**Google Bot Blocking Conundrum**

A peculiar situation has arisen regarding Google's bot that scans websites for relevance and accuracy. Some websites have chosen to block this bot, supposedly as a way to protect their content from being deemed irrelevant. However, blocking the bot proved to be a clever move by these websites, indicating that they were aware of its presence and wanted to maintain control over how their content was perceived online. A Google spokesperson clarified that while blocking the bot may prevent it from displaying in search results, it would not affect other search features such as Snippets and Google Discover.

This clarification highlights the complexities of search engine optimization (SEO) and the delicate balance between website owners and search engines like Google. As the Department of Justice considers breaking up Google or forcing it to share data with competitors following a significant antitrust case, it is interesting to note that Google has demonstrated its commitment to improving its search functionality. For instance, the company has recently added better source citations to AI overviews, making it easier for users to verify the accuracy of information.

**Delete Me: A Family-Friendly Data Cleanup Service**

In a separate news item, a new service called Delete Me has emerged as a solution for individuals and families looking to protect their personal data from online snoops and scams. The company offers family plans that cover each member's unique needs, ensuring that sensitive information remains secure and private. This is particularly important for families with children who may be vulnerable to online exploitation.

Delete Me's services are designed to provide peace of mind for users, allowing them to focus on their daily lives without worrying about the security of their personal data. By offering a comprehensive solution for managing online presence, Delete Me has made it easier for people to take control of their digital lives and protect themselves from potential threats.

**ARM's Ambitious GPU Project**

In the world of technology, news is always abuzz with announcements of new and innovative products. Recently, ARM (Advanced Micro Devices) announced that engineers are working on a revolutionary new GPU that could potentially rival Nvidia and Intel in terms of performance. According to sources, this new GPU will be designed for both gaming and AI applications.

ARM has already made significant strides in the field of mobile processing with its Snapdragon X series processors, which have gained widespread acceptance among manufacturers. The news of this new GPU project suggests that ARM is expanding its capabilities into the high-end market, where other companies currently dominate. With its track record of delivering innovative technology, it will be interesting to see how ARM's new GPU performs in the marketplace.

**Steam Deck: Unlocking Windows on a Gaming Device**

Valve Corporation has taken an unexpected step by releasing official drivers for the Steam Deck, their popular handheld gaming device. These drivers allow owners to install and run Windows on their Steam Deck, opening up possibilities for users who want to experiment with unsupported games or emulators.

However, it's worth noting that these drivers are not without their limitations. For example, they don't currently support Windows audio drivers for the Steam Deck speakers, forcing users to rely on headphones or Bluetooth audio instead. Despite this caveat, the release of official drivers marks an exciting development in the world of gaming hardware and software.

**ISP Petition: Reversing a Ruling on Internet Disconnections**

A US internet service provider (ISP) has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that would require them to disconnect customers accused of piracy. This decision, made by a lower court, is seen as an overreach by some who argue that it sets a perilous precedent for online freedom.

The ISP in question, Cox Communications, argues that this ruling would unfairly penalize innocent users and disrupt the online community. The situation highlights concerns about online censorship and the delicate balance between intellectual property rights and individual freedoms. As the Supreme Court weighs in on this issue, it remains to be seen whether the ruling will be reversed or remain in place.

**Cybersecurity: Bikes Can Be Hacked**

Researchers have revealed that professional-grade bikes with wireless gear shifting systems can be hacked using techniques similar to those used by cyber attackers. According to scientists, hackers could potentially manipulate a victim's gears or even jam their shifting system.

This discovery serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities present in seemingly secure technology. Fortunately, bike manufacturers like Shimano have already implemented patches to address these issues, providing peace of mind for cyclists who rely on their gear-shifting systems.

**Electromagnetic Vortex Cannons: The Future of Data Transmission**

In an unusual breakthrough, researchers have proposed a novel method of data transmission using electromagnetic vortex cannons. According to the team, these cannons create toroidal vortexes that can carry more information than traditional electromagnetic waves and are more resilient to environmental disturbances.

