Mozilla apologizes for unskippable VPN ads shown in Firefox
After user backlash, Mozilla stops the "madness" of mandatory ads in its browser
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YouTube is bringing 30-second unskippable ads to TVs
Along with ads that show when you hit pause
This startup will give you a 4K TV for free if you watch nonstop ads
Telly built a dual-screen TV that's entirely supported by ads
Google is increasing the number of ads in Gmail, showing them in the middle of inboxes
And people aren't happy about it
Microsoft brings more ads to the Windows 11 Start Menu, harassing local account users
Just what everyone wants!
Farming Simulator plows the way for equipment manufacturers' ad campaigns
Vendors look to harvest the benefits of product placement in the popular niche title
Salesforce, which just laid off 8,000 workers, pays 'creative advisor' Matthew McConaughey $10 million per year
Not alright, alright, alright
Why it matters: Many tech industry workers have been laid off from their jobs recently, the result of over-hiring during the lockdowns and a global economic downturn. Becoming unemployed is a bitter pill, and it's even more depressing to learn that your former company pays a Hollywood actor millions of dollars a year to act as a creative adviser.
Full-size Microsoft Edge ads reported on Chrome website
Microsoft is trying just about anything to get users off of Chrome
Ex-Googler and AppSheet founder says Google has "ceased to function"
Mountain View problems run deeper than Bard's botched launch
Amazon sellers are now paying more than 50% commission
Transaction, logistics, storage, and advertising fees all add up
Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users' control?
Microsoft's latest OS starts collecting telemetry as soon as the boot process ends
There will be no crypto ads for this year's Super Bowl after the FTX crash
After a sensational Super Bowl LVI debut, crypto's party is over for this year
The FBI advises users to install ad blockers
PSA: Ad blocking is perhaps one of the most controversial aspects of browsing the web today. Users agree that it declutters web pages, but they also deny ad revenue to many sites that need it (like TechSpot). However, law enforcement agencies admit that ad blocking also mitigates some security risks that online advertising introduces.
Google will not turn Manifest V2 off in Chrome. Ad blockers are safe, for now
A hot potato: The much debated Manifest V3 tech will not arrive in January as originally planned. Google is listening to developers' feedback, as developers have expressed concern about the short period of time the company was giving the industry to adapt to such a disruptive change.
Google settles lawsuits over "deceptive" Pixel 4 ads involving influencers
The states are demanding $9.4 million in penalties
Elon Musk says free speech-hating Apple has stopped advertising on Twitter, threatened to remove app from its store
The world's richest person versus the world's most valuable company
Amazon shopping has gotten worse and less reliable thanks to ads
In other news, the sky is blue
Facebook may have collected some of your IRS filing data if you used an online tax services
Ain't nothin' sacred anymore!
Manifest v3 extensions are now accepted on the Firefox add-on store
A hot potato: Mozilla has started accepting Manifest V3 add-ons for the code-signing process of the AMO store. From June 2023, Chrome will only accept MV3 extensions and crippled ad-blocking tools. Mozilla will continue to support full-featured (MV2) ad-blockers like uBlock Origin anyway.
Larry David and other celebrities named in FTX lawsuit
"Don't be like Larry"
What just happened? Remember all the outcry when Larry David appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for now-collapsed crypto exchange FTX? The comedian probably wishes he'd never took part in the ad, too, given that he's one of several celebrities named in a lawsuit against the platform's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
Microsoft is testing new ads in Windows 11
Ads, or "certain actions that need to be taken"?
Facepalm: If there's one thing Windows 11 could use, it's ads appearing in the operating system---said no one other than Microsoft. The Redmond firm appears to be testing a feature in preview builds that shows ads for its services in the flyout menu, where users can sign out or lock the system.
Fandom acquires GameSpot, Metacritic, GameFAQs and other entertainment sites
Acquisition spree is still going strong with well-known gaming and media brands
TikTok and others scrape your data, whether you use their apps or not
TikTok doesn't have as many trackers out there as Google and Facebook, but its ad platform is young
Apple Music named primary Super Bowl halftime show sponsor in multi-year NFL deal
Apple Music is replacing Pepsi as the Super Bowl halftime show sponsor
Facebook users are suing Meta for tracking them through a loophole on iOS
Meta insists that there is no merit behind the claims