UAE sets minimum social media age at 15, mandates age checks

DUBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has set a minimum age of 15 for social media use, becoming the first Arab country to introduce such a restriction as governments worldwide seek to ...

The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.
InfoQ

Ky 2.0 Fetch API Wrapper with Revamped Hooks, Smarter Timeouts, and Built-In Schema Validation

Ky 2.0 is an open-source JavaScript HTTP client built on the Fetch API, featuring significant updates such as consolidated ...
Engadget

Apple begins requiring age verification for App Store use in Texas

We're continuing to see the impact of the wave of age verification laws being passed by US state governments over the last year. Apple announced today that apps distributed in Texas will need to ...
PCMag on MSN

Your PC Might Soon Demand Proof of Age Before Letting You Browse. Here's What to Know

Age verification started with porn and social media. Now, governments are passing laws requiring operating systems to collect ...
Tech Xplore

UK Home Office to use AI age estimation on asylum seekers—how accurate is the technology?

Starting next year, the Home Office plans to use AI-driven facial age estimation to assess the age of asylum seekers. At the ...
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Expert Validation of an Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Trial Matching Solution Using Real-World Data From Patients With Cancer

Standard Versus Reduced Sotorasib Dosing in KRAS G12C–Mutated Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis—Have We Answered the Dosing Question? This retrospective study of ...
The Star

Social media users to verify age using official docs from June 1

KUCHING: Social media users will need to verify their age with government-issued documents from June 1, following changes to the Online Safety Act 2025 by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia ...
NHK

Japanese govt. panel calls for age verification for children's social media use

The Japanese government's panel of experts discussing children's use of social media calls for operators to introduce a stricter age verification system and take measures to protect children from ...
Yahoo Finance

Justices validate SEC’s use of disgorgement in securities enforcement

Thursday morning brought the first three decisions from the April argument session, with two of the three being unanimous. The first of those was Sripetch v SEC, which did just what the argument ...
businesstech.co.za

Why companies must use AI and human validation to stay efficient and safe

Wolfpack, in partnership with Synack, is hosting a webinar that explores how your business can leverage AI and human-led offensive testing to keep pace with modern adversaries. The Webinar, titled AI ...

Apple Bringing App Store Age Verification to Texas as SB 2420 Takes Effect June 4

Apple today said App Store rules in Texas are changing due to the enforcement of SB 2420, a law that adds age assurance requirements for app marketplaces and developers. Apple users located in Texas ...