Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK
BeauHD / slashdot - Backlash intensified against Discord's age verification rollout after it briefly disclosed a UK age-verification test involving vendor Persona, contradicting earlier claims about minimal ID storage and transparency. Ars Technica explains: One of the major…
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Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind
Samuel Axon / arstechnica - The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.
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Google Maps now hides some information until you sign in
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - If you have been using Google Maps without signing into a Google account, your experience could be about to change for the worse. Google has been spotted testing a new “limited view” in Google Maps which restricts access to certain information. When not s…
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Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version Games Launch Next Week as Part of 30th Anniversary
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are arriving on Nintendo Switch next week as part of Pokémon Day.The post Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version Games Launch Next Week as Part of 30th Anniversary first appeared on iPho…
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Google Play used AI to help block 1.75 million bad apps in 2025
Steve Dent / engadget - Google has announced that with the help of AI, it blocked 1.75 million apps that violated its policies in 2025, significantly down from 2.36 million in 2024. The lower numbers this year, it said, are because its "AI-powered, multi-layer protections" are d…
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