The best thing about Google’s AI search is what’s missing: Ads
The new Google AI search engine gets right to the point: You ask a question, it answers (albeit sometimes with inaccuracies). And you can do it without needing to scroll down past […]
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YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads
Your days spent watching YouTube with an ad blocker enabled may soon be over. In what the company is calling a “small experiment,” select users are currently being told to turn off […]
Microsoft’s incessant Windows ads are getting out of control
Several months ago, I wrote about my irritation with Windows ads—how I hate having Microsoft push services and products within a piece of software I paid for. Sadly, the situation hasn’t improved […]
Why I won’t pay to avoid ads on YouTube
YouTube has declared war on ad blockers and the internet is in an uproar. On one side, Reddit’s edgelords declare that if you can’t watch YouTube without adverts, they will never use […]
Windows 10 nags users with full-screen, multipage Windows 11 ads
Microsoft is once again increasing the pressure on Windows 10 users to finally upgrade to Windows 11. Windows Latest reports that Microsoft is now showing some Windows 10 users a full-screen advertisement […]
Nvidia’s GeForce Now free tier will make you watch ads before gaming
All good things must come to an end, in the words of dads and starship captains everywhere. And Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming service is no exception. No, the system isn’t shutting […]
Ads are coming to Discord as “Sponsored Quests”
Discord has emerged as a de facto standard chat protocol for gamers, whether it’s actually integrated into their games or not. And it’s also becoming widespread for chat groups in all kinds […]
It’s official: Ads are coming to the Windows Start menu
Do you like dealing with advertising, even in software that you’ve already paid for? Of course you do! According to Microsoft, anyway, which continues to shove ads for its own products into […]
Controversial Windows 11 Start menu ads begin rolling out
Microsoft is pushing advertising into every possible corner of Windows 11 that it can find, and the Start menu is definitely not a safe space. We reported a few weeks ago that […]
FTC slaps Razer with $1 million fine over misleading COVID mask ads
The year is 2021. With the COVID-19 pandemic still very much in swing and vaccine rollouts still limited to those most at risk, Razer sees an opportunity: bring its stylish RGB aesthetic […]
