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Search ROAS often looks strong only because paid social is running alongside it, generating brand awareness that later surfaces as branded search queries search then gets credited for capturing. Last-click attribution can't see social impressions that never converted directly, creating a structural bias where search inherits demand it didn't create. The effect is delayed by four to eight weeks, so teams that cut social based on isolated ROAS comparisons often see search CPAs climb months later without connecting the two. Geo holdout tests and brand search volume tracking are the more reliable way to measure the actual cross-channel effect.

A critical vulnerability in the Cursor IDE allows automatic execution of malicious binaries placed in project repositories without user interaction, yet despite multiple disclosures over seven months.

The Terraform MCP server lets AI agents access live, version-specific Terraform Registry documentation and HCP Terraform tools to generate more accurate infrastructure as code, while running locally with least privilege credentials, destructive operations disabled by default, and confirmation recommended for infrastructure-changing actions.