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On 4 April 2026, Anthropic blocked Claude Pro and Max subscribers from using OpenClaw and other third-party AI agent frameworks under their flat-rate plans. The change forces affected users onto pay-as-you-go billing, with some facing cost increases of up to 50 times their previous monthly spend. Here's what happened and what you can do about it.

Scraping Google can quickly turn frustrating when you're repeatedly met with CAPTCHA challenges. Google's CAPTCHA system is notoriously advanced, but it’s not impossible to avoid. In this guide, we’ll explain how to bypass Google CAPTCHA verification reliably, why steering clear of Selenium is critical, and what tools and techniques actually work in 2026.

CreepJS is a browser fingerprinting audit tool used to test how detectable your automated browser is. If you’re trying to bypass CreepJS or improve browser fingerprinting, it helps you spot inconsistencies across signals like WebGL, fonts, and navigator data. This guide shows what actually gets flagged and how to fix the parts that still give your browser away.

Did you know that Google Chrome is the most popular web browser in the world, with over 68.9% of the market share? With its sleek design and fast performance, it's no wonder people love using Chrome for all their browsing needs.

But what happens when the browser starts blocking websites? In this article, we’ll explore the reasons why websites get blocked in Chrome. So, get ready to dive into the world of Chrome's security features and discover why it's important for your online safety.

Python package management has evolved to prioritize system stability and security. With recent updates, many operating systems now restrict direct changes to system-managed Python environments. As a result, users often encounter the "externally-managed-environment" and other errors when trying to install packages using pip. This guide explains why this error appears and provides up-to-date, practical solutions to help you install Python packages safely in 2026.

Google AI Mode was launched as a Search Labs experiment in March 2025. It's powered by Gemini 2.5, which synthesizes answers from multiple sources and allows you to ask follow-up questions. Google AI Mode isn't the same as Google search results; it's an entirely full-page conversational interface using different URL parameters, rendering pipelines, and scraping logic. This guide provides a walkthrough of two different approaches: a working Playwright script you can execute right away, and the Decodo Web Scraping API for production.

Web scraping becomes truly valuable when it is automated. It allows you to track competitor prices, monitor job listings, and continuously feed fresh data into AI pipelines. But while building a scraper that works can be exciting, real-world use cases require repeatedly and reliably collecting data at scale, which makes manual or one-off scraping ineffective. 

Scheduling enables this by ensuring consistent execution, reducing errors, and creating reliable data pipelines. In this guide, you will learn how to automate scraping using 3 approaches: in-script scheduling with Python libraries, system-level tools like cron or Task Scheduler, and cloud-based solutions such as GitHub Actions.

Since there are thousands of job postings scattered across different websites and platforms, it's nearly impossible to keep track of all the opportunities out there. Thankfully, with the power of web scraping and the versatility of Python, you can automate this tedious job search process and land your dream job faster than ever.

eBay is the second-largest online marketplace in the US, and unlike traditional eCommerce platforms, it's an open marketplace where people auction cars, sell rare collectibles, and seal personal deals directly with buyers. That makes it one of the richest targets for web scraping and data extraction – you get access to auction bids, final sale prices, seller ratings, and historical records of what buyers actually paid, not just listed prices. In this guide, you'll learn how to scrape eBay with Python, covering the tools, methods, and best practices to extract data cleanly and at scale without getting blocked.

Google Flights is a rich source of crucial flight information, such as prices, airlines, times, stops, durations, and emissions, but scraping this information has never been easy. The flight search engine hides valuable data behind JavaScript-heavy pages and anti-bot protections. This guide explains how to scrape Google Flights using Python by building a browser-based scraper powered by Playwright.

Google search results are one of the essential ways to track rankings, ads, SERP features, and shifts in search intent at scale. The hard part is collecting that data reliably, because modern SERPs vary by query, location, device, and result type. In this guide, you'll learn 3 practical ways to scrape Google search results: lightweight extraction, a custom-built scraper, and a managed SERP API.

As websites become more dynamic and better at detecting automated traffic, choosing the right automation tool has become more challenging. At the same time, performance, reliability, and anti-detection capabilities matter more than ever. Two tools dominate the space: Selenium, a mature and widely adopted standard, and Playwright, a newer framework built for modern web apps. This guide compares them through practical use cases like web scraping and dynamic content extraction to help you decide which fits your needs best.

A proxy hostname is the domain you use to connect to a proxy service. Rather than entering a numeric IP address, the client connects through a readable host address that points to the provider’s proxy servers. Once configured in a browser, application, or script, this hostname ensures that outgoing requests pass through the proxy network before reaching the intended website.