The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.

Apple announced a new age verification tool in Utah and Louisiana, as well as Brazil, Australia and Singapore to ensure users ...

Apple may use information about your payment methods on file or the length of time you have maintained an Apple Account to confirm you are an adult. A valid credit card can help confirm you’re at ...

Two weeks after Discord announced "teen-by-default" age-restricted settings for all users, Discord is delaying the ...

The latest iOS 26.4 developer beta has introduced age verification, although so far only for the UK. You can postpone setting ...

Apple is rolling out an age verification tool in the U.S. and abroad to ensure users are at least 18. App developers in Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and the U.S. states of Utah and Louisiana are now ...

Some users in the UK began seeing an age verification prompt after installing iOS 26.4 beta 2. Apple now says the message appeared in error.

Users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore can’t download apps rated 18-plus unless their age has been confirmed.

The company added that 90% of users won’t need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual.

Discord later said it cut ties with the vendor and that it has new safeguards in place to prevent user data from being hacked as it accidentally was last fall. But the bubbling cauldron of AI ...

Discord, which says it has more than 200 million active users, will continue to meet specific legal obligations it has for ...