Roblox's age verification system is reportedly a trainwreck

Last week, Roblox made age verification mandatory for anyone using the platform's chat feature. That process involves either ...
IEEE

A New Effective and Robust Index Using Spectral Curve Shapes and Local Reflectance Peaks: Detecting Simple Coated Steel-Tiled Houses in Urban Areas

Abstract: Simple steel-tiled houses (SSHs), as lightweight and economical building materials, have been widely utilized in the process of urban development. However, SSH inevitably causes ...
AppleInsider

Inside Final Cut Pro — How Apple abandoned Hollywood

Final Cut Pro for the Mac became a favorite video editing app of Hollywood about 20 years ago, but then Apple made a radical update that lost it filmmakers forever. Here's where it started, and what ...
USA Today

She just wanted to play Roblox with friends. Then the messages from a predator began.

SAN MATEO, CA — At first, the messages seemed normal. Innocent, even. “Hi,” “How are u?” And then: “Do you want to make Robux?” To millions of kids who play Roblox every day, those words might seem ...
Polygon

BG3 studio Larian says it's using genAI for Divinity, but not 'looking at trimming down teams to replace them'

Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin developer Larian Studios generated a ton of hype (and no shortage of revulsion) when it revealed its next big role-playing game, Divinity, at The Game Awards ...