgic for the “good old days” while the sport constantly pushes the envelope of ...
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, ...
GameSpot

WoW Housing Gets You Rewards In Other Blizzard Games, Including An Overwatch 2 Skin

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. This week in World of Warcraft, player housing will debut in early access to anyone who purchased the upcoming Midnight expansion coming with WoW's ...
PC Gamer

Blizzard hit the $90 dinosaur mount emergency button to fill the gap before the next WoW expansion and players are already dumping millions of gold into the ether to buy it

It's a bit of a quiet time for World of Warcraft as players wait for the release of its next expansion. In this pre-Midnight lull, there's not much to do except prepare yourself for the removal of ...