2025-08-05

Florida is suing several porn companies over age verification

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued multiple pornography platforms on allegations that they fall afoul of age verification laws. The state passed HB 3 in March 2024 and the law took effec [...]

2025-08-05

Video Games Weekly: Censorship and stolen puritanical valor

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related to [...]

2025-08-05

YouTube set to test AI-powered age checks in the US – will the UK be next?

In just seven days, the UK has introduced age checks for online minors, Australia has blocked YouTube and other social networks, and now YouTube is rolling out AI age checks in the US. [...]

2025-08-05

What the White House Action Plan on AI gets right and wrong about bias

We may be destined to deal with AI bias no matter who’s in power. How the media can fight for unbiased AI on its own. [...]

2025-08-04

Here's How You Can Lock and Hide Apps on Your iPhone in a Few Easy Steps

This trick can keep your kids out of your social media apps and protect your privacy. [...]

2025-08-04

OpenAI says it doesn't want ChatGPT to become a social media time sink

Instead of maximizing engagement or chasing clicks, the company is focused on making ChatGPT genuinely useful.<br /> The article OpenAI says it doesn't want ChatGPT to become a social media [...]

2025-08-04

Elon Musk says the Vine archive is coming back

Elon Musk recently announced that he's bringing back the Vine archives, after teasing the return of the social platform over the last week or so. The X owner says that the company recently discov [...]

2025-08-04

Why Europe could quietly win the humanoid race

Elon Musk’s Optimus demo at Tesla’s We Robot event made one thing clear: when it comes to humanoids, the spotlight still belongs to the United States. Then there is Asia — with China’s rapid d [...]

2025-08-04

Brock Lesnars WWE return at SummerSlam did not go over well on social media

Social media reactions to the return of WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar at WWE SummerSlam [...]