A mathematical trick speeds up seismic calculations for earthquake simulations and could revolutionize earthquake preparedness.

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, created the virtual “experience” on the online gaming platform Roblox before his terrifying real-life rampage, a rep for the company confirmed.

Plenty of our childhoods had at least one math teacher who made the (ultimately erroneous) claim that we needed to learn to do math because we wouldn’t always have a calculator in our ...

In the Forgotten Deep of Abyss, you can find a mad little Scientist standing next to a portable toilet. That portable toilet is actually a teleporter, and the ...

Just days after launching, Roblox’s much-hyped AI-powered age verification system is a complete mess. Roblox’s face scanning system, which estimates peoples’ ages before they can access the platform’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starting January 7, players in the US and abroad will need to submit to facial age estimation via a selfie. Users 13 years of age ...

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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

The online gaming platform “Roblox” will begin using AI technology to scan users’ faces for age verification. Roblox's senior director of product policy, Eliza Jacobs, spoke with NBC News’ Tom Llamas ...