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Because some internet websites unfairly block browsers from accessing their services, starting with Vivaldi 2.10, released today, the Vivaldi browser plans to disguise itself as Chrome to allow users ...

Mozilla has launched an experiment where they change the Firefox browser user agent to a three-digit "Firefox/100.0" version to see if it will break websites. A user agent is a string used by a web ...

Use server logs, user agent strings, and IP verification to manage GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more while protecting bandwidth ...

Mozilla is warning website developers that the upcoming Firefox 100 and Chrome 100 versions may break websites when parsing user-agent strings containing three-digit version numbers. A user-agent is a ...

Google has updated the user agent string for the AdsBot Mobile Web crawler. Google said if you hard-coded the old user agent string, you will want to make sure to update that in your code. This was ...

Bing announced brand new user agents for crawling web pages. The new user agents will be continually updated and as a consequence, the user agent strings will also change to reflect the latest ...

When a website wants to identify your browser and what sort of computer or device you’re browsing from, the first place they’ll turn to is the User Agent string. In a surprising move, Google’s ...

A Web browser that identifies itself as a more popular browser. When a user requests a Web page, many websites check the type of browser being used in order to deliver a page specialized to render ...

The change will make it harder for ad companies to track individuals online. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Google is planning ...