Guides
A Deep Dive Into Roblox’s Age Verification Fiasco
Roblox says age checks will protect kids. Users say it’s buggy, invasive, and easy to bypass. Here’s what’s happening and why it matters.
Roblox
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Roblox Face Scans, Cloudflare Chaos, Nvidia 2030, and Hypersonic Everything
A snark-packed roundup of the week’s tech chaos—from Roblox face scans to Nvidia 2030, Cloudflare outages, hypersonics, VisualScale.ai, and OpenAI drama.
Roblox
Roblox’s Face-Scan Safety Theater Is Even Worse When You Hear the CEO Explain It
Roblox’s CEO says face scans and A.I. make kids safer. Lawsuits, predators, and biometric “safety theater” suggest otherwise. Here’s why parents shouldn’t buy it.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: From Apple’s Petty Bans to Roblox’s Bankruptcy Sim
From Fortnite’s continued exile on iOS to Roblox launching a virtual mall for teens with no money, Silicon Valley is once again proving that innovation mostly just means “inventing new ways to part fools from their funds.”
Launch
Roblox Turns Into a Mall So Gen Z Can Go Bankrupt in Both Realities
Roblox has finally answered the question no one asked: what if your 13-year-old could impulse-buy lip gloss and a dragon sword in the same click?
Gaming
Roblox: The Lottery That Trains Kids to Spend, Not Win
After reading the BBC’s coverage of Roblox and its CEO’s rather hands-off stance on content moderation, I felt compelled as a parent to give this game the snark it deserves.