Did you know that most of the emails you receive have a sneaky, secret tracking pixel designed to snoop on you? Whether spam, marketing, or otherwise, these tracking pixels can send information back ...

Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and gaming for Lifehacker, and has also written for Digital Trends, EGM, Business Insider, IGN, and more. Mozilla ...

In an effort to tamp down data collection by third-party ad-blocking Chrome extensions, Google today announced that it intends to replace parts of Chrome’s Web Request API, a set of events and ...

How much extra work could you get done over the course of a day if you had an assistant looking over your shoulder, shooing you away from the biggest time-sucks of the Internet like Facebook and ...

This article will help you prevent users from installing extensions in Google Chrome. You can disable all currently installed extensions, block new extension ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. If you want to get a sense of how you’re being tracked across the web, take a little time to read (and disable) the cookie options that appear each time you ...

Starting today, Google will no longer accept crypto extensions submitted to the Chrome Web Store. Furthermore, any current extensions featuring crypto mining code will be removed from the store in ...

Back in January, Google announced a proposed change to Chrome’s extensions system, called Manifest V3, that would stop current ad blockers from working efficiently. In a response to the overwhelming ...

Bottom line: After years of delaying the adoption of Manifest V3, Google is now moving forward and accelerating the process. Soon, users will have to choose between accepting Chrome's inferior ...