Site History
Track how lifehacker.com's technology stack and AI policy have changed over time
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Feb 9, 2026, 07:01 AMPolicy SnapshotLatest
CLOSED59 AI bots blocked (27 training)
robots.txt
Policy changes:
Started blocking:
Amazon Buy For MeAtlassian BotCohere AICohere Training CrawlerCrawl4AIiAsk SpiderimageSpiderLAION HuggingFace ProcessorLeipzig Corpora CollectionLinkupBotManus-UserMeta External AgentMeta External FetcherMistral AI UserOmgiliSBIntuitionsBotSpiderTavilyBotTwinAgentVelen Public Web CrawlerWebz.io Extended
Stopped blocking:
atlassian-botcohere-aicohere-training-data-crawlermeta-externalagentMeta-ExternalFetcherMistralAI-UseromgiliVelenPublicWebCrawlerwebzio-extended
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Feb 9, 2026, 07:00 AMTech ScanLatest
View Details19 technologies detected
Changes from previous scan:
+ Added:
Angular
- Removed:
jQueryWunderkind
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Feb 8, 2026, 01:50 AMTech Scan
View Details20 technologies detected
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Jan 31, 2026, 11:38 PMPolicy Snapshot
CLOSED47 AI bots blocked (21 training)
robots.txt
First recorded policy snapshot
Summary
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Tech Scans
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Policy Snapshots
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Current Techs
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Techs Added (All Time)