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EU MEPs agree on recommendation for Europe to 'make full use of its powers' to ban loot boxes for minors and social media for those under 16
By Jacob Fox published
News The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee urged the European Commission to enforce these changes.

Eye-scanning Orb maker says 'there is no world where we are not going to have' biometrics to check we're human and keep games bot-free
By Jacob Fox published
*Shuts eyes* And with the AI bubble continuing to expand, they might just be right.

Eye scans and digital IDs to stop online bots in games: It's not quite as Orwellian as you might think but proof-of-human isn't problem-free
By Jacob Fox last updated
Machine wars Iris scans and face scans? Or do we need a "new class of solutions"?

Chicago man sues Home Depot, alleging it's secretly using AI facial recognition at self-checkout
By Stevie Bonifield published
news One Chicago resident is calling out Home Depot for sneakily collecting biometric data.

A free Chrome VPN with over 100,000 installations has been accused of snapping unauthorised screenshots of websites and spying on its users location data
By Andy Edser published
News Put the camera down, and back away slowly.

If you'd like to see Meta's AI gunk purged from WhatsApp, a new antitrust investigation in Italy might just do the trick
By Jeremy Laird published
news Be gone, all-seeing Eye of Zuckeron.

YouTube has started using AI to determine how old you are and feed you age-appropriate content, so prepare to be judged based on what you watch and when
By Jeremy Laird published
news Get your credit card or government ID out if YouTube got it wrong...

Fake Minecraft mods that steal all your personal data including crypto wallets are being distributed via GitHub accounts
By Jeremy Laird published
News Be very careful of your mods and tools.
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