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How to change your age in Roblox
20+ hour, 10+ min ago (284+ words) Roblox has officially introduced facial age checks, ensuring players are able to chat with other fans their age and increasing safety on the platform, but if your age is wrong on your account, it can make things tricky. It originally…...
Thomas the Tank Engine returns to terrorize Morrowind as modder mocks Mattel crackdown
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (387+ words) Thomas the Tank Engine has reappeared in another viral game mod, this time swooping through The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind after creator Trainwiz released a new overhaul that replaces cliff racers with the iconic blue engine. The mod arrives more than…...
Australia’s social media ban for children to include Twitch
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (300+ words) Australia's imminent ban on various social media platforms for those under the age of 16 is now officially set to include Twitch. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced his intentions of rolling out age limits for social media accounts on September…...
New study shows over half of US kids want video games for Christmas
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (391+ words) A new survey has shown that over half of the children in the United States are eager to find a video game product under the Christmas tree this year, with the majority hoping for in-game currency. In a world where…...
AI-powered toy that tell kids how to start fires taken off sale as makers respond
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (337+ words) The company behind the toy that has an AI-powered chatbot inside, which tells people how to start fires, has responded to backlash by ceasing sales of it." With the countdown to the holiday season well and truly underway, parents across…...
People are getting AI chatbots “pregnant” and raising virtual children
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (506+ words) A new academic study has uncovered a strange but rapidly growing trend: users forming deep romantic bonds with AI chatbots and even role-playing marriages, pregnancies, and parenthood with them. Published in Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, the research followed…...
Pokimane hits back at trolls “uterus watching” her for not having kids yet
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (401+ words) Twitch star Pokimane is hitting back at critics who are trolling her for "pushing 35" and demanding to know when she plans on having children. Imane "Pokimane" Anys is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch. Over the course of…...
Gen Z is ‘raw dogging’ boredom by literally doing nothing
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (460+ words) Some members of Gen Z are raising eyebrows online after sharing the method they use to avoid endlessly "doomscrolling" through their social media feeds. In the modern age, true-blue boredom is somewhat hard to come by. If you"ve got…...
Instagram in legal clash with Hollywood rating board over “misleading” PG-13 label
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (469+ words) Instagram's attempt to introduce a PG-13 style content system for teens has sparked a legal showdown with the Motion Picture Association, which claims the feature misleads users into thinking it follows official movie standards. Back on October 14, Instagram rolled out…...
Kick is actually being banned for kids in its own home country
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (276+ words) Australia's upcoming social media ban for users under 16 will now apply to Kick, the live-streaming platform founded in Australia, marking a rare case of a platform being restricted in its country of origin. Reddit has also been added to the…...