uMatrix has been preventing me from accessing TechCrunch for some time now since they now perform a full redirect to advertising.com. I can only assume it's because they want me to consent to a long list of privacy checkboxes or something. I just don't bother with them anymore.
If you come from Europe, TechCrunch is literally unreadable as they are blocking their content behind a full screen and buggy consent form that I cannot validate (also, that’s against GDPR rules, ...)