'I did catch my son using an eyebrow pencil to draw a moustache on his face, and it verified him as 15 years old': New report details the effects of the Online Safety Act thus far

‘I did catch my son using an eyebrow pencil to draw a moustache on his face, and it verified him as 15 years old’: New report details the effects of the Online Safety Act thus far

The UK’s controversial Online Safety Act (OSA) mandated sites take measures to stop children accessing some parts of the internet through a series of checks, like seeking a digital ID, or simply analysing one’s face to see if they look over 18. Since it started to roll out over a year ago, the online landscape…

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 celebrates 7 years of rat bashing with a new versus map and double XP for all players, but its hotly anticipated weapon pack ‘won’t be coming out this year’

It’s preposterous to me that Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is seven years old, when that’s so clearly the length of time that has passed since Left4Dead 2 launched. Sadly, Steam, the calendar, and indeed the universe all state that I am wrong, so I suppose I’ll just have to go along with Fatshark’s celebration of its…

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Subnautica 2’s latest 1.2 update is friend focused—finally adding the key mechanic to any great multiplayer game

I’m not sure there’s been a better invention for multiplayer games than proximity chat. Whether it be friends screaming vengeance down the side of a mountain after you abandon them in Peak, or the wails of one of your fellow workers fall suspiciously silent in Lethal Company. Proximity chat offers up fertile ground for hilariously…

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Nvidia has reportedly asked Samsung to double its production of GDDR7, possibly for AI GPUs to China—although we’re hoping for some more VRAM-stacked RTX 50-series Super cards

Reports indicate that Nvidia has given Samsung the hurry up to double its production of GDDR7, the very same stuff you’ll find strapped to RTX 50-series GPUs. And while it’s tempting to get excited about the idea of many, many RTX 50-series Super variants hitting the market sometime soon with oodles and oodles of delicious…

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