Published on: 2025-04-20 15:30:00
GuardianGamer has a solution for worried parents who want to support their kids’ social gaming activity while ensuring safety in digital playgrounds like Minecraft and Roblox. GuardianGamer ought to pique the interest of a lot of parents, considering that Minecraft is having a moment. A Minecraft Movie, based on the popular sandbox Microsoft game, has generated $570 million at the box office in two weeks while Roblox has 380 million monthly active users. Back in December, Microsoft said Minecra
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It's no secret that Musk is anxious about the world's population. In 2022, he made the controversial proclamation that "population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming." That wasn't just one of his many idle thoughts, but a serious mantra to live by. The centi-billionaire now has at least 14 children with at least four different women — Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, author Justin Wilson, musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher, and right-wing in
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The New Jersey attorney general sued Discord on Thursday, alleging that the company misled consumers about child safety features on the gaming-centric social messaging app. The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court by attorney General Matthew Platkin and the state's division of consumer affairs, alleges that Discord violated the state's consumer fraud laws. Discord did so, the complaint said, by allegedly "misleading children and parents from New Jersey" about safety features, "obscu
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New Jersey's Attorney General Matthew Platkin is suing Discord over the chat company's child safety features. The lawsuit claims that Discord has "misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application." The Office of the Attorney General and the state's Division of Consumer Affairs concluded that Discord violated New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act after a multiyear investigation into the company. The details of the lawsuit are cur
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is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. The state of New Jersey has filed suit against Discord claiming the company engaged in “deceptive and unconscionable business practices” that put children at risk. The suit was filed Thursday and alleges the popular messaging app of not doing enough to keep its youngest users safe from predators and violent content. Here’s a
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Discord is facing a new lawsuit from the state of New Jersey, which claims that the chat app is engaged in “deceptive and unconscionable business practices” that put its younger users in danger. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, comes after a multiyear investigation by the New Jersey Office of Attorney General. The AG’s office claims it has uncovered evidence that, despite Discord’s policies to protect children and teens, the popular messaging app is putting youth “at risk.” “We’re the first sta
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 23:00:23
Last summer, we reported that billionaire Elon Musk had at least 12 children. Since then, the world has learned that Musk officially has at least two other children, bringing the grand (known) total to 14. However, according to a new report, there could be more, as the unhinged oligarch has reportedly been known to send his semen to women he doesn’t even know. A new Wall Street Journal investigation reveals claims made by another supposed Musk mother, the rightwing influencer Ashley St. Clair.
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In Brief Elon Musk says it’s his duty to “make new humans.” Now, a WSJ investigation suggests he may have fathered more than the 14 children already known, with sources claiming the real number could be significantly higher. The report also describes how Musk keeps those details under wraps. At the center of it all, per the report, is longtime fixer Jared Birchall, who runs Musk’s family office but also handles the logistics of Musk’s growing family, including by drafting NDAs and serving as a
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Leave school phone bans to head teachers, children's commissioner says 4 hours ago Share Save Hazel Shearing • @hazelshearing Education correspondent Share Save Getty Images Banning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not "imposed nationally by the government", England's children's commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the use of smartphones, according to a survey of 19,000 schools and colleges commissioned by Dame Rachel de Souza. Dame Rachel
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 18:59:00
Two years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in amazement. Then she took out her phone and snapped a photo to send to colleagues back home. “It was really pretty astonishing,” she recalled recently. In Denmark, as in many countries, the hormone melatonin is a prescription drug for treating sleep problems, mostly in adults. Doctors are supposed
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Two years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in amazement. Then she took out her phone and snapped a photo to send to colleagues back home. “It was really pretty astonishing,” she recalled recently. In Denmark, as in many countries, the hormone melatonin is a prescription drug for treating sleep problems, mostly in adults. Doctors are supposed
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A supposed cure for measles is harming people in Texas. A children’s hospital in the area has reported that several children treated for measles have also developed vitamin A toxicity. The New York Times first reported on the phenomenon last week, and has since backed by further reports from local media outlets. The Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, one of several counties in West Texas currently affected by measles, stated that it has treated fewer than 10 children with concurrent measl
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The psychology behind why children are hooked on Minecraft 4 days ago Share Save Chris Baraniuk Share Save Alamy Minecraft is the world's best-selling computer game and soon to be a Hollywood film. This is why children can't get enough of it. AJ Minotti has three children – and they all love playing Minecraft. His twin girls aged 10 and his six-year-old son are constantly building stuff with the endless supply of virtual blocks that fill the game. And Minotti, who works in marketing in Ohio,
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C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A T-Mobile glitch caused some users to see the names, photos, and real-time locations of random children instead of their own. A similar bug affected the company’s car tracking service, showing other people’s vehicles and data. T-Mobile says the issue stemmed from a system update and has now been fully resolved. Tech updates don’t always go smoothly, but most bugs are usually nothing more than a mild inconvenience. However, a T-Mobile glitch this week
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Parents allowed to block children's games and friends on Roblox 59 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Parents will be able to block their children from specific games and experiences on Roblox as part of new safety measures announced by the hugely popular gaming platform. They will also be able to block or report their children's friends, and the platform will provide more information about which games young users are playing. The measures will on
