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 ...

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.
Mint

Attention Gamers! Roblox to implement age verification on platform's chat feature — Steps to follow, other details

Gaming platform Roblox Corporation, which faced criticism and lawsuits over child safety, on Tuesday announced an age-based verification system due to which users will only be able to chat with people ...
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 ...
MarketWatch

Roblox’s stock slides as losses expand, bookings come up short

Roblox Corp. shares were tanking nearly 19% in Wednesday morning trading after the gaming company fell short of bookings expectations for the second quarter and saw its losses swell. The company ...
PC Gamer

Interview with Roblox CEO kicks off with an unbelievable answer about its predator problem being 'not just a problem, but an opportunity,' and somehow just gets crazier from there

Roblox CEO David Baszucki is taking heat for a recent podcast interview with the New York Times, in which he discussed the platform's new AI-powered age gating technology, dismissed accusations that ...
The Hindu

Here’s how Google’s Nano Banana Pro lets you unlock studio-quality visuals instantly

Google DeepMind has unveiled Nano Banana Pro, a powerful new image generation and editing model based on Gemini 3 Pro that lets creators, professionals, and developers to turn ideas into high-fidelity ...
The Telegraph

Roblox sets new safety standard by requiring face scans for all chat access

Gaming giant Roblox has unveiled a new, mandatory facial recognition system for all users wishing to access its chat features, a dramatic move aimed at creating an age-appropriate communication ...
HotHardware

Google Unveils Nano Banana Pro AI Model To Generate Studio Quality Images & Designs

With the arrival of Google’s Nano Banana Pro (officially the Gemini 3 Pro Image model) the AI image generation landscape has once again moved forward into deeper usefulness and hyper-realism. Along ...
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 ...
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 ...
TheJournal.ie

Man jailed for harassing 15-year-old girl he met on Roblox after convincing her to send sexualised images

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