Neowin News Feed for: Ad-blocking

YouTube Vanced to be shut down because of legal reasons, current version still working

Alap Naik Desai — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:28:01 +0000

YouTube Vanced, a modified app that stripped ads and sponsored content from videos, is shutting down due to legal reasons. The development team is on the Discord server, Telegram chat, and SubReddit. Read more...

Opera 50 nixes JavaScript cryptocurrency mining

Paul Hill — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:30:01 +0000

Opera has now bundled a new anti-mining feature into its ad-blocker which will stop websites from using your computer to mine cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin without your knowledge. Read more...

Chrome will start blocking 'intrusive' ads starting February 15

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:42:01 +0000

As part of its promise to fix online advertisements earlier this year, Google has now given us a date for when its popular browser will start automatically blocking ads that do not meet its standards. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Spotify Xcitement, Windows 10 Eye Control and Microsoft's iPad Cover story

Andy Weir — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:00:02 +0000

From HP hype and HBO hacking, to Surface Plus, Google's ad-blocker, Flash back, Groove goodies, LastPass pricing, and OnePlus 5 minus 4.5.7, it's our handy roundup of the week's top tech news. Read more...

Google's built-in ad-blocker appears in latest Chrome preview on Android [Update: ...and Windows]

Andy Weir — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:42:01 +0000

After details emerged in April of Google's plans to integrate an ad-blocker into Chrome, the browser's latest Canary build includes a setting to "block ads from sites that tend to show intrusive ads". Read more...

Google is reportedly building its own ad-blocker into Chrome

Andy Weir — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:06:01 +0000

Chrome's ad-blocker will reportedly be enabled by default on desktop and mobile, targeting "unacceptable ads". It would make Google the world's largest online ad provider, and its biggest ad-blocker. Read more...

Opera: Partner promos in Mini browser with ad-blocking enabled were a 'mistake', now fixed

Andy Weir — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:46:01 +0000

Some users reported seeing ads from Opera's partners in its new Mini browser, even with the new ad-blocker switched on. Opera has told Neowin that this was an accident, which has now been corrected. Read more...

Three will trial ad-blocking on its network for one day in June

Paul Hill — Thu, 26 May 2016 06:32:01 +0000

Three has announced that it will conduct a 24-hour trial of opt-in ad-blocking on its network one a day during the week commencing June 13. The move has drawn criticism from online ad proponents. Read more...