Nothing ruins a night of streaming or binge-watching like back-to-back ads. They’re on every video, every show, and even on some of the streaming services you already pay for—but they don’t have to be ...

After Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG GOOGL Google turned up the pressure on users blocking YouTube advertisements, one developer devised an ingenious workaround – using the now-obsolete Windows Phone. What ...

In a nutshell: The User-Agent is a string of text in the HTTP header designed to identify what browser, device, and operating system the netizen is using to visit a website. Someone discovered that by ...

The internet is a nosy place. In this series, Lifehacker explains how to protect one of the most important aspects of modern life: your privacy. The average website seems to have more ads than content ...

YouTube is cracking down on ad-blockers stating they violate the Terms of Service. Users are reporting getting a pop-up when starting videos that tells them to ...

One of the internet’s simple pleasures is watching YouTube with an ad blocker. You can watch as many videos as you want without constant interruptions from obnoxious, occasionally unskippable ...