I got an up-close look at Roblox's new safety feature. Here's what I found.

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

She just wanted to play Roblox with friends. Then the messages from a predator began.

Roblox is one of the world’s most popular kids’ games, but lawsuits around the country allege predators are hiding in plain sight.
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 ...
The Independent

Roblox takes rare step to prevent children from talking with adults on gaming platform

Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users’ ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults. In what the company has described ...
malaymail

No face, no chat: Roblox to roll out age-check tech in major safety overhaul

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IT News For Australia Business

Chatty Australian Roblox users face mandatory facial age checks

Australian gamers who want use Roblox's in-game chat service will have to submit to a facial age verification check from next month. The system is available to Australian Roblox users on a voluntary ...
CBC.ca

Roblox increases safety guidelines with age verification, grouping users into age-based chats

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people around ...
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 ...
Gizmochina

Galaxy S27 Ultra leak points to “Polar ID,” may finally compete with Apple’s Face ID

A new leak suggests Samsung might be working on a major overhaul of face unlock for the Galaxy S27 Ultra. The system, apparently called Polar ID v1.0, could be Samsung’s most ambitious attempt yet to ...
Android

Galaxy S27 Ultra Could Ditch IR for All-New ‘Polar ID’ Face Unlock System

Samsung might be shaking up its biometric game with the Galaxy S27 Ultra. Early firmware references to “Polar ID v1.9” hint at a new polarized-light face authentication system — potentially replacing ...
Bleacher Report

Dillon Brooks Gets 6 Stitches Above Eye After Taking Elbow to Face at Suns Practice

Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks received six stitches above his eye after taking an elbow to the face during Friday's practice, he told reporters Saturday. Brooks declined to answer when asked who ...