This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the way we transmit data over long distances. If successfully developed, electromagnetic vortex cannons could provide a secure and efficient means of communication in situations where traditional methods may be compromised.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's Tech news son Bam Bam you're not ready Apple's expected to unveil the iPhone 16 lineup in early September but I don't think anyone was expecting this leaked image of the iPhone 16 Pro in a color that can be charitably described as russet ochre I don't know why I'm pretending to do this we already made the thumbnail the leaker Sunny Dixon on Twitter actually that's just his name he actually posted the three other much more safe for the dinner table colors in July strangely omitting the fourth one presumably out of embarrassment it took him two weeks to muster the courage to finally be honest with the world fine it's a poop iPhone okay previous iPhone leaks have pointed to Apple going with a new color that could be described as Rose or bronze uh maybe indicating a color that looked different in separate environments with unique lighting I mean maybe this photo was taken in the same environment as Microsoft's chocolate brown Zoom from 2006 I we can't know yeah if I'm being completely honest I expect this phone to look a lot nicer in person but if I end up being disappointed at least that'll be consistent with current rumors about the iPhone 16 PR design which is expected to feature a new button for taking pictures and not much else one thing the new iPhones will definitely have though is fortnite in the EU anyway that's right epic games has finally managed to launch its epic game store app on iOS through sheer willpower and lots of loud complaining the process to install EGS on iOS can still be a bit confusing so epic posted a tutorial video which must have felt so good they're making the video just like flipping off a picture of Tim Cook on the wall throwing darts at it I feel nothing buy your mom one of these yeah yeah exactly yeah that was good that was good Jacob epic is also relaunching their store app on Android globally after handily winning their Play Store lawsuit against Google both platforms versions of EGS will host epic's own games like fortnite rocket League Sideswipe and fall guys with plans to host other developers apps in the future it's a triumphant moment but epic didn't want to celebrate alone so it awarded a mega Grant to alt store pal another IOS app Marketplace the amount of the monetary award was not disclosed but it's apparently enough to cover Apple's ridiculous core technology fee so alt store developer Riley tested is dropping the subscription fee and giving access to the store for free and that's how epic is going to win not by fighting what they hate by paying people to be their friends web Publishers have told Bloomberg Google has put them in a sticky situation either allow the Google bot web crawler to Slither all over their content and use it as fodder for the AI overviews most wellknown for telling people to literally eat rocks or block the crawler and not show up in search results since the same bot is responsible for both ah it's a real Catch 22 writes in gadget wrongly because it's not there's still the choice to block or not block so this is just a garden variety dilemma now if you had to be certifiably insane to block the Google bot but blocking it proved that you were sane that would be a catch22 what were we talking about a Google spokesperson how much of a nerd you are a Google spokesperson responded to in gadget 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 Snippets 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 clench your cheeks that's where the force comes from trying hard is overrated so just let our sponsor delete me take care of keeping your personal info personal trying to track down and delete your or your family's data off of services you don't use can take so long and now you missed another one of timmyyy soccer games you're traumatizing your kid and that's why delete me now has family plans to cover everyone each family member gets their own personalized data cleanup making sure that all that private info stays private from the kids to the grown-ups we've got everyone protected from online snoops and scams and managing it all too is easy peasy giving you peace of mind head on over to the video description to check out delete me today oh the quick bits oh yeah come 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 100 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 Steam OS 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 want to run unsupported games or emulators or maybe you just like to suffer either way valve has he covered now having said that the drivers aren't perfect for example the Windows audio drivers don't support the steam deck 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 no that's annoying 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 proon 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 I think that was still racially insensitive but 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 AIC specific bike fortunately Shimano has already patched the vulnerabilities which is unfortunate for those of us who thought the tour to France might finally become exciting and an international group of researchers have proposed improvements to Modern telecommunication 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 in 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 going to use them hey why don't you hop on a Vortex