Apple reluctantly forces strict new age checks on Texas users starting today

Texas is cracking down on underage app downloads, forcing Apple to deploy mandatory verification. Find out how this shift ...

Apple Bringing App Store Age Verification to Texas as SB 2420 Takes Effect June 4

Apple today said App Store rules in Texas are changing due to the enforcement of SB 2420, a law that adds age assurance ...
PCMagOpinion

Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And It Might Not Take ‘No’ for an Answer

Age verification laws are moving beyond porn sites and social media. Soon, your operating system could be required to know ...
InfoWorld

Angular Signal Forms: From event pipelines to signal-driven state

Forms are often the most state-heavy part of a front-end application. They capture user input, run validation logic, track interaction states, and coordinate how changes propagate through the UI. As ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Boston researchers use AI selfies to estimate biological age, health risks

BOSTON’S OPENING DATE HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT ASKING A COMPUTER TO GUESS YOUR AGE. RESEARCHERS IN BOSTON HAVE NOW BELIEVED THAT THE ANSWER OFFERS IMPORTANT CLUES ABOUT YOUR ...
TechCrunch

Some kids are bypassing age-verification checks with a fake mustache

Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites. U.K.-based ...
9to5Mac

Pornhub is now using Apple’s own age verification feature in the UK

Apple first launched its own age verification feature in the UK back in March, before rolling it out to other countries. The move is intended to comply with a growing trend for age verification ...
CNET

Utah's Ban on Using VPNs to Circumvent Age Verification Begins Today

Ty Pendlebury, senior editor for TV and home audio, started at CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He rigorously tests, reviews and writes about the latest ...
Wired

Pornhub Restores Access for UK Adults Who Use Apple’s Age Verification

The porn giant blocked its content from new UK users in February but says device-based age verification is more secure than third-party sites. Three months after Pornhub blocked access to new users in ...
TechSpot

Kids are using fake mustaches, VPNs, and their parents' accounts to get around age verification

Why it matters: Age verification and social media bans for under-16s are gaining popularity worldwide in response to rising concerns over harmful online content. However, questions surround the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Unemployment Engulfs Key Chinese Age Group as AI Use Spreads

An unexpected deterioration in China’s labor market has reached the key demographic of early-career workers, as seasonal pressures amplified spillovers from the war in Iran while wider use of ...
Reason

A New Age-Verification Bill Could Make You Show ID To Use a Computer or Smartphone

Social media platforms. App stores. And next—computers and smartphones? If some lawmakers get their way, Americans could have to show IDs or submit facial scans to so much as open a laptop or power up ...