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Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here
The European online age verification app is ready. The app works with passports or ID cards, is built to be “completely anonymous” for the people who use it, works on any device (smartphones, tablets, and PCs), and is open source. “Best of all, online platforms can easily rely on... Read more
Are we getting what we paid for? How to turn AI momentum into measurable value
Enterprise AI is entering a new phase — one where the central question is no longer what can be built, but how to make the most of our AI investment. At VentureBeat’s latest AI Impact Tour session, Brian Gracely, director of portfolio strategy at Red Hat, described the operational... Read more
Kalshi challenges Ohio over proposed $5M regulatory fine
Kalshi is stepping up its fight with Ohio regulators, blasting a proposed $5 million fine as an “extraordinary and regrettable step” in a fresh court filing. Lawyer William E. Havemann of Milbank LLP sent the April 15 letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. It’s... Read more
Roblox Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Nevada Child Safety Lawsuit
Popular gaming platform Roblox agreed to pay more than $12 million and implement new safety features as part of a settlement with the state of Nevada. This settlement comes amid several lawsuits accusing the company of an alleged lack of protection of children on the platform.  The agreement resolves... Read more
Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe
A recent cosmological model combines two of the most eccentric ideas in contemporary physics to explain the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe. To understand it, it’s necessary to look beyond the Big Bang we all... Read more
Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents
Salesforce on Wednesday unveiled the most ambitious architectural transformation in its 27-year history, introducing “Headless 360” — a sweeping initiative that exposes every capability in its platform as an API, MCP tool, or CLI command so AI agents can operate the entire system without ever opening a browser. The... Read more
South Carolina lawsuit says Dave & Buster’s games are illegal gambling
A South Carolina advocacy group has taken Dave & Buster’s to federal court, arguing the company’s arcade model crosses into illegal gambling. The case landed April 15 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The organization, SC Citizens for Equal Enforcement of Gambling Laws, LLC,... Read more
Apple Products Now Contain 30% Recycled Materials. Their Packaging Boasts Zero Plastic
If you’ve purchased a product from Apple over the past year, it probably contains a higher amount of recycled material than ever before. In case you weren’t aware, you can also recycle all of the company’s fiber-based packaging now that it has eliminated all plastic use. Apple continues to... Read more
Google’s AI Mode Update Tries to Kill Tab Hopping in Chrome
You’ll never have to worry about the dozens of tabs open on your desktop again. In fact, you’ll never even have to leave AI Mode, Google’s chatbot-style search tool, at all. That’s the idea behind Google Chrome’s latest update. Starting today in the US, if you click a hyperlink... Read more
AI lowered the cost of building software. Enterprise governance hasn’t caught up
Presented by Retool The logic used to be: buying software is cheaper, faster, and safer for most use cases. Building was reserved for companies with large engineering teams, deep pockets, and problems so specific that no vendor could address them. But now, the cost to code a piece of... Read more