Twitch says it’s getting better at detecting and blocking young users

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch is cracking down on accounts belonging to users under the age of 13 as part of its efforts to protect children on the platform. In a post on Twitch’s safety center, the Amazon-owned company announced that it’s improving its methods for detecting and terminating the accounts belonging…

Musk breaks promise to form Twitter moderation panel, blames activists

Enlarge (credit: Theo Wargo / Staff | WireImage) When “Chief Twit” Elon Musk launched a poll to decide whether to reinstate Donald Trump’s Twitter account, many wondered what happened to Musk’s plan to form a “widely diverse” content moderation council to help him weigh any decisions to reverse permabans. He had announced that plan after…

These robots can build almost anything—including clones of themselves

Prepare to familiarize yourself with ‘voxels.’. MIT News It’s robots all the way down: Researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) are developing a mind-bending new variety of fully autonomous machines capable of working together to assemble almost any conceivable structure or product, including bigger iterations of themselves as their projects scale larger….

Vestaboard’s Black Friday free shipping is a big deal on a big display

Vestaboard is offering free shipping on all Black Friday orders with the promo code SHIPNOW. Vestaboard We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Vestaboard’s smart messaging display is one of the most unique gadgets we’ve seen, and the company is offering a surprisingly…

How startups can lower their chance of a down round in a downturn

Here on the eve of Thanksgiving in the United States, this column spent a good portion of the morning hunting up something to be thankful for in startup land. There are options: The world has never been more software-centric, meaning that the core startup product is well-aligned with long-term macroeconomic trends. That’s good. Consumers are…