2026-08-05

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week. [...]

2026-08-05

TikTok kept a safety fix from 15 million US users “by design,” a sealed document shows. One was a teenager who died.

In 2021, TikTok changed its algorithm to stop users being flooded with harmful content. But it did not give the safer version to everyone. It held 10% of US users on the old version, about 15 million people at the time. It wanted to test whether the safer feed was less addictive. That is according […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-05

Xbox's devastating July was inevitable

"It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio." [...]

2026-08-05

Sunbird's iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu

This was one of the interoperability tools people used before Apple adopted RCS. [...]

2026-08-05

Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping

The company is also planning to retire its public API. [...]

2026-08-05

Private Internet Access just more than doubled its streaming VPN server network

Private Internet Access has more than doubled its Streaming Optimized network to 35 locations, adding 22 new countries across five regions that appear automatically in the app. [...]

2026-08-05

In a rare win for PC builders, Corsair's 32GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 memory gets a big discount

High memory prices make this Corsair 32GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 deal welcome news for cash-strapped PC builders. [...]

2026-08-05

Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for

SMOKE#SCREEN is a dangerous campaign that evolves over time to avoid being spotted by defenders. [...]

2026-08-05

Save $220 on Dell's 16-inch 2K touchscreen laptop — perfect for business and the back-to-school season

Dell makes back-to-school shopping easier with $220 off its stunning 16-inch 2K touchscreen laptop. [...]