Chris Siebenmann, a University of Toronto computer science staff member, is blocking web crawlers using outdated Chrome user agents to reduce load on his blog Wandering Thoughts, a measure that has in…
A blog owner is blocking old browser versions to combat high-volume crawlers suspected of gathering data for LLM training, causing feed readers like Inoreader and Feedly to display error pages instead…
A web server operator is blocking old browser versions, especially Chrome, to mitigate high-volume crawlers suspected of gathering data for LLM training, causing access issues for legitimate users. Th…
Tech advice journalist offers a guide for users who want to avoid AI features in apps and operating systems, including disabling AI in Google Search, Chrome, Gmail, Microsoft 365, and Apple Intelligen…
A blog administrator reports that high-volume crawlers, including those from Inoreader, Feedly, and archive.* services, are using old browser user agents to scrape content, likely for LLM training, ca…
A blog owner is blocking old browser user agents to combat high-volume crawlers, including those used for LLM training, causing legitimate users of outdated browsers to be denied access. The block als…
A 1971 protocol called Finger, which predates the World Wide Web, allows users to share personal status updates and files through a terminal without a graphical interface or JavaScript. The protocol, …
Two popular web browsers, Vivaldi and Firefox, are overhauling their user interfaces. Vivaldi has already released version 8.0 with a redesigned UI that retains extensive customization options, while …
Vivaldi 8 introduces a unified user interface revamp that gives the browser a cleaner, more polished appearance. Unlike its competitors, the update focuses on design improvements without integrating a…
Vivaldi 8.0 introduces a new "Unified" design that removes visual boundaries between browser components, creating a single, cohesive surface for tabs, toolbars, and panels. The update also offers six …