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Roblox is adding new restrictions to young children’s accounts and revamping its parental control features as part of its platform’s enhanced safety features. The change comes in the wake of damaging publicity about the company’s safety practices and amid a broader industry review of the impact online platforms have on children.Currently, Roblox is severely limiting the ability of its youngest users to interact with other users on the service. The company plans to ban all children under 13 from exchanging private messages with other users outside of certain games and experiences “in the coming months.” The company will continue to…
In the years since Apple first introduced AirTag, the tracker has undoubtedly become a useful everyday tool for many buyers, but there are also concerns about misuse of the device and a class-action lawsuit. AirTag stalking was discovered. With all this in mind, Apple is reportedly incorporating some privacy improvements into the next AirTag. That means increased tamper resistance, Mark Gurman reports in this week’s Power On newsletter.Garman reports that the second-generation AirTag is expected to be released in the middle of next year and is made to make speaker removal more difficult. Apple has implemented features to reduce unwanted…
I live fairly close to Half Price Books and Barnes & Noble. From time to time, I browse the shelves to see the comic selections at both stores. (Frankly, it’s a miracle I don’t have to buy all the books.) One thing that struck me was the amount of comics aimed at younger readers. That’s natural. Kids are more likely to go to a bookstore than a comic book store, so why not stock them with comics they might be interested in? That’s the energy Marvel Super Stories: Amazing Adventures brings.”Amazing Adventures” is the second in the “Marvel Super Stories”…
Amazon is having a Black Friday sale on the Blink Mini 2 camera. This security camera, which just debuted earlier this year, has a built-in spotlight and supports person detection. Usually costing $40 each or $70 a pair, you can now get two Blink Mini 2 cameras for $35. This is a record low and cheap enough to stuff in your stocking.This compact security camera features color night vision with a built-in LED spotlight. It supports people detection, but requires a Blink subscription for that. Pricing starts at $3 per device per month or $30 per year. (And you can…
Our favorite air fryer toaster oven is on sale at a record low price. The Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer has 11 cooking functions, takes up less counter space than the more expensive “Pro” model, and is available for $80 off. This appliance normally costs $350, but this Black Friday sale brings the brushed stainless steel mode down to $270. Most other colors are marked down to $280.The Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer has a long list of cooking functions, including toast, bagels, grill, bake, roast, warm, pizza, air fry, reheat, cookies, and slow cook. This oven uses five quartz…
The AIPT Comics Podcast returns every Sunday with a recap of the news, reviews of your favorite comics, and more. This week we welcome special guests Tom King and Danielle Sampere to discuss Wonder Woman and her daughter Trinity. In just a few days until the next issue, we’ll dig into their contributions to Wonder Woman’s legacy.Stream the AIPT Comics Podcast below or find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.AIPT Comics This week’s top booksDave:The Amazing Spider-Man #61 (Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness)Summer Shadows #3 (John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral)Nathan:Absolute Batman #2 (Scott Snyder,…
Considering how huge an impact Jurassic Park had on the box office and the imaginations of moviegoers of all ages, in 1993 dinosaurs were huge (well, prehistoric too. (insert laugh). So now was the perfect time to revive Tom Mason’s indie satirical comic Dinosaurs For Hire (previously published by Eternity Comics for Nine, which had been in black and white since 1988). Archie the Tyrannosaurus, Lorenzo the Triceratops, Stegosaurus with an eyepatch, Reese, Pterodactyl (not technically a dinosaur, for those of you who are picky, this one has more canned laughs in it) Cyrano is the main cast, and all…
On Thursday, Alex Jones’ site resumed operations after a judge ordered an evidentiary hearing into Onion’s successful bid to buy Infowars, claiming the sale was blocked. However, Onion CEO Ben Collins disputed this in an update published in Blue Sky and The meeting has ended,” he wrote. Collins said a court date was set for less than a week from Monday, when proceedings are expected to be completed, and Infowars had asked for permission to continue publishing in the meantime. “Simply put, we won the auction, and believe it or not, the old InfoWars people didn’t like it,” Collins wrote.”On…
To celebrate Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary, Valve has released a special update. This update adds the Episode 1 and Episode 2 expansions to the base game, making them all playable as is, along with a two-hour documentary and developer commentary. And so on. The game is also free on Steam until November 18th. Valve’s announcement itself is an interactive experience. If you grab the gravity gun at the bottom of the page, you can pick up and throw almost anything on the screen (including cans). You can then put it in the trash).”All Half-Life 2 maps have been updated to…
We’ll have to wait a few years for the next Star Wars movie. According to Variety and The Wrap, Disney has removed the untitled Star Wars movie from its 2026 release lineup and replaced it with Ice Age 6, which is scheduled to be released on December 18 of the same year. thing. It’s not clear which movie it is, but Daisy Ridley announced at last year’s Star Wars Celebration in London that she would be reprising her role as Rey in the new film. The film is directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who also directed several episodes of Ms. Marvel,…