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Meta is facing serious scrutiny after more than fifty advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery ran across its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Some of those ads appeared as recently as this week, raising urgent questions about how content moderation systems failed so completely, and for so long.
Shifting to gaming, Microsoft's Xbox division is reckoning with a painful stretch that many analysts say was a long time coming. The company's aggressive studio acquisition strategy has collided with hard realities, and a quote from inside the industry captures the tension well — that it is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio. July's turbulence suggests that lesson may finally be sinking in.
And on the security front, researchers at Securonix have uncovered a malware campaign called SMOKE#SCREEN, where attackers are impersonating Zoom and Adobe update prompts to trick users into installing weaponized remote access software. The campaign targets both Windows and Mac users, and leverages trusted services like Dropbox and Cloudflare to slip past defenses. Verify your updates through official channels only.
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