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CNET's daily guide reveals the theme, hint words and full solution for the Sept. 2 NYT Strands puzzle. The theme is 'All will be revealed,' with answers including ARISE, EMERGE, SURFACE, MANIFEST and MATERIALIZE, plus the spangram COMETOLIGHT.
Google has completed its long-planned phase-out of Manifest V2 by removing all remaining MV2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store, including the popular ad blocker uBlock Origin. Extensions already installed on Chrome 138 or earlier will keep working but can no longer receive updates or be reinstalled once removed. Because the Chrome Web Store also serves other Chromium-based browsers, the removal affects users beyond Google Chrome itself.
Netflix is developing a new spinoff of its supernatural drama 'Manifest,' which centers on a fresh group of mysterious arrivals and a new central mystery. The move comes not long after the original series concluded, extending the franchise's universe rather than simply continuing its prior storyline.
The uBlock Origin team has released version 1.74, which it says will be the last stable build available on the Chrome Web Store. Google plans to pull the extension from the store on August 31 as it finishes phasing out support for Manifest V2, the older extension platform uBlock Origin relies on. Chrome users searching the store are already seeing only the Manifest V3-based uBlock Origin Lite as a replacement.
Google has fully retired Manifest V2 extension support in Chrome, closing the workarounds that let power-user ad blockers like uBlock Origin keep functioning. Google frames the move as a security and maintenance improvement, though critics see it as tightening control over what extensions can do. Users left without full ad-blocking now have a handful of options, including uBlock Lite, other Manifest V3-compliant extensions, switching browsers, or running external tools like AdGuard.