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Roblox announces new safety features for under-13s

The gaming platform has previously been criticised for allowing young users to be exposed to harmful content.

Roblox Is Putting Restrictions On Kids In Social Hangouts

Roblox may be one of the most popular gaming platforms in the world, but it's also been repeatedly accused of failing to protect children who use it from would-be predators. Last summer, Roblox ...

Tech - GameSpot - Yesterday

Character AI clamps down following teen user suicide, but users are revolting

As a result of these changes, Character AI appears to be deleting certain user-made custom chatbot characters abruptly.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 23

Ofcom urged to act after US firm claims Roblox is ‘paedophile hellscape’

Campaigners say watchdog must ensure Online Safety Act is rigorous enough, after allegations about gaming platform. Child safety campaigners have urged the UK communications watchdog to make a ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Pushing Buttons: With the safety of Roblox under scrutiny, how worried should parents be?

Millions of children play on this platform accused of having reams of troubling content and users, but there are hundreds of better alternatives that serve kids’ curious minds. • Don’t get ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Roblox’s stock named a top pick as analyst makes the case for a rebound

“We think Roblox has begun its transformation from a collection of games to a true platform,” Wedbush analysts wrote.

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Roblox’s stock soars on third-quarter bookings beat and raised guidance

Roblox shares rose after the online gaming company reported better-than-expected third-quarter bookings and raised its full-year guidance.

Business - MarketWatch - October 31

Toei, Spaceport and Twin Atlas launch Hypergalactic: Monkey Quest on Roblox

Toei, Spaceport and Twin Atlas are launching Hypergalactic: Monkey Quest on Roblox today. And seven other games too.

Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday

Meta misses on user growth, warns of 2025 jump in AI spending

Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings.

Business - CNBC - October 30

Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users

Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked. “Designed to be deleted” is the tagline of one of the UK’s ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Florida woman used Roblox to instruct 10-year-old to kill infant by dropping him on floor, officials say

A 2-month-old was seriously injured after a 10-year-old dropped the baby on a tile floor after a woman allegedly instructed the child via Roblox on how to kill the infant.

Roblox ‘rising like a phoenix’ after ‘outstanding’ third-quarter results, Wedbush says

Roblox shares surged following the online-gaming company’s third-quarter results Thursday.

Business - MarketWatch - November 1

OpenAI Chatbot Passes Bias Tests, But Users Should Still be Watchful

The data that shapes how an AI responds can contain unseen biases, so the AI market leader has been checking ChatGPT, and says it may be more neutral that humans.

Business - Inc. - October 18

Here's How Many Hours Netflix Users Spend On The Platform Every Day

People watch a lot of Netflix, but just how much do they watch? As part of Netflix's latest earnings briefing , the company revealed the number of hours the average paid subscriber watches: ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 18

Anthropic says latest AI model can control users’ computers

Start-up backed by Google and Amazon says tool can act like a ‘human collaborator’

Business - Financial Times - October 22

OnlyFans user sentenced to five years in child abuse case

A man accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida girl on the adults-only website OnlyFans pleaded no contest to child abuse.

Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time

Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.

Business - Inc. - October 27

X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content---Whether They Want It or Not

A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Meta Fined $15 Million in South Korea for Illegal User Data Collection

The country’s privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users’ likes and the ads they opened.

Business - Inc. - 4 days ago

Steam Game Recording Is Now Live For All PC And Steam Deck Users

Valve has announced that Steam Game Recording has been released for all PC and Steam Deck users. The new built-in system for game recording offers a variety of tools for users, allowing them to ...

Tech - GameSpot - 3 days ago

Here’s Why You Need to Be Your Product’s Biggest User

Eliot Horowitz, founder and CEO of Viam, talks about the evolution of his company on the latest episode of ‘For Starters.’

Business - Inc. - 3 days ago

That Plastic Skeleton Can’t Be Your Plus 1, Police Tell Car Pool Lane Users

A California Highway Patrol officer in the San Jose area recently cited a driver who used a Halloween-themed ruse to drive in a high-occupancy-vehicle lane.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 15

Immune to intimidation, Richard Clark brings fearlessness College Football Playoff needs to usher in new era

Clark's military background has made him the perfect fit to handle the chaos of CFP director

Sports - CBS Sports - October 16

Some Juul users are receiving thousands of dollars as part of a $300M class action settlement

Four-figure checks tend not to fall out of the sky.

LinkedIn says it has verified 55 million users in effort to combat AI's spread of scams, misinformation

LinkedIn is trying to thwart the spread of misinformation fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence by verifying users — more than 55 million so far.

Business - CNBC - October 25

US ex-Juul users suddenly find thousands in their bank accounts after lawsuit: ‘I forgot about it completely’

Recipients say they filed class-action claims on a whim amid lawsuit alleging products were unlawfully marketed to minors. Drewe Raimi was lying in bed scrolling TikTok when she got the ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Robinhood jumps into election trading, giving users chance to buy Harris or Trump contracts

Users can trade a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump contract starting Monday.

Business - CNBC - October 28

How X users can earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images

The accounts are part of pro-Trump and pro-Harris networks sharing each other’s content multiple times a day.

Reddit's explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company

Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company

Tech - ABC News - October 30

Reddit’s Sees First-Ever Profit as Explosive User Growth and AI Tools Help it Soar

The social discussion platform beat Wall Street analyst forecasts, with quarterly sales results better than 10 percent above estimates.

Business - Inc. - October 30

Apple is trying to sell loyal iPhone users on AI tools. Here's what Apple Intelligence can do

Apple customers starting on Wednesday can go to Apple stores for sessions on Apple Intelligence — the company's suite of AI tools.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 30

Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence

Tech - ABC News - October 31

Meta's Threads micro-blogging app now has 275 million monthly users, Zuckerberg says

Threads, Meta's rival to Elon Musk's X app, now has nearly 275 million monthly users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday.

Business - CNBC - October 31

South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta 21.6 billion won for illegally collecting Facebook users’ sensitive personal information, including data about their political views and sexual ...

Tech - ABC News - 4 days ago

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data

A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.

Tech - Wired - 4 days ago

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