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 ...
Wired

This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Antivirus Monitoring System

At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO 2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. Hacker conferences—like all ...
Hosted on MSN

Roblox Jenna Story: What It Says About Online Fear

GamingWithKev analyzes the Roblox Jenna story and what it says about online fear and gaming culture. Pennsylvania becomes the 28th state to pass the Crown Act Another United flight U-turned over the ...

Hoda Kotb's 'Today' replacement with Jenna Bush Hager finally revealed

Nearly a year after Hoda Kotb left "Today with Hoda and Jenna," her replacement has been revealed. Sheinelle Jones will be ...
New York Daily News

Jenna Lyons leaving ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ after 2 seasons

Fashion designer Jenna Lyons is leaving “The Real Housewives of New York City” after just two seasons on the rebooted Bravo hit. The former J. Crew creative director, 57, confirmed Friday on Instagram ...
Variety

Roblox to Require All Users to Verify Age With Facial Estimation Tech to Access Chat Features Beginning in December

Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next month. The gaming platform has also implemented age-based chats to limit ...
Deadline.com

Jenna Lyons Leaving Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives Of New York City’ After 2 Seasons

Jenna Lyons is quitting The Real Housewives of New York City after two seasons of the show. Lyons took to social media to announce she would not be returning to the Bravo series ahead of a cast ...
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 ...

Don’t trust Roblox to shield kids from predators — our lawsuit exposes its dangers

The popular kids’ gaming platform has a history of making safety tweaks that sound good in a press release but fall short in ...
PCGamesN

Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...
Yahoo

Jenna Lyons exits 'Real Housewives of New York'

Jenna Lyons arrives for the SAG Awards in 2020. She announced that she is leaving "Real Housewives of New York" Friday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Nov. 21 (UPI) --Jenna Lyons will not be returning ...