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 ...

Everyone should be able to enjoy a distraction-free browsing experience. Yet popup ads can be a constant nuisance. Enter popup blockers. These software tools or browser extensions are designed to ...

Many websites use pop-ups and overlays to get you to sign up for newsletters, request cookie access, or promote offers. Although some web browsers come with built-in pop-up blockers to deal with these ...

Popular extensions like uBlock Origin, which are based on the Manifest V2 framework, will encounter compatibility problems with Chrome’s transition to Manifest V3. Google Chrome is prompting users to ...

Chrome is the undisputed king of the browser space, but the peasants are revolting over its shift to a new browser extension standard. Manifest V3 has left popular ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. This article is more than 2 years old. YouTube is ramping up its ad ...

The YouTube ad blocker cat-and-mouse game between Google and ad blockers continues with a new episode that might deliver a big win to Google. The company has been trying to ban ad blocker extensions ...