Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here’s how it works.

Discord’s reversal followed a widespread user backlash, which also intensified scrutiny of the platform’s age-check partners.
Sentinel & Enterprise

Check fire, CO alarms with time change, officials urge

STOW — With daylight saving time beginning this weekend, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine is reminding residents to check their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they change their clocks. Daylight ...
WWLP-22News

Daylight Saving Time starts, check safety alarms

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Residents will set their clocks forward one hour this weekend as daylight saving time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. The “spring forward” transition marks the ...
Marietta Daily Journal

Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers

The company behind a network of automated license plate reading cameras is losing its public safety contracts across Silicon Valley. For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, ...
New York Post

Long Island grandpa peeved after PB4WEGO license plate revoked by DMV — now he’s asking governor to step in

A Long Island grandpa whose pee-themed license plate was revoked by the DMV is a wee bit peeved about the turnaround — and now he’s asking the governor for some relief. Seth Bykofsky, 69, said he was ...
TechCrunch

World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has secured a $200 million investment from software design giant Autodesk as part of a larger $1 billion round from backers, including AMD, Emerson Collective, Fidelity, Nvidia ...
PBS

Measure Limits Time License Plate Data Can Be Stored

Bill weighs crime-fighting needs against limits on license plate data storage. Crime-fighting versus privacy rights. That was the debate Tuesday during a House Judiciary committee hearing. House Bill ...
The Denver Post

Denver considers kicking out Flock — but still using license plate cameras

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver is considering ending its relationship with Flock, a controversial company that maintains a network of license-plate reading cameras in the city, but ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Lawrence city staff clarifies that homeowners planning to rent out rooms during World Cup must have a license

Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. Homeowners in Lawrence looking to rent out a spare room during the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer do need to have a ...
WWLP-22News

Massachusetts grants $3.6M to cut down school time-out rooms

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $3.6 million in competitive grants to 78 school districts and organizations to support the implementation of revised time-out regulations. In ...
Tampa Bay Times

Will Florida’s English-only driver’s license exams make roads safer? | Fact check

PolitiFact found no conclusive, large-scale studies measuring whether people who take driving exams in a foreign language pose a higher risk on the road. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and ...