The government of California is implementing a law that requires operating system providers to implement some form of age ...

California's Digital Age Assurance Act forces all operating systems to track user ages and share data with apps, creating compliance nightmares for privacy-focused Linux distributions.

A new California state law requires all operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, to have an age verification ...

Assembly Bill 1043 becomes a law in California in January 2027, and will require every operating system to have age verification in account setup.

Lawmakers argue the rule could make the web safer for children, while privacy advocates warn that OS-level age flags normalize user-level tracking.

The London-based British Linux distributor Canonical has just released Ubuntu 23.10 (“Mantic Minotaur”), the latest version of its extremely popular Linux distribution, which is mainly aimed at ...