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Waipahu man accused of using Roblox to exploit underage girls

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The tipster told FBI agents in Los Angeles that Yamamoto ...
Forbes

Who Plays Dorothy In ‘Wicked: For Good?’ And Why We Don’t See Her Face On Screen

NEW YORK - JULY 13: A close-up of a pair of ruby slippers on a waxwork Judy Garland as Dorothy inside "The Wizard of Oz" 4-D experience at Madame Tussauds on July 13, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
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 ...
syracuse.com

Upstate NY man accused of sending sexually explicit texts to girl, 12, on Roblox

An Upstate New York has been arrested after allegedly sending sexually explicit texts to a minor. Vincent Steiner, of Chili, N.Y., is accused of exchanging messages with a 12-year-old girl he met on ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
PCGamesN

Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...
Variety

Roblox to Require All Users to Verify Age With Facial Estimation Tech to Access Chat Features Beginning in December

Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next month. The gaming platform has also implemented age-based chats to limit ...
CBS News

Childhood idea sparked a man's journey to visit, document small towns across U.S.: "Every town's got a story"

A Nebraska man is on a mission to tell every small town's story. Seth Varner, a 25-year-old historian, roams the Midwest for his publishing company, Wandermore, which he started in 2020 after just ...
IndieWire

Have Studio Pull Quotes Gone Overkill? — Screen Talk

“The Running Man” hit a wall this weekend at the box office, with Edgar Wright’s dystopian Stephen King adaptation, meant as another star-status-securing vehicle for Glen Powell, disappointing with ...
Artnet

Maya Sculpture With ‘Old Man’ Face Unearthed at Construction Site in Mexico

Excavations for the Maya Train revealed a 2,000-year-old limestone sculpture of an elderly man marking a sacred building’s entrance. The Preclassic-era carving once guarded a west-facing ceremonial ...