Online advertising is broken. Pop-ups cover half your screen and won't go away and autoplay videos blare marketing jingles, driving us to install ad blockers, cutting into publishers' revenue. With no ...

Google, a company that has made a fortune from online advertising, now has an ad blocker built into its own Chrome browser. The internet giant wants to see fewer “annoying” ads on the web, and it’s ...

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Google is reportedly preparing for an update to both their Chrome desktop and mobile browsers that will feature a free built-in ad blocker meant to clean up those pesky ads that, according to a report ...

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 ...

Within weeks, Google could be rolling-out a built-in ad blocker in Chrome for the desktop and mobile, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would combat unacceptable ads, but could also give ...

Google Chrome: Adblock Plus has long been a great extension for toning down ad-infested sites, and the newest version can even block in-video ads so you don't need to ...

Google, already one of the dominant players in the online advertising world, may soon have even more power in that space. It is now taking on the challenge of determining what’s a good ad or a bad ad ...

The very notion of browsing the modern internet without a pop-up blocker feels kind of like driving a car without a windshield: it's not strictly required, but doing so may be hazardous to your health ...