Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

Apple is rolling out an age verification tool in the U.S. and abroad to ensure users are at least 18. App developers in Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and the U.S. states of Utah and Louisiana are now ...

Notepad, one of the oldest and most reliable apps in the Windows ecosystem, has been undergoing some big changes during the Copilot AI era. Unfortunately, one of its new features was prone to a ...

Email opens have never been an incredibly accurate metric. Tracking pixel-based opens is deflated by image caching, image blocking, and email clients that don't ...

Earlier this month, Discord said it would be enacting an age verification policy. The platform faced some initial concerns from users about turning over their IDs and personal information, ...

Discord admits mistakes in its age verification approach and is postponing the rollout until the second half of 2026 after user backlash. PCWorld reports that Discord is cutting ties with ...

Social media is going the way of alcohol, gambling, and other social sins: societies are deciding it’s no longer kids’ stuff. Lawmakers point to compulsive use, exposure to harmful content, and ...

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Discord, the popular online communication platform for gamers, said Wednesday it will delay its global age verification rollout after receiving user criticism. Earlier this month, Discord announced a ...

After announcing its global mandatory age-verification rollout, Discord has distanced itself from leading third-party age-verification partner Persona following a wave of backlash from users based in ...

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has made Aadhaar verification compulsory for users booking train tickets online. Under the revised rules, passengers will be required to ...

Leading officials in the Trump administration have been aware of the skyrocketing use of violent force by federal agents, according to newly unearthed emails, with the trend being known well before ...