Monday, November 18, 2024

Roblox unveils new parental controls, limits messaging for users under 13

The log-in screen of Roblox is pictured on an iPad screen. It shows colourful images of Roblox gameplay behind the white Roblox title and the log-in prompts.

Video game maker Roblox said on Monday that it is implementing new safety measures for users under 13, including permanently removing the ability to message others outside games on its platform.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/roblox-parental-controls-1.7386393?cmp=rss

Jury selection starts in Minnesota trial of 2 men charged after family died crossing Manitoba-U.S. border

A man, a woman, a young girl and an infant boy sit together and smile.

A trial in Minnesota for two men accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in Manitoba as they tried to make it across in 2022, starts this morning with jury selection.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/steve-shand-harshkumar-patel-trial-starts-1.7385110?cmp=rss

Trump isn't yet U.S. president, but his plans for the war in Ukraine loom large over G20

A demonstrator waves a mini U.S. flag and wears a mask featuring another person's face.

The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, which begins Monday, is already impacted by ever-evolving geopolitical events, regardless of host Brazil’s official theme of fighting hunger, poverty and inequality.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-ukraine-war-g20-1.7385857?cmp=rss

Sunday, November 17, 2024

In major reversal, Biden reportedly OKs use of U.S. arms by Ukraine to strike inside Russia

A taller grey-haired man in a suit, puts his hand on the shoulder of a shorter, bearded man in a green button-up shirt.

The move, widely reported in the U.S. but not confirmed by the White House or State Department, follows months of pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow Ukraine's military to use U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-us-arms-approval-1.7385817?cmp=rss

Bureaucratic mishap brings happy ending to ban on controversial Salman Rushdie book in India

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An Indian court has overturned a 36-year-old order banning the import of copies of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses because nobody could find the original order.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/salman-rushdie-book-ban-court-1.7384820?cmp=rss