Enjoy a peaceful internet experience for life with this $20 tool

TL;DR: Protect your data and your peace online with a lifetime subscription to AdGuard Family Plan, now only $19.97 until Feb ...
CNET

These Android and iPhone Wellness Settings Will Help Limit Your Screen Time

If you want to limit your screen time or stop doomscrolling, both Apple and Google have digital well-being features to help you disconnect. Newer generations of software, iOS 26 and Android 16, have ...

I'm tired of being tricked by apps — these UI patterns should be illegal

If your business model relies on people forgetting to cancel because the process is too painful, you are a scammer. This kind ...
adexchanger

Can AI Chatbots Run Ads Without Losing Consumer Trust?

Just when we were starting to get comfortable talking to AI, a new bombshell entered the villa: ads in chatbots. This much we know. What we don’t know is exactly how AI search platforms plan to serve ...
ZDNet

This ad-free Facebook app made my feed enjoyable again for the first time in years

There's an app that blocks Facebook ads and suggested posts. The app is free to use on Android devices. You have to be able to sideload apps on your device. Over the ...
KOB 4

New Mexico voters ready for a day without attack ads

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Political attack ads are a common way for candidates to reach voters, but many in Albuquerque say they’re ready to stop seeing them. Supporters for both Mayor Tim Keller and ...
ZDNet

Use ChatGPT? Ads might appear for you soon - but here's a sly trick to avoid them

Code in a beta version of the ChatGPT Android app hints at ads OpenAI hasn't officially commented on the inclusion of ads iPhone users do have a workaround to avoid ads The days of ad-free ChatGPT ...
Search Engine Land

ChatGPT ads: Android code reveals OpenAI’s plans as user reports first ad

OpenAI appears to be testing ChatGPT ads, with new Android clues and a user report hinting that the rollout may be getting close. OpenAI is reportedly nearing the launch of ads in the ChatGPT Android ...
adexchanger

Is Enshittification Really Such A Bad Thing?; The Android Beta Reveal

For all the talk of “enshittification” on the web thanks to advertising, evidence suggests that increased ad loads don’t always repel consumers. That was the argument put forth by US District Judge ...
Android Authority

The 5 best ways to watch YouTube without ads and interruptions

Don’t let Google know, but I’d be quite lost without YouTube. I use the video platform daily for background noise during the workday and for enjoying my favorite creators’ content in the evenings. The ...
Android Authority

Samsung has finally seen the light about ads on its smart fridges... sort of

Samsung introduced advertisements on its Family Hub refrigerators earlier this year. While there was an option for disabling ads, this also meant losing widget functionality. An owner now shares that ...