Is This Why YouTube Age Verifying?
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, we look at a new law that may be why YouTube is checking your age. Also, Universal Basic Income is being proposed again. We also look at several other relevant news articles.

Is This Why YouTube Age Verifying?
https://legiscan.com/MS/text/HB1126/id/2988284

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/federal-courts/scotus-leaves-likely-unconstitutional-mississippi-social-media-law-in-place-for-now/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a97_5h25.pdf

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/24/bluesky-blocks-service-in-mississippi-over-age-assurance-law/

https://cybernews.com/privacy/youtube-ai-age-verification-launch/

UBI Is Back
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/27/911-centers-are-so-understaffed-theyre-turning-to-ai-to-answer-calls/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/robomart-unveils-new-delivery-robot-with-3-flat-fee-to-challenge-doordash-uber-eats/

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/former-openai-researcher-says-10-000-monthly-ubi-the-only-way-to-survive-job-collapse

https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/former-openai-researcher-says-a-dollar10000-monthly-ubi-will-be-feasible-with-ai/tkvwymm

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-basic-income-study-results-2024-7

Quicklines
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/08/grok-chats-show-up-in-google-searches

https://securityaffairs.com/181430/security/after-sharepoint-attacks-microsoft-stops-sharing-poc-exploit-code-with-china.html

https://securityaffairs.com/181422/cyber-crime/former-developer-jailed-after-deploying-kill-switch-malware-at-ohio-firm.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/enterprise-security-faces-new-challenge-as-attackers-master-art-of-digital-impersonation

https://nurse.org/news/pregnancy-robot-artificial-womb-china/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/microsoft-ai-chief-says-its-dangerous-to-study-ai-consciousness/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/08/ai-browsers-could-leave-users-penniless-a-prompt-injection-warning

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/ecosia-has-offered-to-take-stewardship-of-chrome-and-its-not-a-bad-idea/

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/best-buy-just-announced-an-expanded-online-marketplace-and-its-great-news-for-4k-blu-ray-fans

https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/google-messages-is-getting-a-new-weapon-to-keep-you-safe-from-impersonation-scams-heres-how-it-works

SillyVille
https://www.techradar.com/pro/now-thats-an-embarassing-u-turn-bank-forced-to-rehire-human-workers-after-their-ai-replacement-fail-to-perform

https://notthebee.com/article/south-korea-is-now-using-holographic-police-to-fight-crime/

https://notthebee.com/article/a-potential-active-shooter-at-the-university-of-south-carolina-turned-out-to-be-a-student-carrying-an-umbrella/

https://notthebee.com/article/florida-man-arrested-after-he-tried-to-get-his-drug-carrying-drone-back-from-a-home-he-crashed-it-into/