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Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13

The Independent UK

Bluesky exits Mississippi over age verification row

Bluesky now blocks all traffic coming from Mississippi's IP addresses, but a VPN could help you get back online. Here's all you need to know.

TechRadar

"Dropping the GTA of indie games with 2 weeks notice makes everyone freak out": Devs wanted to "fight Silksong," but it's added another body to its kill count with delay of Persona-inspired tactics RPG

Demonschool is delayed until November

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Bluesky Blocks Mississippi Users

Age verification laws are already coming for Americans’ access to free speech.

Reason

Bluesky blocks app in US state over new law

Social media app says Mississippi’s HB 1126 law has serious free speech and privacy implications

The Independent UK

Bluesky goes dark in Mississippi over 'likely unconstitutional' age verification law

The law requires social media sites to verify and track the ages of all users in the state.

PC Gamer

Former Diablo head now in charge of next BioShock — He might be able to save the troubled series (again)

Rod Fergusson, formerly head of Diablo at Blizzard Entertainment, is the new studio head of Cloud Chamber, the team working on the next BioShock game.

Windows Central

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JD Vance ‘sitting at the kids table’ as Trump-Zelensky talked draws raves: ‘See how much smoother things go’

It was a sharp contrast to Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump in March, when the vice president berated him for not saying ‘thank you’ enough

The Independent UK

Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad

The Guardian - US

125 Hilarious Tweets From July That Slapped Harder Than A Mosquito Bite

Is Twitter (X) the ultimate gift that keeps on giving?

Bored Panda

New data shows Xbox is utterly dominating PlayStation's storefront — accounting for 60% of the Q2 top 10 game sales spots

Imagine this scenario a few years ago. It's no longer PlayStation, but Xbox itself that is now the biggest sales force on Sony's own console ecosystem.

Windows Central

Viral horror game Mouthwashing no longer appears in Itch.io search results, but that's not because of the new crackdown on NSFW games, marketplace confirms

Mouthwashing hasn't been indexed on Itch.io since last October

GamesRadar

The Age-Gated Internet Is Here

Goodbye, online anonymity.

Reason

"It might be porn games now, but they won't stop there": Game devs join players and artists rallying against credit card companies after mass NSFW game delisting

Meanwhile, Itch posts and hastily deletes an endorsement of AI-generated messaging

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The MMQB’s All-Quarter Century Team From 2000 Through 2025

Our NFL writers and editors voted on the best players at every position over the past 25 years. Here are our 78 players deserving of honors.

Bluesky’s bringing in UK age verification – expect other social networks to follow

The Online Safety Act starts to bite, and it applies to all kinds of social networks and services.

Benzinga

Musk Vs Zuckerberg: Two Richest Men Battle Over Daily Social Media Users

Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg almost ended up in a cage fight over their competing social media platforms. Musk may not want to look at the latest metrics from X rival Threads, or he could be proposing a cage match again.

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John Cusack shares ‘anti-Semitic’ post and then deletes it, but the internet remembers!

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Mark Cuban Says Med School Should Be Free—'For $10B A Year, We Would See A Change In The Profession, Career Paths, And The Cost Of Care'

Billionaire Mark Cuban is doubling down on his idea that medical school in the U.S. should be tuition-free. “There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For $10B a year, med school could be free,” Cuban said recently on Bluesky.

The Independent UK

The Latest: US says foreign students seeking visas must unlock social media accounts

The U.S. State Department says it is restarting the process for foreigners to apply for student visas but says all applicants must have their social media accounts set to ‘public’ to allow review by officials

Salon

The cringe-ification of protest

Social media is undermining the power of protest by framing it as "cringe," making the front line of change weaker

Salon

NYC Democrats condemn Lander arrest

Lander has been charged with assaulting law enforcement, but video shows that federal agents were the aggressors

The Independent UK

Former Coast Guard officer and sharpshooter accused of threatening to assassinate Trump

Peter Andrew Stinson allegedly began making threats against Trump as early as 2020, say prosecutors

Fortune

Bluesky is backfiring. Mark Cuban says the 'lack of diversity of thought' is actually pushing users back to X

The billionaire argues Bluesky’s liberal-heavy user base creates an echo chamber.

GamesRadar

Days Gone studio Sony Bend reportedly lays off 30% of its staff as it works on new game following live service cancelation

About 40 people have been impacted by the Bend Studio layoffs

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