Microsoft Hits a New Low

Microsoft's family safety feature has been blocking Google Chrome for weeks without official acknowledgment, forcing users to rename Chrome.exe to bypass the restriction. Meanwhile, AI search tools are dramatically reducing web traffic to publishers, with crawler-to-visitor ratios jumping from 1:2 to 1:18 in recent years. Other tech news includes Adobe's new iPhone camera app with advanced computational photography, AMD's upcoming Threadripper 9000 processors, and a SpaceX Starship explosion during pre-launch testing.