Nick is a Features author who's been writing for fellow tech geeks since 2011. While he's mostly focused on phones, he's also thrilled by cameras and audio gear of all shapes and sizes. On weekends, ...

Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, as it heightens focus on selling ads on its Prime Video subscription service. Amazon, which has owned IMDb ...

And those of us on the priciest Netflix plan really, really need to get a life. Netflix‘s ad-free subscribers could sure use a commercial break once in a while. If for nothing else but to leave the ...

Microsoft has quietly released a free, ad-supported version of Office (rebranded as Microsoft 365). The free version includes ads and restrictions like saving files only to OneDrive but still allows ...

Ads are here, there — almost everywhere — on streaming services now. By John Koblin Not long ago, streaming TV came with a promise: Sign up, and commercials will be a thing of the past. Netflix rose ...

Xbox Cloud gaming is one of the things that made Xbox Game Pass Ultimate a little exciting back when it first launched, if you were ok with paying the monthly subscription fee, but users may be ...

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 ...

Microsoft is testing a new version of its Office app bundle that is free to use, but you’ll have to watch ads. Usability is rather subjective here, because even the most basic features are locked and ...

My editor Ren LaForme grew up near Buffalo and keeps up with hometown happenings by subscribing to the digital version of The Buffalo News. He received a surprising offer with his renewal notice a few ...