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Ubuntu is replacing some legacy tools in 26.04 LTS

Ubuntu is shaking up its default application lineup for the upcoming 26.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release. The developers will be swapping out the classic Totem video player and GNOME System Monitor ...

The Forge Free Private Server Links and How to Get One Yourself

Learn the step-by-step process to set up a private server in The Forge to mine with friends in peace without exploiters ...

Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest

Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming ...
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 ...
ZDNet

Ubuntu Budgie vs. Pop!_OS: I've used both Linux distros - here's how to choose

Pop!_OS and Ubuntu Budgie are similar, yet different. Both distributions are based on Ubuntu and perform very well. You can download and install each for free. After ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
heise online

Ubuntu: Linux distribution offers 15 years of support

Ubuntu has announced that it will support Ubuntu LTS versions for up to 15 years. To achieve this, Canonical is extending the legacy support extension of Ubuntu Pro by another three years. Canonical ...
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, ...
PC Gamer

Roblox codes for December 2025: Get free items with the latest codes

December, 2025: Unfortunately, there haven't been any new general Roblox promo codes added in months, but there are plenty of codes for individual Roblox games constantly being added. And remember ...
NPR

How To Do Everything

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...
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 ...