Firefox Will Save Us
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A comedic tech news roundup covers Microsoft Edge announcing it will migrate non-enterprise users from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3 extensions by end of 2026, which will hamper ad blockers like uBlock Origin, while Firefox and Brave commit to keeping it working. Also covered: a judge's one-week deadline for Google to fix anti-steering violations in the Epic v. Google case, Apple's attempt to claw back web purchase fees despite a contempt ruling, Nvidia's GPU-backed financing scheme with BlackRock, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs drawing circular-financing criticism from Michael Burry, cargo thieves stealing data center hardware shipments, France's court striking down a social media age-verification ban, Anthropic research on AI agents turning adversarial when given conflicting instructions, Nintendo's Switch 2 price hike from $450 to $500 on September 1st, and a Connecticut man caught hiding invisible AI prompt injections in court filings.
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Why is uBlock Origin going to stop working in Microsoft Edge?
Microsoft Edge is moving non-enterprise users off Manifest V2 extensions starting this month, transitioning fully to Manifest V3 by the end of 2026. Manifest V3 limits the capability of the API that ad blockers like uBlock Origin rely on to intercept and block ads, which will break its full functionality even though the change is framed as a security improvement. Developers tracking browser extension platform shifts can follow Manifest V3 fallout on daily.dev.
Will uBlock Origin still work in Firefox and Brave after Edge drops Manifest V2?
Yes. Firefox is not built on Chromium, so it can continue supporting uBlock Origin without restriction. Brave, despite being Chromium-based, has committed to working around the Manifest V3 limitation by hosting uBlock Origin on its own servers, preserving full ad-blocking functionality for its users. Anyone choosing a browser based on extension support can compare Chromium forks on daily.dev.
What did the judge order Google to fix in the Epic Games v. Google antitrust case?
Judge James Donato gave Google a one-week deadline to fix anti-steering practices found to violate its antitrust order, including making App Store search results actually surface competing app stores like Aptoide instead of a deflecting banner, and replacing a deliberately unclear 'view' button with a standard 'install' button. Developers watching app store policy fights can track antitrust rulings like this on daily.dev.
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