Marketing Dive

Boss, Lancôme open virtual boutiques with Snapchat’s shoppable AR

Chopard and other luxury brands are featured in the Snapchat Winter Village, a digital activation meant to mimic the ...

They're the hardest group to shop for. They want e-bikes, $900 gaming PCs and lip tints.

Gen Z-ers are creating spreadsheets and slideshows for their holiday wish lists. Here's what they're asking for.

What to Know About Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...
FanBolt

Quentin Tarantino In ‘Fortnite’? How Hollywood Is Quietly Turning Games Into The New Theater

How 'Fortnite' and 'Roblox' became Hollywood’s new multiplex for Gen Alpha and Gen Z, from Tarantino to 'Wicked' and 'Sinners ...
All Tech Nerd

Clair Obscur Becomes Xbox Game Pass’ Biggest Third-Party Launch of 2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has officially become the most-played third-party title on Xbox Game Pass in 2025. Microsoft revealed the milestone on Wednesday (3) through the Xbox Wire blog, noting that ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
ZDNet

You have weeks left to claim your AT&T data breach settlement of up to $7,500 - here's how

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail. If ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...
BBC

Roblox blocks children from chatting to adult strangers

Children will no longer be able to chat to adult strangers on Roblox - one of the world's most popular gaming platforms - as part of an expansion of its safety measures. Mandatory age checks will be ...
Mashable

Want to chat on Roblox? You'll need to verify your age.

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...