If you’re a fan of uBlock Origin, don’t be surprised if it stops functioning on Chrome. The Google-owned browser has started disabling the free ad blocker as part of the company’s plan to phase out older “Manifest V2” extensions.

In an entirely expected and roundly denounced move, Google has begun testing the complete deprecation of Manifest V2 extensions in its super-ultra-early Chrome test build. Called Chrome Canary, it's partly used to ensure subtle changes don't outright kill the program — hence the name.

Google recently released the new Chrome versions 130.0.6723.58/59 for Windows and macOS, and 130.0.6723.58 for Linux. Google is thus closing 17 security vulnerabilities in its browser, none of which appear to have been exploited for attacks to date.