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Roblox is adding new restrictions to younger kids accounts and revamping its parental control features as part of a push to beef up the safety features on its platform. The changes come after damaging reports about the companys safety practices and amid a broader industry reckoning over online platforms effect on kids. Now, Roblox is drastically limiting the ability of its youngest users to interact with others on its service. The company plans over the next few months to bar all kids under 13 from exchanging private messages with other users outside of specific games or experiences. The company will continue to allow younger kids to see messages publicly broadcast within games and experiences, but they wont be able to message other users without parental permission. The added restrictions follow a previous update in which the company barred kids under 13 from accessing certain types of experiences. This included unrated experiences, as well as Social Hangouts and Free-form User Creation experiences. Roblox is also making it easier for parents to set up and tweak their parental control preferences. With the changes, some of which were previously detailed by Bloomberg, parents will be able to monitor their childrens Roblox usage and settings from their own devices. Previously, Robloxs parental control features required parents to make adjustments on their childs device. Now, parents are able to get push notification when their kids want approval for specific actions like joining an experience with a higher maturity rating. Parents will also be able to keep tabs on their kids screen time stats and set daily limits, after which the app will be inaccessible. The changes are Robloxs latest effort to address safety concerns about its service. A report in Bloomberg Businessweek earlier this year detailed what it described as Robloxs pedophile problem, noting that since 2018, police in the US have arrested at least two dozen people accused of abducting or abusing victims theyd met or groomed using Roblox. Hindenburg Research, a firm known for short-selling, also recently published a report in which it accused Roblox of failing to protect children from being targeted by predators.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/roblox-restricts-dms-for-kids-under-13-and-beefs-up-parental-controls-in-safety-push-120031833.html?src=rss
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The iFixit teardown of the PS5 Pro is here, and while there isnt all that much different going on from what weve seen with the PS5 and PS5 Slim in terms of repairability, Sony has made one notable change: in the Pro, its pretty easy to get to the CMOS battery. Whereas accessing this battery to replace it in the two previous PS5 models required a fair amount of work due to its placement beneath the main board, iFixit found that its right under the faceplates in the PS5 Pro and nestled behind a hatch that has just one screw. Thats a nice improvement over the other PS5s, where youve got to take apart almost the whole thing to change [the CMOS battery] out, iFixit notes. Other than that, things look pretty familiar. Thats not to say the PS5 Pro itself doesnt have excitement to offer as our reviewers found, the PS5 Pro is an absolute beast of a console when it comes to performance. Less exciting though is its $700 price tag. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/ifixits-ps5-pro-teardown-reveals-an-easily-replaceable-cmos-battery-204423402.html?src=rss
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Its been a few years since Apple first introduced the AirTag, and while the tracker has undoubtedly become a useful everyday tool for a lot of buyers, there have also been concerns and a class-action lawsuit over misuses of the device as reports of AirTag stalking have come to light. With all of this in mind, Apple is reportedly building some privacy improvements into its next AirTag. Namely, itll be more tamper-proof, Mark Gurman reports in this weeks Power On newsletter. The second-generation AirTag, which Gurman reports is expected to be released mid-next year, will be made so its more difficult to remove the speaker, he writes. Apple has implemented features to curb unwanted tracking, including sound alerts that will let a person know theres an unknown AirTag in their vicinity, but its still relatively easy to remove the speaker, which would make it less noticeable. On top of the privacy tweaks, the new AirTag will also bring upgrades to range and the onboard wireless chip, according to Gurman. But looks-wise, it shouldnt be much different from the AirTag were used to. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/apples-next-airtag-is-coming-in-2025-with-privacy-improvements-173028439.html?src=rss
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