In California, USA, the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), which requires users to verify their age during OS account setup to protect minors online, is scheduled to go into effect in January 2027.

Age of Attraction didn’t air every potential age gap romance — with one contestant revealing that her search for love as a virgin at 38 was cut. Ashley Marie took to TikTok after the Wednesday, March ...

Video game age-ratings are about to change in Europe. The Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body, better known as PEGI, which determines the age-ratings for games everywhere in Europe apart ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Credit: Manuel Arias Duran/Getty Images) California has passed a new law requiring every operating system (OS)—Windows, macOS, ...

Lawmakers argue the rule could make the web safer for children, while privacy advocates warn that OS-level age flags normalize user-level tracking. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

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Discord is pushing back plans to start verifying the age of all users in March after weeks of user ire. Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord's co-founder and chief technology officer, said a planned global ...

Shortly after Discord announced that all users will soon be defaulted to teen experiences until their ages are verified, the messaging platform faced immediate backlash. One of the major complaints ...

Discord is the latest company looking to bolster its child safety (again). Starting in March, all users will have a "teen-appropriate experience" by default. Unlocking adult content and age-gated ...

Either because they aren’t accessing age-restricted experiences, or if its AI predicts they’re old enough. Either because they aren’t accessing age-restricted experiences, or if its AI predicts ...

PCWorld explains how setting up a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device provides a private alternative to cloud services like Google Photos and iCloud for photo backup. Entry-level 2-bay NAS ...