Scammers are exploiting a real Microsoft email address to send phishing links. Here's how to spot it and how to stay safe.

Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites. U.K.-based ...

The porn giant blocked its content from new UK users in February but says device-based age verification is more secure than third-party sites. Three months after Pornhub blocked access to new users in ...

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Last fall, Apple launched a new Digital ID feature in the Wallet app. Now, that feature can officially be used as an age verification method in several cases on iPhone. Here’s what that means. Apple’s ...

Editor's take: Google is once again trying to simplify something that was already fairly easy and convenient. Mountain View's latest target is email-based authentication, which is now dropping the ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland will be required to verify their age later in 2026 in order to access certain features. The features that will require ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. PlayStation is preparing to lock key social features behind a new requirement, with players set to verify their age later this year to keep using common ...

Meeting platform Zoom has announced a partnership with World, Sam Altman’s human ID verification company, to ensure that the people attending meetings are actually human and not AI-generated imposters ...

Anthropic has started rolling out identity verification on Claude "for a few use cases." The company didn't list out those use cases in its announcement, but we've asked it for details and will update ...

VerificarEmails has announced the launch of its next-generation email verification service, achieving up to 99.8% accuracy and setting a new benchmark in the industry. By combining traditional ...

Email continues to be a popular avenue for scammers who want to steal consumers’ personal and financial information. To trick consumers into clicking links and providing personal information, scammers ...