Cannon and surf some electromagnetic waves back over here on Monday There's going to be Tech news and I can 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 Mondayit's Tech news son Bam Bam you're not ready Apple's expected to unveil the iPhone 16 lineup in early September but I don't think anyone was expecting this leaked image of the iPhone 16 Pro in a color that can be charitably described as russet ochre I don't know why I'm pretending to do this we already made the thumbnail the leaker Sunny Dixon on Twitter actually that's just his name he actually posted the three other much more safe for the dinner table colors in July strangely omitting the fourth one presumably out of embarrassment it took him two weeks to muster the courage to finally be honest with the world fine it's a poop iPhone okay previous iPhone leaks have pointed to Apple going with a new color that could be described as Rose or bronze uh maybe indicating a color that looked different in separate environments with unique lighting I mean maybe this photo was taken in the same environment as Microsoft's chocolate brown Zoom from 2006 I we can't know yeah if I'm being completely honest I expect this phone to look a lot nicer in person but if I end up being disappointed at least that'll be consistent with current rumors about the iPhone 16 PR design which is expected to feature a new button for taking pictures and not much else one thing the new iPhones will definitely have though is fortnite in the EU anyway that's right epic games has finally managed to launch its epic game store app on iOS through sheer willpower and lots of loud complaining the process to install EGS on iOS can still be a bit confusing so epic posted a tutorial video which must have felt so good they're making the video just like flipping off a picture of Tim Cook on the wall throwing darts at it I feel nothing buy your mom one of these yeah yeah exactly yeah that was good that was good Jacob epic is also relaunching their store app on Android globally after handily winning their Play Store lawsuit against Google both platforms versions of EGS will host epic's own games like fortnite rocket League Sideswipe and fall guys with plans to host other developers apps in the future it's a triumphant moment but epic didn't want to celebrate alone so it awarded a mega Grant to alt store pal another IOS app Marketplace the amount of the monetary award was not disclosed but it's apparently enough to cover Apple's ridiculous core technology fee so alt store developer Riley tested is dropping the subscription fee and giving access to the store for free and that's how epic is going to win not by fighting what they hate by paying people to be their friends web Publishers have told Bloomberg Google has put them in a sticky situation either allow the Google bot web crawler to Slither all over their content and use it as fodder for the AI overviews most wellknown for telling people to literally eat rocks or block the crawler and not show up in search results since the same bot is responsible for both ah it's a real Catch 22 writes in gadget wrongly because it's not there's still the choice to block or not block so this is just a garden variety dilemma now if you had to be certifiably insane to block the Google bot but blocking it proved that you were sane that would be a catch22 what were we talking about a Google spokesperson how much of a nerd you are a Google spokesperson responded to in gadget 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 Snippets 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 clench your cheeks that's where the force comes from trying hard is overrated so just let our sponsor delete me take care of keeping your personal info personal trying to track down and delete your or your family's data off of services you don't use can take so long and now you missed another one of timmyyy soccer games you're traumatizing your kid and that's why delete me now has family plans to cover everyone each family member gets their own personalized data cleanup making sure that all that private info stays private from the kids to the grown-ups we've got everyone protected from online snoops and scams and managing it all too is easy peasy giving you peace of mind head on over to the video description to check out delete me today oh the quick bits oh yeah come 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 100 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 Steam OS 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 want to run unsupported games or emulators or maybe you just like to suffer either way valve has he covered now having said that the drivers aren't perfect for example the Windows audio drivers don't support the steam deck 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 no that's annoying 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 proon 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 I think that was still racially insensitive but 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 AIC specific bike fortunately Shimano has already patched the vulnerabilities which is unfortunate for those of us who thought the tour to France might finally become exciting and an international group of researchers have proposed improvements to Modern telecommunication 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 in 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 going to use them hey why don't you hop on a Vortex Cannon and surf some electromagnetic waves back over here on Monday There's going to be Tech news and I can 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\n"