After weeks of gradually locking the door, Character.ai decided on Tuesday that the digital kids needed a time-out. The company has now fully blocked anyone under 18 from using its open-ended chatbots ...

Megan Garcia, a mom who filed a suit against Character AI in a Florida court, said her 14-year-old son, Sewell, was ...

Roblox is one of the world’s most popular kids’ games, but lawsuits around the country allege predators are hiding in plain sight.

Developers have proposed an 18-story apartment project at 5115 Ogan Road in Carpinteria. Credit: Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo A developer has proposed an 18-story, 130-unit apartment project in ...

When Kendrick Constant glanced at his phone one afternoon in 2018, he noticed dozens of text messages rolling in from a cluster of retired fifty-something investment bankers trading jokes and ...

Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an ...

Apple likes to keep its own counsel. So, if as a journalist you ask, “What’s coming next?” you will find the answer, though more elegantly framed, just means “I’m not telling you that.” Even so, what ...

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton met at the intersection of a wrong number and a bold invitation. A decade later, they’re still celebrating Thanksgiving together and their unlikely friendship continues to ...

Cooper Flagg is the future of the Dallas Mavericks. He might as well be the present too. With a 35-point performance against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, the phenom joined LeBron James as the ...

Ohio, you have a winner. A lucky ticketholder who purchased a Mega Millions ticket in South Euclid, Ohio, is the winner of the game's $112 million jackpot. The as-of-yet-unnamed winner has 180 days to ...

"We were looking forward to seeing her grow," grandfather Jeffrey Kepner said. What started as a dream vacation soon thrust a tight-knit blended family into shock and anguish when one of their own, a ...

Latter-day Saint missionaries are entering a new age of equality. It’s 18. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that it is lowering the minimum age for female missionaries ...