The company says it's a limited test on a small set of users who frequently browse the site without logging in. There may be ways around it. Meara covers streaming service news for CNET. She graduated ...

Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites. U.K.-based ...

Ty Pendlebury is CNET's senior editor for TV and home audio, and author of the daily Insider newsletter. He has rigorously tested, reviewed and written about AV equipment for the company since 2006.

A hot potato: Plenty of states (and countries) now have age-restriction measures placed on pornography sites, which are often circumvented using VPNs. But a Utah law is about to go into effect that ...

You hear about it everywhere, from LinkedIn posts to keynote speakers to job listings: Learning to use AI is the way to get ahead in your job and help future-proof your career. But you may not know ...

SAN DIEGO — California voters, including those in San Diego County, will decide in November whether to impose new voter identification and citizenship verification requirements under a proposed ...

Social media platforms. App stores. And next—computers and smartphones? If some lawmakers get their way, Americans could have to show IDs or submit facial scans to so much as open a laptop or power up ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland will be required to verify their age later in 2026 in order to access certain features. The features that will require ...

Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude to help prepare their tax returns, but experts warn the technology can deliver outdated or inaccurate ...

Reddit will verify if some users are human, but won't cross reference their ID with their Reddit account. Credit: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images Reddit CEO Steve Huffman caused a stir when ...

There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to ...

Suspicion and affection. Apprehension and excitement. Most people have mixed feelings about AI English, whether or not they always recognize it. When reading text generated by AI, people feel it ...