A method for blocking macOS update notifications by redirecting the update catalog to an invalid URL using defaults write commands, offering a longer-lasting alternative to a previous 90-day solution. The technique involves modifying MobileAsset settings and can be reversed by restoring the correct catalog URL.
Reddit is blocking access on Firefox for Android when uBlock Origin is enabled, displaying an error message that prompts users to disable extensions or switch browsers. This follows Reddit's earlier decision to block old.reddit.com for unsigned-out users.
A census of the top 5,000 websites found that 368 sites block at least one AI search crawler (OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, or Claude-SearchBot) via robots.txt, preventing those engines from citing them. OAI-SearchBot is blocked by 240 sites, PerplexityBot by 358, and Claude-SearchBot by 249, with 200 sites blocking all three crawlers.