Texas has become the second US state to pass a law requiring age verification on app stores, thrusting Apple and Google at the centre of an escalating global debate over online child safety and user data privacy.

Texas has reached a landmark $1.375 billion settlement with Google, the largest ever obtained by a single state for data privacy violations. The se

Google's newest storefront is opening this week in Austin. The store will open its doors to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, May 30.

Research conducted by WordUnscrambler.pro analyzed Google search data from Jan. 1, 2025, to May 19, 2025, and revealed the most misspelled words searched for Texas and the rest of the United States.

As the state seeks to put guardrails around the fast-growing technology, some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect citizens while industry worries about stifling innovation.