A Nassau County mother found an innocent-looking calculator app. She was horrified to find out what it was really hiding and ...

Popular social game platform Roblox has begun its voluntary age checks for players using in-game chat features. The change brings age-based communications to the platform, allowing players to ...

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 ...

Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Teen users on Instagram, Facebook and Threads will start receiving texts, emails and in-app messages today letting them know ...

Australia is doing what no other democracy has done so far. Starting today (December 10), all those under the age of 16 will ...

Back in 2017, Meta openly listed autoplay on its “roadmap” to keep Instagram users glued to their screens. Snapchat’s Discover and Stories do the same — rolling content nonstop — and when TikTok hit ...

The room is small and quiet. A desk pushed against the wall. A chair that has seen better days. A young game developer sits in front of a screen, eyes fixed, fingers move almost without thought. On ...

Some tech giants have already started kicking under-16s off their platforms. For others, it’s only a matter of time. What is consistent among them all is that they don’t agree with Australia’s ...

Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s is now in effect, a study shows Instacart presents variable prices for the same items in the same stores, and Instagram is AI-generating titles ...