Group chats aren’t just side conversations anymore — they’re the default way teens stay connected. According to the Pew Research Center, 95% of U.S. teens have access to a smartphone, and 97% use the ...

For much of the last decade, conversational AI was a polite front door. It answered questions and collected details, then handed the hard parts to people. In 2025, a different pattern is taking hold.

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...

Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival. Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, ...

X Chat is finally official as the rollout begins for iOS and web users. Android users are expected to get the update soon. The upgraded X Chat introduces end-to-end encryption, voice and video call ...

Valve launched the Steam Controller a decade ago. It was designed to make traditional PC games playable on TVs in tandem with the original Steam Machine, which never took off. Now, Valve has announced ...

A new real-time imaging study reveals that VR gaming rapidly reshapes the eye’s protective tear layer, raising its temperature and thickening its lipid film. However, overall tear stability and ...

Having more options is always better - until it's not. Doctors face this paradox daily when choosing treatment plans for patients, especially under the pressure of packed clinical schedules. Too few ...

I've developed what I can only describe as a begrudging respect for Meta's hardware output right now. I've bought almost every Meta headset to date, and unboxing the first one in the Summer of 2020 is ...

Lately it seems I can't get through a day without hearing how artificial intelligence is going to change life and work as we know it. In fact, AI has come up in nearly every conversation I've had with ...