Regardless of which web browser you use, ad blocking is available through plug-ins or browser extensions. They are here to stay, with any moves made to render them useless by online publishers soon ...

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Google has been criticised for putting new restrictions on software that blocks adverts for Chrome users on its Android mobile operating system. Android users are being urged to "fight back", after ...

Google is planning on removing one of the most popular ad blockers available on Chrome, as the company informs users who now attempt to download it that it "may soon no longer be supported." That ad ...

A recent report published in The Financial Times has revealed that a small group of major corporations, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, is paying Eyeo, the parent company of AdBlock Plus, to ...

Google has confirmed that the latest YouTube slowdown has nothing to do with ad blockers. The problem seemed to stem from the previous AdBlock and AdBlock Plus updates. Both ad blockers have now ...

Data shows Google’s attempts to force people to watch YouTube ads are having an effect on user behavior. 22% of users surveyed said the crackdown is more likely to make them use an ad-blocker. 16% of ...

The free ride is over—Google confirms that its limited adoption of anti-ad block features on YouTube is going global. From now on, anyone attempting to use an ad ...

A German court in Hamburg has ruled that the practice of blocking advertising is legal, throwing a wrench into the plans of advertising and publishing giants like Microsoft and Google to stop AdBlock ...

Trillions of domestic phone records in the United States are tracked every year under a secretive surveillance operation, WIRED revealed this week. The Data Analytical Services program, which was ...