The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access "harmful" content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe. To prove you're an adult, you may have to upload your ID or submit to an age-verifying face scan. Members of Congress considered 19 online safety bills Tuesday that may soon have a major impact on the future of the internet as age-verification laws have spread to half of the US and around the world .

"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this," says the famous quote from the iconic game The Legend of Zelda. In life, it is dangerous to go it alone--and having a supportive community is critical, particularly for people experiencing mental health challenges. This memorable line of dialog inspired the name of the nonprofit Take This, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in November. The organization has been promoting mental health by combating toxicity in the gaming space for the past decade, and its reach and impact continue to grow and create positive change.

Cybercrime is constantly finding new ways to wreak havoc, steal your private information, and commit all kinds of mischief. New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have already been leveraged by hackers and cyber criminals for their malicious intents. "At the heart of the Internet culture is a force that wants to find out everything about you. And once it has found out everything about you and two hundred million others, that's a very valuable asset, and people will be tempted to trade and do commerce with that asset." Join nearly 200,000 subscribers who receive actionable tech insights from Techopedia.

Rogue drones have nearly caused air accidents, have been used as offensive weapons, to deliver drugs to prisoners, and to spy on people. So how can we fight back? This summer a packed Airbus A321 came within 100ft (30m) of disaster after encountering a drone at 15,500ft. And the number of near-misses of this sort has trebled over the last three years, with 92 incidents reported last year in the UK alone. Dozens were classified as involving a serious chance of a collision.