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The company also created its own smart home device, the Muse Home Link The company also created its own smart home device, the Muse Home Link
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Discord is opening its advertising business to companies of any size, as Scharon Harding reported for Ars Technica. The chat app has launched Discord Ads Manager, a tool for planning, buying and tracking ad campaigns in one place, it said on Tuesday. Select advertisers can use it now. Full self-serve access is due in early 2027. Until […] This story continues at The Next Web
Discord has started a global rollout of age checks that place users into age groups, with extra safety settings for teenagers. The rollout began on 22 September and will take several days, the company said in a blog post by chief technology officer Stanislav Vishnevskiy. TNW is owned by Tekpon. Discord is listed on Tekpon’s marketplace. […] This story continues at The Next Web
Back in early February, popular messaging app Discord announced that it would roll out age verification in order to keep its teenage users safe on the platform. By the end of the month, after facing significant backlash, Discord announced that it would be pausing that rollout while addressing some of the issues. According to Discord, those age verification checks will now be rolling out. Discord h…
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Discord today is rolling out an age-verification system that estimates each user's age and requires some users to prove they are old enough to access age-restricted content. Discord said it will take a few days for the global system to reach all user accounts. Discord had announced a somewhat different plan for age checks in February, but scrapped it amid backlash from users concerned about privac…
Discord is rolling out a new global age assurance system, seven months after pausing its previous verification measures following backlash from users. Starting today in every country except Australia and the UK, Discord will automatically assign users to an estimated age group based on "multiple account signals," with account restrictions placed on users believed to be between 13 and 17. The updat…
Nancy Lapid / Reuters : Anthropic and OpenEvidence partner to offer a specialized version of OpenEvidence's AI search tool for physicians in about 100 low- and middle-income countries — Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic and medical knowledge platform OpenEvidence are collaborating to bring AI-powered …
According to Discord, 90% of users will not have to verify their age.
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Anna Washenko / Engadget : Discord rolls out its updated age-verification policy this week, sorting users into either the Adult or Teen group based on account age, activity levels, more — It will offer several privacy-focused options for users who aren't automatically confirmed as adults.
It will offer several privacy-focused options for users who aren't automatically confirmed as adults. It will offer several privacy-focused options for users who aren't automatically confirmed as adults.
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Author Kevin Purdy Contributor Alex Kretzschmar This blog post, originally published in April 2024, was updated in July 2026 to reflect the most modern and convenient ways to install a Tailscale app in Home Assistant and use it for remote access, to accompany a newer video tutorial . You can see the original video here . An update to Home Assistant in August 2026 changed some of the setup instruct…
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