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is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Roblox is introducing new parental controls that give parents more tools to control the people their children talk to and the experiences they can access, according to a blog post from chief safety officer Matt Kaufman. The updates build on changes introduced last year, which included a special type of account parents and caregivers can use to remotely manage some aspects of
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain How do young children categorize objects? To find out, Sarah Dufour, an assistant professor in the didactics department of the Faculty of Education at Université de Montréal, conducted a study in which children were given toy groceries and asked to organize the food on shelves. D
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Bottom line: Regulators in Europe are once again trying to crack down on predatory gaming practices. This time, they have set their sights on in-game currencies. It is the EU's stance that in-game currencies are primarily used to manipulate and deceive customers to continue buying, and they aren't wrong. Europe's Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPCN) has initiated an enforcement action with the European Commission (EC) to reign in the predatory monetization of a gaming company called S
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After Wednesday’s verdicts were read, Judge Nancy Brasel ordered that Ms. Bock and Mr. Said remain in jail to await their sentencing, according to a report from the courtroom by The Sahan Journal, a nonprofit newsroom. The charges carry potential sentences of more than a decade in prison. The fraud scheme targeted two programs meant to feed hungry children, which were funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture but administered by the state of Minnesota. The system relied on nonprofit groups c
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The CEO of Roblox has responded to parental concerns about harmful content in the app by telling them they shouldn’t let their kids use it if they are worried … Roblox is one of the most popular iPhone apps for kids, consistently ranking in the top 10 free apps, and said to be used by around half of all American children below the age of 16. It allows children to create their own mini-games. But recently there have been growing reports of children being exposed to explicit or harmful content,
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Over the weekend, Reuters reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study looking into whether vaccination can cause autism. It’s a study that will be a complete waste of time and money, given how much scientific work has already been devoted to the topic. The CDC is one of several agencies under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, now being run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Last December, then President-elect Donald Trump said tha
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Plan to make phone use safer for teens watered down 54 minutes ago Share Save Alex Boyd BBC News Hope Rhodes Education producer Share Save Getty Images A bill that had suggested banning smartphones in schools and addictive algorithms aimed at young teenagers has been watered down to gain government support. Labour MP Josh MacAlister, who brought the private members' bill, told MPs during a parliamentary debate on Friday that reducing smartphone use in law would be a "process", not one "big ba
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Plans to make phone use safer for teenagers watered down 48 minutes ago Share Save Alex Boyd BBC News Hope Rhodes Education producer Share Save Getty Images A bill which had suggested banning smartphones in schools and addictive algorithms aimed at young teenagers has been watered down to gain government support. Labour MP Josh MacAlister, who is bringing the private members' bill, told MPs during a parliamentary debate on Friday that reducing smartphone use in law would be a "process", not o
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Plan to ban smart phones in schools scrapped by MP 3 hours ago Share Save Alex Boyd BBC News Hope Rhodes Education producer Share Save Getty Images The MP behind a bill campaigners hoped would ban smart phones in schools has admitted to watering down his proposals to gain government support. Josh MacAlister told BBC News he was now "focused on the areas where we can get government support so that we actually get some action in this area". MacAlister, the Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workingto
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Image by Jim Watson / AFP via Getty / Futurism Longtime vaccine hater Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appears to be walking back his own skepticism amid a significant measles outbreak spanning states including Texas, California, New Jersey, and more. In an op-ed for Fox News — yes, the same media giant that's spent years fearmongering about vaccines — the new Health and Human Services secretary said it was "crucial" that everyone gets the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine after a school-aged ch
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On Monday, the United Kingdom's privacy watchdog announced that it's investigating TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur because of privacy concerns about how they are processing children's data. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says it's now looking into how TikTok uses children's data to make recommendations that could lead to inappropriate or harmful content being added to their feeds. Separate probes into Imgur and Reddit also investigate how they use personal information about UK children
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The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has announced it's investigating how TikTok, Reddit and Imgur protect children on their platforms. The probe into TikTok is looking at how the platform uses it young users' (13 to 17 year olds) personal data for recommendations and suggested content, while the investigation into Reddit and Imgur focuses on both how the platforms are using children's personal information and how they're using measures that estimate or confirm a child's age. "If s
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In Brief The U.K.’s privacy watchdog has launched investigations into three social media companies over how they go about protecting the privacy of children on their respective platforms. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced today that it’s looking into how TikTok uses personal information of 13- to 17-year-olds to recommend videos, “in light of growing concerns” around how young people are presented with harmful content. At the same time, the ICO is also looking into how Red
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The UK’s privacy watchdog has announced a “major investigation” into the child protection measures of three popular apps: TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that it has previously succeeded in bringing about child protection changes on X, Sendit, BeReal, Daily Motion, and Viber … The ICO is looking at both age verification processes, and whether the apps break the law in the way they use the personal data of children. We are today announcing three inve
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TikTok investigated over use of children's data 3 hours ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save PA Media The UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a "major investigation" into TikTok's use of children's personal information. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will inspect the way in which the social media platform uses the data of 13 to 17-year-olds to recommend further content to them. John Edwards, the Information Commissioner, said it would look at whether T
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