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Roblox needs to protect children, so its rollout of Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts is welcome

Roblox has introduced age-based Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts
The new accounts seek to limit communication features for specific age groups
They also include improved parental controls and other measures

Recent cases of new age verification and online age checks have stirred controversy over the last few months, with concerns about privacy and potential data breaches — but a new development with Roblox is one that many people will likely get behind.

Roblox has announced a global rollout of its new age-based Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts, restricting certain functions for children. This also comes with improved parental controls, allowing parents to block or allow their child's access to games.

Roblox Kids accounts (for those aged between 5 and 8) will feature the platform's strongest default protections, with chat disabled and access to a catalog of games that have been passed by Roblox's 'continual selection process'.

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Kick your mouse out of the house with this AI-assisted keyboard utility

Neverclick avoids being limited to certain apps by ditching accessibility APIs for a quick, lightweight computer vision model. Imagine never having to reach for your mouse to navigate around Windows again. Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? Well wake up: We have some peripherals to burn. Neverclick, from developer

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AI vendors have found someone to pay their infrastructure bills: You

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Seagate IronWolf Pro and WD Red Pro NAS drives are all discounted — here's why I'd buy the most…

High-capacity NAS drives are far from cheap, so it's often easy to focus on the sticker price rather than the long-term value. I was looking through a selection of NAS drives on sale at Best Buy and Newegg when something occurred to me. Although the 24TB Seagate IronWolf

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