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Here's how Roblox's age checks work | TechCrunch
A month after introducing mandatory facial verification for access to chats on its platform, Roblox says 45% of its daily active users have undergone age checks as of January 31. Roblox’s launch of age checks followed a wave of lawsuits over child safety, including ones from the attorneys general ofTexas, Kentucky, andLouisiana. The lawsuits were read more
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Top Stories: iOS 26.3 and 26.4 Features, Foldable iPhone Details, and More
The iOS 26.3 release looks to be right around the corner with a highly anticipated iOS 26.4 update following right behind, so Apple software rumors were big in the news this week. Hardware wasn’t left out, however, as we’re still awaiting a few early-year launches like the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro, while read more
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I Love This Dart Counter for Local and Online Matches
I never liked playing darts, but I did a complete 180 with this auto-scoring system. This gadget has ignited my newfound love of the old pub favorite. It’s a light ring with four hi-def cameras that slots onto your board. Connect with the DartCounter app via Wi-Fi and you get effortless automatic scoring with an read more
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Want to Start a Website? These Are the Best Website Builders
Top Website Builders Best for Most People Squarespace Core Read More Best Cheap Website Builder Hostinger Business Website Builder Read More Best Free Website Builder Strikingly Website Builder Read More Publishing a website is still more complicated than it has any right to be, but the best website builders streamline the process. Instead of juggling read more
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The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games
During the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, 5G and 4K were the leading technologies available to many viewers. There was some AI, but it was mostly used for athletes’ benefit. For the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games there will be more technology than ever, for both athletes and fans. Much of that technology has never read more
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Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data
An analysis by WIRED this week found that ICE and CBP’s face recognition app Mobile Fortify, which is being used to identify people across the United States, isn’t actually designed to verify who people are and was only approved for Department of Homeland Security use by relaxing some of the agency’s own privacy rules. WIRED read more
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The Art World's Epstein Problem
Weekly Newsletter How to root out corruption and depravity in our community, artists against ICE, the Washington Post lays off its art critic, the pitfalls of archival art, and more. Why are we so obsessed with the Epstein files? Because they’ve long stopped being about just one depraved pedophile and have come to symbolize the read more
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Your Annual Personal Finance Checklist
Save more money. That was the most popular New Year’s resolution in 2025 and the second most popular in 2026, according to Statista. There’s a difference between making a resolution and acting on it, however. Get on your path to better financial health by taking care of some routine personal finance tasks. Right now at read more
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From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads | TechCrunch
Following last year’s trend of showcasing AI in multimillion-dollar ad spots, the 2026 Super Bowl advertisements took it a step further by leveraging AI both to create the commercials and to promote the latest AI products. Love it or hate it, the technology has become a star in its own right, alongside the latest movie read more
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An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax | TechCrunch
The war on California’s proposed ‘Billionaire’s Tax’ is getting weird. This week, amid ongoing rancor from tech elites over the much maligned bill, it became apparent that someone was planning a so-called “March for Billionaires” in San Francisco. A website advertising the event popped up online, providing little in the way of context other than read more
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'Industry' season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now | TechCrunch
HBO’s hit financial thriller “Industry” has delivered one of its most compelling storylines yet this season: a hunt to expose a fraudulent fintech company called Tender. The show follows Harper Stern, who’s leading her newly launched investment firm and looking for a company to short — essentially, betting that its stock will crash. After a read more
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NordProtect Makes ID Theft Protection a Little Easier—if You Trust That It Works
Once I signed up, I had to fill out several online forms. These include information that might personally identify me, like my Social Security number, phone numbers, email addresses, credit/debit cards, and so on. Filling out the information took about 20 minutes. It’s not effortless, but NordProtect’s interface is clean and intuitive. It puts the read more
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It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site | TechCrunch
On Thursday, WordPress launched a new Claude connector, enabling site owners to share back-end data with Anthropic’s chatbot system. Users can control what specific data they want to share, and access can also be revoked if and when the user chooses. Notably, Claude is given read-only access, meaning it won’t be able to alter anything read more
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Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers | TechCrunch
On Friday, when SpaceX filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a million-satellite data center network, you might have thought Elon Musk was having a bit of fun with us. But a week later, it is clear that he is dead serious. The most obvious step, of course, is the formal merger between read more
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ICE Agent’s ‘Dragging’ Case May Help Expose Evidence in Renee Good Shooting
Defense attorneys for a Minnesota man convicted in December of assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross are seeking access to investigative files related to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, after learning Ross was the same officer who shot and killed her during a targeted operation in Minneapolis last month. Attorneys for Roberto read more
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When Artists Lose Their Archives
There is a particular kind of shame that comes with losing your own work. Not the spectacular kind. Not the kind that arrives with a public failure or a dramatic ending. This shame is quieter. It settles in the body. It convinces you not to tell anyone. It suggests that if you were more responsible, read more
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L, Artist Whose Mysterious Sculptures Cast Spells on Viewers, Has Died
L, an artist whose sculptures and paintings imbued galleries and museums across the US with spiritual potential, has died. ARTnews was unable to confirm a cause of death for L, whose passing was announced this week by various galleries that had shown the artist’s work. The Los Angeles–based artist would have been either 41 or read more
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Brooklyn “Wall of Tears” Lists Names of Children Killed in Gaza
News Local artist Phil Buehler said he unveiled the memorial display to help people “see something that they otherwise can’t see.” Phil Buehler’s public art installation “Wall of Tears” in Bushwick (all images Isa Farfan/Hyperallergic) Spanning the 50-foot stretch between a hipster tea shop and a bar proudly displaying anti-ICE posters in Bushwick, a public read more
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The Unruly Politics of Glitter
Quil Lemons, “Raheem” (2017) from the series GLITTERBOY (image courtesy the artist) It’s a cold Saturday afternoon in downtown San Francisco. Despite the weather, the streets are crowded with determined shoppers. I’m feeling rather pleased with myself, having just scored a pair of jeans at 50% off, when I wander into one of those shops read more
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RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories
US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filled an autism committee with friends, associates, and former colleagues who believe that autism is caused by vaccines. Autism advocates are now worried the group could pave the way for dangerous pseudoscientific treatments going mainstream. Last week, Kennedy announced an entirely new lineup for the Interagency Autism read more
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