A new mandatory safety feature requires Roblox users in the U.S. to submit to facial age estimation via the app to access its chat feature. The online gaming platform announced it was implementing the ...

Just days after launching, Roblox’s much-hyped AI-powered age verification system is a complete mess. Roblox’s face scanning system, which estimates peoples’ ages before they can access the platform’s ...

U.S. prosecutors have charged an Illinois man with orchestrating a phishing operation that allowed him to hack the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women to steal private photos and sell them online.

Recently, following an abundance of lawsuits and child safety concerns, Roblox implemented age verification for accounts that wished to access chats. Featured Video The process involves opening your ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Shantaneque Waller unloaded her groceries onto the belt at the Syracuse Price Chopper, then tried to use her debit card to pay. It was declined, which made no sense to Waller. The ...

Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications ...

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Deleting a Roblox account is not as straightforward as deleting accounts on other platforms. Roblox does not offer a direct “Delete Account” button in the app or website. Instead, you must either ...

For most Americans, payday isn’t quite the celebration it used to be. With 67% of U.S. workers living paycheck to paycheck, per a 2025 report by PNC Bank, money tends to hit checking accounts only to ...

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 ...

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 ...