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.

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

California has taken a major step into the evolving debate over how to protect minors online, approving a far-reaching law that will change how digital platforms handle age data.

A one-man company named Whitehorn Ltd. Co. recently announced that DR-DOS is coming back. The "new" text-based operating ...