Snapchat introduces new safety features to limit bad actors from contacting users

Snapchat on Tuesday announced a new suite of safety features, including updates to its account blocking functionality and enhanced friending safeguards, making it difficult for strangers to contact users on its platform. The new move comes amid concerns over predators exploiting teens on social media apps, which often results in severe incidents, including sextortion. One … Read more

UK retailer GAME denies reports that it will stop selling physical games in-store

UK retailer GAME has denied reports that it will stop selling physical games in-store. This initial report came from Gfinity Esports, who claimed that sources told the publication that the storefront will no longer carry gaming related stock and that gaming hardware and software will only be available on a pre-order basis. However, according to … Read more

‘Satisfying and honorable for both of them’: House of the Dragon season 2 just solved one of Fire and Blood’s biggest lingering mysteries

Full spoilers follow for House of the Dragon season 2. House of the Dragon season 2 episode 2 is out now – and the hit show’s latest chapter all but answers one of its source material’s biggest lingering mysteries. The Max show’s latest entry, titled ‘Rhaenyra the Cruel’, follows hot on the heels of its … Read more

Ilya Sutskever isn’t done working on AI safety

Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, Ilya Sutskever launched a new AI company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), just one month after formally leaving OpenAI. Sutskever, alongside Jan Leike, was integral to OpenAI’s efforts to … Read more