The 9,000+ people laid off by Microsoft's gaming division in early July include 200 employees of the King studio, known for Candy Crush Saga. Reportedly, they were replaced with AI tools that the employees themselves helped develop and train.

According to internal sources at King, developers have spent years building proprietary generative AI tools to optimize tasks such as level creation, interface design, scriptwriting, and quality assurance. These AI systems, trained on employee-generated content, now perform work more efficiently and at a lower cost than before. Some employees have described the shift as a “dystopian” transformation of their creative workflows.

iQOO confirms most of the Z10R's specs

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Realme Buds T200 Are Coming July 24 — Entry-Level? Maybe, But Don’t Dismiss Them Yet
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/07/18/realme-buds-t200-are-coming-july-24-entry-level-maybe-but-dont-dismiss-them-yet/

Lenovo Xiaoxin Pro GT: Flagship Specs in a Shockingly Thin Body
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/07/18/lenovo-xiaoxin-pro-gt-flagship-specs-thin-body/

The Redmi 15C’s Leaked Specs Seem Too Good To Be True
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/07/18/the-redmi-15cs-leaked-specs-seem-too-good-to-be-true/

OpenAI announces ChatGPT Agent – its agentic AI that does tasks for you

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🚨 New malware “LAMEHUG” uses a coding LLM to generate real-time attack commands—no scripts needed.

Discovered by Ukraine CERT, it runs through Hugging Face and was sent by APT28 to target officials.

This changes how phishing works → https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/cert-ua-discovers-lamehug-malware.html

🚨 Ransomware now wipes backups, steals data & blocks recovery.

Old backup plans won’t cut it.

SMBs lose ₹45L/day to downtime — not counting trust & revenue loss.

Build real cyber resilience now ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/how-cyber-resilience-helps-it-defend-against-ransomwa.html

TCP-in-UDP Solution (eBPF)
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#A16 #Official #TD #GSI #WitAqua #LineageOS

Build Date: 2025 07 18
July Security Patch

WitAqua 3.0 | A16 QPR0 | TREBLE GSI OFFICIAL-signed

Changelog:

New treble app interface, with material3 and some fixes.
Treble Settings is now in the launcher, but also in settings/system (the reason for this is that the app disappears on some devices)
Added overlay for samsung a23
Added overlay for hotwav w10 pro
Added Patch for incoming calls (but this still depends on your vendor).
Added Patch for installing and uninstalling apps.
Device name is recognized by default without the need for the treblegsiprops module.
Treble Settings (Added buttons)
Freeform
Circle to search

Notes

Disable blur in treble settings (optional)

SCREENSHOTS - LINK
SUPPORT GROUP - LINK

Maintainer: Doze-off
Download: LINK

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Inspect ANSI control codes and escape sequences
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⚡ Why Are We Addicted to Our Phones?

During my talk at The People's Reset, I explored what makes our devices so addictive—drawing from Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke. Dopamine is our motivation molecule—the driver of action and reward. In one study, mice without dopamine didn’t even have the motivation to eat. That’s how critical it is.

Smartphones hijack this system, giving us constant dopamine hits that train our brains to crave more… and more.

🎥 Watch the full talk at: https://above.sh/Eqfrvk

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Realme 15 shows up in the Google Play Console, has more specs confirmed

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The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups
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ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
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The EU can be shut down with a few keystrokes
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Nothing's Essential Space gets new updates

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Extensions can be a bigger problem than they solve. Careful which ones you use and keep them up to date. The Chrome Web Store is no go, but many still like extensions for Librewolf/Firefox family of browsers. Keep in mind they add attack surface to the browser so weigh use carefully.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/browser-extensions-use-pc-for-web-scraping/

🚨 ALERT - Hackers exploited two Ivanti flaws as zero-days to drop stealth malware MDifyLoader—and run Cobalt Strike in memory.

It hides using DLL sideloading, evades detection, and keeps coming back.

Full story ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/ivanti-zero-days-exploited-to-drop.html

⚠️ WARNING - Fake CVs are being used to breach defense, energy & aviation sectors in Asia.

Espionage group UNG0002 is deploying Cobalt Strike, Shadow RAT & fake gov CAPTCHA pages in targeted attacks across China, Hong Kong & Pakistan.

Full breakdown → https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/ung0002-group-hits-china-hong-kong.html