Technology and Science23 September, 20262 min read
Google Blocks User With CAPTCHA After Detecting Unusual Traffic From IP 2600:1900:0:4a01::f00
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No source among the provided articles reports on Google CAPTCHA blocking an IP. All available sources discuss Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's 2027-2028 budget proposals.
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Google CAPTCHA Trigger
Google’s search page displayed a block stating, "Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network." Google told the user that the page checks "to see if it's really you sending the requests, and not a robot," and said the block would expire shortly after the requests stop. Google warned that the traffic "may have been sent by malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests."
“Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network.”
Google provided an IP address, "2600:1900:0:4a01::f00," and a time, "2026-09-23T18:31:37Z," alongside the CAPTCHA prompt. Google said, "solving the above CAPTCHA will let you continue to use our services."
Seattle Budget and Bills
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said she was transmitting a budget without “major new revenue,” while Seattle residents faced higher costs including a 9.5 percent electricity rate hike and a 7.9 percent sewer increase. Seattle City Light said its 9.5 percent average rate increase would take effect in 2027, with another 9.5 percent increase scheduled for 2028. Seattle Public Utilities customers would see sewer rates rise 7.9 percent and drainage rates approximately 4.9 percent in 2027, and the utility increases were approved through separate city rate-setting processes.
Wilson said, “I have made the difficult decision to transmit a budget without major new revenue,” and she added that the city would balance its books “largely through reductions and efficiencies.” Wilson’s proposal also included a new rental fee of $11 per unit every two years to pay for enforcement of the legislation she signed to ban rental “junk fees.”
Cuts, Police, and Housing
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson released a $9.1 billion 2027-2028 budget proposal that aimed to close a $175 million deficit primarily through cuts and streamlining City operations, with no new revenue. Wilson said, “For years, that deficit was papered over rather than faced head-on,” and she added, “We cannot keep kicking the can down the road, because there is no more road.” The proposal included close to $50 million in spending reductions to the City’s General Fund and eliminated long-vacant positions, while the Seattle Police Department budget grew overall by $68 million.
“My budget takes on a crisis that has escalated for far too long.”
Wilson’s plan funded 1,250 sworn Seattle Police Department positions in each year of the biennium, 66 more than the current year’s budget, and it also backed a shelter accelerator plan with $183 million in ongoing investments to address homelessness. Mayor Wilson said, “My budget takes on a crisis that has escalated for far too long,” and she argued the budget invests in shelter and services that give people “a genuine path to stability.”