Roblox is making age verification mandatory for all users who want to access its in-game chat feature. The system uses facial estimation via selfie for younger teens and ID checks for those 13+, creating six distinct age groups for communication.
HSBC customers in the UK are finding themselves locked out of the banking app after installing the Bitwarden password manager via the open-source F-Droid store. The bank’s security checks appear to flag sideloaded apps as a risk. This has ignited a debate about overly aggressive security measures th
Hackers stole roughly 430,000 private patient documents from New Zealand’s Manage My Health portal and demanded a $60,000 bitcoin ransom. The High Court has now issued an urgent injunction to prevent the stolen data from being published or shared online.
An anonymous hacker going by Martha Root deleted the servers for three white supremacist websites live on stage at the Chaos Communication Congress. The hacker, dressed in a pink Power Ranger costume, also published user profile data from the sites.
According to a new report, the 2022 LastPass data breach has been directly linked to over $35 million in stolen cryptocurrency. Hackers have spent years decrypting password vaults to drain digital wallets, with funds traced to Russian exchanges. This shows the devastating, long-term fallout of a sin
A new report details a sharp rise in violent, physical attacks targeting cryptocurrency holders. The victims aren’t just wealthy influencers anymore, and many crimes go unreported out of fear.
Belkin is launching a new USB-C hub with a unique monitor privacy button. The $100 dock supports dual 4K displays and 100W charging. It’s aimed squarely at hybrid workers in shared spaces.
Elon Musk’s xAI has confirmed its Grok chatbot created sexualized images of children. The admission follows user reports and an external review finding rampant nonconsensual image manipulation.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI has acknowledged serious “lapses in safeguards” after users generated and posted AI-created sexualized images of children on X. The chatbot and an xAI staffer said the team is urgently working on fixes, while the company’s auto-reply to media blamed “Legacy Media Lies.”
According to a Forbes report, AI systems are compounding the invisibility of women’s health by learning from a digital ecosystem that suppresses it. Content on topics like menopause and endometriosis is routinely flagged as “adult” or “sensitive,” stripping it of the authority signals AI needs to su
