Ad blocking articles

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

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

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

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 27 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 29 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 37 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

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 72 comments

Mobile Software

Google removes Adblock Fast app from Play Store, others to follow?

By Shawn Knight, February 3, 2016, 6:45 PM 13 comments

Software Mobile

Samsung updates their Android browser to introduce ad blocking

By Tim Schiesser, February 1, 2016, 8:00 AM

The Web Software

Brave is the speedy browser that strips out web tracker and ads (for now)

By Shawn Knight, January 20, 2016, 1:15 PM 8 comments

The Web Mobile

Mozilla has a brand new ad blocker ready for the iPhone

By Devin Kate Pope, December 9, 2015, 7:45 AM

The Web

Yahoo is locking some users out of Mail for using ad blockers

By Shawn Knight, November 20, 2015, 6:15 PM 36 comments

Software The Web

Firefox 42 now available, adds Tracking Protection in Private Browsing mode

By Shawn Knight, November 3, 2015, 6:45 PM 8 comments

Apple Security

Apple removes a "few" root certificate-based apps from its store over security concerns

By Rob Thubron, October 9, 2015, 3:15 PM

News Around the Web The Web

Weekend tech reading: Ad blocking wars begin (and TechSpot is on the wrong side of it)

By Julio Franco, September 20, 2015, 1:48 PM 25 comments