Some YouTube viewers with ad-blocking extensions are now seeing black screens for a few seconds before a video plays. These black screens could be ads that haven’t ...

Google's war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best to detect and block ad blockers and Chrome aiming to roll out the ad block-limiting Manifest V3 extension platform in June ...

The first ad blocker extension for Chrome that is compatible with Google's Manifest V3 is now available. An extension manifest outlines the permissions and abilities a developer includes in an ...

Ads are one of the ways to keep some websites and app developers afloat. They keep costs down and enable free content. Some ...

Browser extensions are a handy way to add features your browser might not have. From blocking unwanted ads to increasing download speeds, extensions can make the browsing experience much better for ...

Bottom line: After years of delaying the adoption of Manifest V3, Google is now moving forward and accelerating the process. Soon, users will have to choose between accepting Chrome's inferior ...

Google Chrome is deprecating uBlock Origin with the transition to new extension standard. Silas Stein/picture alliance/Getty Users of the popular uBlock Origin extension on Google Chrome might need to ...

Google's journey toward Chrome's "Manifest V3" has been happening for four years now, and if the company's new timeline holds up, we'll all be forced to switch to it in year 5. "Manifest V3" is the ...

It’s fairly easy to block the constant, incessant advertising that appears on YouTube. Google would prefer that you don’t, or pay up (quite a lot) to make them go away. Last weekend, the company ...

One of the internet’s simple pleasures is watching YouTube with an ad blocker. You can watch as many videos as you want without constant interruptions from obnoxious, occasionally unskippable ...

As Google nears the launch of its new “Manifest V3” extension platform for Chrome, many are beginning to worry about the future of ad-blockers. Google upcoming privacy and security updates will ...