California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS - user age verified during OS account setup

AB 1043 also requires OS providers to pipe a real-time age checker to every app developer who requests it.

Chinese cyberspies breached dozens of telecom firms, govt agencies

'Likely the Largest Breach in U.S. History': What You Need to Know About the Conduent Fiasco

The known size of the breach keeps growing.

UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough

UK agency alleges "Reddit failed to apply any robust age assurance mechanism."

Did Meta Just Accidentally Prove Smart Glasses Are a Liability?

Mark Zuckerberg traipsed into court with Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses on and got a scolding.

The Death of the Downvote

how a missing button broke the internet

Apple's rumored new MacBook sounds like a nightmare for budget Windows laptops - here's why

A cheaper entry point into the Apple ecosystem

Everything New in iOS 26.4 Beta 1

Apple today provided developers with the first beta of an upcoming iOS 26.4 update, which adds quite a few new features to the iPhone. There's a...

Fury over Discord's age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

Persona confirmed all age-check data from Discord's UK test was deleted.