Google’s journey toward Chrome’s “Manifest V3” has been happening for four years now, and if the company’s new timeline holds up, we’ll all be forced to switch to it in year 5. “Manifest V3” is the ...

Google’s war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best to detect and block ad blockers and Chrome aiming to roll out the ad block-limiting Manifest V3 extension platform in June ...

Do you use Google’s Chrome browser on your PC or Mac to visit websites? And if so, do you have an ad blocker installed? If you’ve not been paying attention to the recent cries of pain from the makers ...

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 ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There’s a growing split over how much room browsers should leave for ad blocking — and Chrome and Firefox have ...

On September 16 Apple released its iOS 9 operating system. With the new OS users are able to install ad blockers on the mobile version of Apple’s Safari browser. This reignited a conversation about ad ...

Google has officially implemented a new platform for Chrome extensions, and it brings both good and bad news. On the positive side, Manifest V3 promises greater safety and security within Chrome. On ...

Why it matters: Google has revealed that its Chrome browser extensions that fall under the Manifest V2 framework will no longer work from January 2023, which could lead to ad-blockers being impacted ...

As Google nears the launch of its new “Manifest V3” extension platform for Chrome, many are beginning to worry about the future of ad-blockers. Google upcoming privacy and security updates will ...