Google removed remaining Manifest V2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store on 31 August 2026, including full uBlock Origin. Copies already on Chrome stay installed, get no updates, and cannot be reinstalled. Chrome 138 had already switched Manifest V2 off a year earlier.

Alex and Jordan look at Kaiser and Rogers clinicians who say automated intake is routing people to the wrong care; a multi-base commissary freezer failure the Pentagon will not explain; and Apple's early Mac mini and Mac Studio refresh, which recaps tie to AI labs buying desktops.

Hosts: Alex and Jordan. Show: Chief Skeptic Officer. Drop: daily 7:00 A.M. America/New_York. Episode date: 2026-09-01.

In this episode

• The shelf, not the switch. Google took remaining Manifest V2 add-ons off the Chrome Web Store, including full uBlock Origin. Installed copies get no updates and cannot be reinstalled.
• The queue was already filtered. Clinicians at Kaiser and Rogers say automated intake is routing patients to the wrong care. One triage desk went nine to three.
• Nobody has to break in. Several military commissaries lost refrigeration. Fort Huachuca said every freezer went into defrost. The Pentagon calls it a possible disruption.
• Your ten week wait. MacRumors, citing The Information, says Apple was caught short on Mac mini and Mac Studio by AI hardware demand.

Links

• Web Iterate: store removed MV2 including uBlock Origin
• Capital and Main: algorithmic triage
• Navy Times: commissary refrigeration
• MacRumors: Mac mini / Studio AI demand

AI disclosure. This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex and Jordan are AI hosts; their voices and conversation are generated with AI. Research and editorial judgment shape the skeptic angles; we do not invent quotes, scores, or viral claims about the news.