Technology

ad-blockers

Ad-blockers are software tools that prevent advertisements from appearing on web pages. They work by filtering out content identified as ads before it is loaded by a browser.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news because Google is making changes to its Chrome browser that limit the effectiveness of these ad-blocking extensions.

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Latest on ad-blockers

Google continues crippling Chrome ad-blockers
it's a good time to try Firefox

Connections

2 entities linked to ad-blockers across the news graph.

Under pressure from (1)

Google

Also connected to (1)

Firefox

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