Google Software Google amends proposed Chrome changes that would have broken ad blockers The advertising giant never meant to break ad blockers By James Miller, February 17, 2019, 11:55 AM 5 comments
The Web Mobile Spotify hardens its stance on ad blockers Users could have their accounts terminated without notice By Rob Thubron, February 8, 2019, 10:33 AM 25 comments
Apple The Web Safari engineers looking into novel way to block intrusive ads For when pages are more ad than content By James Miller, February 4, 2019, 6:14 AM
Software The Web Chrome 71 now rolling out with improved ad blocker, user's billing protection Google wants to eliminate shady advertising By Cohen Coberly, December 5, 2018, 9:59 AM 19 comments
Security AdGuard reports that 20 million Chrome users have malware infected ad blockers The extensions are clones of legitimate blockers with malicious code embedded By Cal Jeffrey, April 19, 2018, 4:24 PM 26 comments
Software The Web Google shares details of Chrome's built-in ad blocker Ad blocking will be enabled by default By Greg Synek, February 14, 2018, 10:22 AM 4 comments
Google The Web Google expands 'Mute This Ad' tool functionality Google wants to give you more control over the ads you see By Cohen Coberly, January 25, 2018, 1:31 PM 5 comments
The Web Many websites are silently deploying anti-ad blocking measures Some are harmless, others circumvent ad blockers entirely By Cohen Coberly, December 28, 2017, 5:23 PM 37 comments
Gaming How to turn off 'Featured Content' ads on your PlayStation 4 X-bar I pay for PS Plus. Why is this even a thing? By Cal Jeffrey, December 26, 2017, 6:36 PM 13 comments
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: Sites ranked by password practices, a list of ISP data caps, DIY doppler radar, HyperCard turns 30 By Matthew DeCarlo, August 13, 2017, 11:00 AM 4 comments
Google Mobile Chrome's native ad blocker shows up in Android developer build Google says Chrome's ad-blocking features will arrive next year By Rob Thubron, August 1, 2017, 10:00 AM 5 comments
Google The Web Google says Chrome's built-in ad-blocking tech will arrive early next year Google wants to take control away from third-party ad blockers By Rob Thubron, June 2, 2017, 8:30 AM 6 comments
The Web Google Report: Google will introduce a built-in ad blocker to all versions of Chrome If you can't beat them, join them? By Rob Thubron, April 20, 2017, 6:15 AM 9 comments
The Web Facebook has figured out how to circumvent ad blockers By Shawn Knight, August 9, 2016, 1:45 PM 50 comments
Mobile Software 419 million people now use mobile ad blockers, a 90 percent increase from last year By Rob Thubron, May 31, 2016, 2:45 PM 8 comments
Software The Web Ad blockers will cost publishers $27 billion by 2020 as technology makes its way to mobile devices By Rob Thubron, May 12, 2016, 1:30 PM 26 comments
Software Mobile Opera's ad blocking browser gets stable desktop release and launches on Android By Rob Thubron, May 4, 2016, 12:35 PM
Software The Web AdBlock Plus partners with Flattr for new product that lets web users pay publishers By Rob Thubron, May 3, 2016, 2:30 PM 13 comments
Software The Web Publishers call Brave's ad-blocking browser "blatantly illegal" in cease and desist letter By Rob Thubron, April 8, 2016, 11:15 AM 28 comments
Microsoft Software Microsoft says it won't be bringing built-in ad blocking to the next version of Edge By Rob Thubron, April 1, 2016, 12:00 PM 9 comments
The Web Software France's media websites declare war on ad blockers By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2016, 7:15 AM 31 comments
Software The Web Opera's desktop browser now features an integrated ad-blocker to speed up web loading times By Rob Thubron, March 10, 2016, 8:30 AM 7 comments
Mobile Three becomes the first mobile carrier in Europe to block ads at network level By Rob Thubron, February 19, 2016, 11:30 AM 5 comments
The Web Industry Wired: stop blocking our ads, pay for an ad-free version or go elsewhere By Shawn Knight, February 8, 2016, 4:30 PM 18 comments
Mobile Software Google removes Adblock Fast app from Play Store, others to follow? By Shawn Knight, February 3, 2016, 6:45 PM 11 comments