Quite a few VPN apps bundle in some form of ad blocking or antimalware features, which are nice perks, but there’s usually a catch: You often don’t get to decide which sites are blocked. Instead, your ...

Both a virtual private network, or VPN, and an ad blocker are essential parts of your digital privacy toolkit, but they protect you in different ways. A VPN encrypts your internet traffic and hides ...

People are starting to push back against big tech surveillance and invasive advertising. Some people use ad blockers on their devices, but you can go further.

AdGuard Ad Blocker is now available through the Microsoft Store, giving Windows users a new way to install the software. The app is as one of the first full-featured system-wide ad blockers to reach ...

Users of the popular uBlock Origin extension on Google Chrome might need to make the switch to a new browser. Or maybe cave and subscribe to YouTube Premium ...

Inevitably, whenever there is a discussion on the internet about how YouTube (or any other website) is choked with ads, someone will say, "Just use an ad blocker." The name seems to say it all. An ad ...

Across the internet, page ads can be extremely prominent. Eradicating them is often offered as a subscription perk on services such as YouTube, but a lot of users resent the need to do so. In cases ...