Apple Unexpectedly Introduces Mandatory Age Checks For Millions Of iPhone Users

Apple has just introduced new age requirements to manage an Apple account as part of its iOS 26.4 update. The U.K. is one of ...
Gizmodo

Discord Is Delaying Age Checks Following User Backlash

After a rocky start, Discord has delayed the global rollout of its age-verification policies following user backlash. Earlier this month, the messaging-based social platform announced that it would ...
New Scientist

Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

Stone Age people 40,000 years ago used a simple form of writing comparable in complexity to the earliest stages of the world’s first writing system, cuneiform, according to a study of mysterious signs ...
pcguide

Discord says it will use a mixture of “AI validation and human review” to determine age-restricted content

Discord users worldwide were hit with some bad news (depending on how to look at it) last week when the company announced a global rollout for face scans and ID checks, forcing users to prove they are ...
The New York Times

Ralph Lauren’s Not-So-Gilded Age

The designer goes hunting in the fields of style past. fashion review The designer goes hunting in the fields of style past. Credit... Supported by By Vanessa Friedman Visuals by Simbarashe Cha Ralph ...
TechRepublic

TikTok to Roll Out Stronger Age Verification Across the EU

TikTok to Roll Out Stronger Age Verification Across the EU Your email has been sent TikTok, and other major platforms popular with young people, are coming under increasing pressure to better identify ...
WRAL

New 401(k) rule allows penalty-free withdrawals for long-term care before age 60

A new change tied to your retirement account could help cover one of the most expensive and often overlooked costs families face. Other WRAL Top Stories Under a new federal rule, some workers will be ...
Democracy Now

Australia Officially Bans Children Under the Age of 16 from Using Social Media Apps

Australia has officially banned children under the age of 16 from using social media apps in the country starting today. The apps banned include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, YouTube, ...
GitHub

bug(material/timepicker): Usage with signal forms validation required & valid

needs triageThis issue needs to be triaged by the teamThis issue needs to be triaged by the team However, if you connect the timepicker to a new Signal Forms form, it doesn't validate that the value ...
Queens Daily Eagle

Coalition forms to defend Raise the Age ahead of potential rollback

A group of over 220 organizations launched a new coalition this week to defend against any potential attempt to roll back the state’s Raise the Age law, which prevents the state from prosecuting 16- ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...