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A Google spokesperson.
A Google spokesperson responded to Engadget,
clarifying that if websites block the bot,
they will still show up in standard search results,
but they won't be included in other search features like Snippet and Google discover.
That's really nice of Google to only abuse their monopoly on search engines a little bit.
The Department of Justice is currently mulling whether to break up Google,
or to force it to share data with competitors after the tech giant lost its big search antitrust case.
But I hope the DOJ considers how good Google behaves sometimes.
They just added better source citations to AI overviews,
so you can find exactly where it got the idea that the force
is real and you're just not trying hard enough.
Squeeze, Try squeezing.
Oh, the quick bits.
Oh yeah.
Coming right up, Jacob.
Are you ready for this?
Let's go.
ARM is working on a GPU that will compete with Nvidia and Intel
according to sources who spoke to Israeli business outlet Globes.
Of course, Arm already makes GPUs that compete with those companies in their Snapdragon X Windows laptops.
They just compete badly.
Up to a hundred engineers are reportedly working on this new GPU,
which sounds like it'll either be a discrete gaming GPU or an AI accelerator,
which is just a graphics card used solely to make the internet worse.
About a week after confirming that they'll let you install SteamOS, on Windows handhelds,
Valve has released official drivers for Steam Deck
to allow owners to install and run Windows if they want to.
Maybe you want to run unsupported games or emulators,
or maybe you just like to suffer.
Either way, Valve has you covered.
Now, having said that, the drivers aren't perfect.
For example, the Windows audio drivers don't support the Steam Deck's speakers yet
just headphones and Bluetooth audio.
So I can play Fortnite on my Steam Deck
and I won't be able to hear any of the eight-year-olds that don't know how to mute their mic?
Sign me up.
Did they say mean things to you, Jacob?
An ISP in the US is petitioning the Supreme Court
to overturn a ruling that would require them to disconnect customers accused of piracy.
It's a very serious issue being championed by a company with a very silly name, Cox Communications.
As the ruling currently stands,
Americans could be cut off from the internet just because they, or someone whom they share a network with,
received a couple of unproven accusations of copyright infringement.
I think it's unbelievable that a US court made
a decision so bad that an internet service provider is accidentally taking a pro-consumer stance.
What is this?
What's happening?
A team of researchers has published a paper
suggesting that bikes could be hacked.
Specifically, professional-grade bikes that have wireless gear-shifting systems,
such as those made by Shimano.
Is that okay?
Scientists found that the signals put out by these
bikes were interceptable from up to 10 yards away,
allowing hackers to shift a victim's gears
or even jam gear-shifting on a specific bike.
Fortunately, Shimano has already patched the vulnerabilities,
which is unfortunate for those of us who thought the Tour de France might finally become exciting.
And an international group of researchers have proposed improvements to modern telecommunications systems.
All we have to do is start using electromagnetic vortex cannons,
which I thought was kind of obvious, but thanks.
The cannons in question create toroidal vortexes, like a smoke ring,
but made out of rotating electromagnetic waves instead of dank vape clouds.
The vortexes can carry more information than traditional electromagnetic wave structures,
are more resilient to environmental disturbances,
meaning they could be used to send data over long distances.
But the main thing,
and I can't stress this enough,
they're called electromagnetic vortex cannons.
What, we're just not gonna use them?
Hey, why don't you hop on a vortex cannon
and surf some electromagnetic waves back over here on Monday?
There's gonna be tech news,
and I could show you this trick where I blow a smoke ring and then blow a smoke pirate ship through it.
I've never done it before,
but I've got a good feeling about Monday.
Well, well, well.
Look what the cat dragged in.
I'm just kidding.
It's great to see you.
Also, that's a weird insult.
Microsoft has apparently patched a popular loophole
that allowed users to install Windows 11 on PCs
that don't meet the outlandish hardware requirements.
Why convince people to download your OS
when you can just make it harder to upgrade
for those who actually want to?
This particular trick allowed anyone to bypass
the TPM 2.0 chip requirement of Windows 11
by tricking the OS's setup file into thinking your machine was a server.
Not a host.
That's another computer and restaurant word.
Unfortunately, Twitter user TheBobPony
discovered that the most recent insider build of Windows now
also requires servers to have TPM 2.0 support.
This isn't the case in normal Windows yet,
but chances are they'll be rolling out an update soon.
And that could leave you with a non-functional system
if you use this workaround to install Windows 11.