YouTube Tests New Kind of Unskippable Ad
Image: PixieMe (Shutterstock) YouTube appears to be stepping up its long war on ad blockers this week. The creator of SponsorBlock, a crowdsourced ad blocker, posted a tweet on Wednesday…
Costco Working on Ad Network to Sell Its Shoppers’ Data, Report Says
Costco is the perfect place to shop whenever you need a 3-pound tub of pretzels and four gallons of mayonnaise. Or, perhaps more famously, those $1.50 hot dog combos. But…
Meta Tests Holding Your Instagram Hostage With Unscrollable Ads
Meta is testing unskippable Instagram ads, first reported by TechCrunch on Monday, alongside the patience of every user who has to put up with the feature. The unskippable ads, which…
How to Turn Off YouTube Ads for Alcohol, Gambling, Weight Loss and More
The last thing an alcoholic wants to see is YouTube ads featuring alcohol, which can trigger the desire to drink. The same goes for someone who has perhaps experienced a…
Good Luck Watching Fallout Now That Amazon Prime Video Will Have Even More Ads
Amazon is set to add even more ads to Prime Video in the form of pause ads built entirely to leverage your Prime subscription and sell you stuff. This comes…
Google Wants to Show You More YouTube Ads When You Pause Videos
Image: PixieMe (Shutterstock) If you already hate ads on YouTube, then you’re going to have a bad time with Pause Ads. During its earnings calls on Thursday, Google crowed about the…
All Signs Point to Apple TV+ Getting Ads
Apple TV+ is the last major streaming service that doesn’t have an ad-supported tier, but that seems poised to change. Apple just hired a 14-year ad executive from NBCUniversal, Joseph…
Best Vintage Tech Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked
IBM commercial from 1984.Screenshot: IBM Before the year 2000, Super Bowl commercials from tech companies offered millions of viewers their first glimpses of the future. Gizmodo watched dozens of videos…
Your Phone Is Not Listening to You
Have you ever talked about a product, and then suddenly got an ad for it on your phone? We’ve all been there, and then skeptically looked over our shoulders for…
Amazon Prime Video Ads Start Today
Ad-free streaming services are officially a thing of the past. Amazon injected Prime Video’s movies and TV shows with ads on Monday. The company is asking users to pay an…