Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...

Over on YouTube, [Ben Eater] pursues that classic 8-bit sound. In this video, [Ben] integrates the MOS Technology 6581 Sound Interface Device (SID) with his homegrown 6502. The 6581 SID was famously ...

On Monday, OpenAI unveiled a new way to embed third-party apps directly into ChatGPT. At the company’s annual developer conference in San Francisco, CEO Sam Altman said the move would “enable a new ...

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In a first for major hotel groups, Marriott hosted 75 loyalty members at HQ to preview an AI chatbot for travel booking and gather customer feedback on other innovations. Marriott’s C-suite invited 75 ...

EU’s Chat Control law would force apps to scan every message, photo and video pre-encryption. Supporters say it fights child abuse material, while critics warn of mass surveillance. Weakening ...

With the new iPhone 17 models in customers’ hands and iOS 26 finding its way to hundreds of millions of iPhones, it’s time to move on to the first major update to Apple’s iPhones: iOS 26.1. Apple ...

Recap: AMD is addressing mounting concerns over socket burnouts tied to its AM5 platform after a spate of high-profile failures drew attention to certain third-party motherboards, particularly those ...

Aug. 19 (UPI) --A Colombian family named their newborn daughter "Chat Yipiti" after the AI program ChatGPT. Despite the unusual name, the child was registered without objection at the National ...

Socket Mobile has won official approval from the Japanese government for its SocketScan S370 and S550 data-capture devices, qualifying them as certified readers for the My Number Card national ID ...

Rumor mill: AMD's next-gen AM6 CPU socket will reportedly have 2,100 pins, a 22-percent increase over the 1,718 pins in AM5. However, despite the increased pin count, the two sockets are said to be ...

However, missteps could trigger backlash from users who feel pestered or manipulated. Proactive AI chat is not a new concept. AI startup Character.AI offers a similar functionality, enabling AI to ...