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…
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…
A ‘Cookie Pledge’ Claims It’ll Free You From All Those Annoying Cookie Popups
Tired of dealing with popups begging you to accept cookies? Blame the EU. In 2018, Europe unleashed a groundbreaking privacy law called the GDPR that, among a billion other things,…
Chrome Users Now Worth 30% Less Money Thanks to Google’s Cookie Killing, Ad Firm Says
One week ago today, Google disabled tracking cookies for 30 million Chrome users, amounting to just 1% of the 3 billion people who use the internet’s most popular browser. By…
Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them.
Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google’s years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the Chrome web browser disabled cookies for 1% of…
The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook GPAs and Details About SAT Scores
Many students have no choice about working with the College Board, the company that administers the SAT test and Advanced Placement exams. Part of that relationship involves a long history…
Netflix Wants to Make Ads More Like TV Shows
Even for those who grew up in the days of cable—the ones who cut their teeth on brain-melting Sunny D or Kool Aid commercials—watching ads on streaming services is somehow…