Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest

Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox, a rare show of public dissent as popular irritation over the ban ...
TweakTown

Epic Games CEO: RAM price increases a 'real problem for high-end gaming for several years'

TL;DR: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney warns that soaring RAM prices, driven by AI demand diverting DRAM production, will impact the high-end gaming market for several years. DDR5 memory costs have surged ...
MMORPG

Roblox CEO Gets Flustered In Tech Podcast Interview About Its Moderation Controversies

On a tech podcast this week, Roblox CEO David Baszucki faced questions about the company’s new and old moderation—and seemed to find himself “frustrated.” The interview comes just after Roblox ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

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 ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
PCGamesN

Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...
GamesIndustry

Roblox begins rolling out age checks using facial age estimation technology

Roblox has started rolling out voluntary age checks on its platform to access its chat feature to "limit communication between minors and adults." Age verification will be conducted through the Roblox ...
Yahoo

IShowSpeed Brings Iconic Face Meme to Roblox

IShowSpeed recently recreated the iconic meme face from his 2021 livestream. For those unfamiliar, he originally went viral after reacting to a kid’s comment: “My mom is kinda homeless.” The remark ...
High Times

The Epic High Times Cannabis Cup Journey, From Amsterdam to the Empire State

Amsterdam’s tolerant cannabis culture made it the perfect birthplace for the High Times Cannabis Cup in 1988. In late-1980s Amsterdam, High Times launched a small invitational to celebrate the best ...
WFAA8

2 Richardson ISD high school students face charges in separate incidents, officials say

DALLAS — Two Richardson ISD high school students face charges stemming from separate incidents Wednesday. In the first incident, Lake Highlands High School and the district say a student brought a ...