Scientists warn against crappy age verification: 'if implemented without careful consideration… the new regulation might cause more harm than good'

Scientists and researchers from respected institutions lay out the case against age verification as we're beginning to know it.
TechSpot

Microsoft is adding images to Notepad, and users are wondering why

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...
AOL

The Age Verification Trap

Platforms must store biometric data, ID images, and verification logs long enough to defend their decisions to regulators. So if an adult who is tired of submitting selfies to verify their age finally ...
MediaPost

Discord Ditches Age-Verification Partner Following User Backlash

After announcing its global mandatory age-verification rollout, Discord has distanced itself from leading third-party age-verification partner Persona following a wave of backlash from users based in ...
The Verge

Jikipedia turns Epstein’s emails into an encyclopedia of his powerful friends

AI-generated dossiers from the Jmail team. AI-generated dossiers from the Jmail team. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at ...
KETV Omaha

Nebraska bill proposes using federal program to verify voter citizenship

POLICE WAIT FOR AUTOPSY RESULTS TO CONFIRM THE HUMAN REMAINS OF A NEBRASKA COUPLE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR FOR MOTIVE ON THAT TODAY THEY ANNOUNCE FOUR MORE ARRESTS IN THEIR DISAPPEARANCE, AND CASS ...
ConsumerAffairs

That email claiming to be from Microsoft support is probably a fake

Scammers are sending emails that appear to come from Microsoft, warning users their accounts face suspension or deletion. The messages use urgent language and official-looking logos to pressure ...
PC World

Windows Notepad is now complex enough to have a serious security flaw

PCWorld reports that Windows Notepad’s new Markdown support feature has introduced a serious remote code execution vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 8.8/7.7. The security flaw allows malicious ...
Slate

Discord’s Controversial Face Scan and ID Rules Are Just the Beginning

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Discord will soon be expanding teen ...
TweakTown

Extra features for Windows 11 Notepad go beyond worries about bloat, as new security flaw shows

TL;DR: Windows 11's Notepad app has a security flaw rated as a 'high' severity vulnerability, one that allows for remote code execution. The good news is that it's already been patched by Microsoft, ...
TechRepublic

Coming Soon: Discord to Roll Out Global Age Verification Using Facial Scans, ID

Coming Soon: Discord to Roll Out Global Age Verification Using Facial Scans, ID Your email has been sent Communications platform Discord will introduce age-verification tools worldwide next month, in ...
Android

Discord is adding age verification to access certain features

Discord is adding an age verification requirement to access certain features, and the company plans to implement these changes in the next month. Much like Google with Google accounts, as well as ...