Following consumer backlash, Google has decided to give Manifest V2-based extensions another year and postpone their removal from Chrome and its Web Store to January 2024 instead of January 2023.
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Microsoft Edge on Android has received a neat experimental flag to help the browser block ads. In addition to the built-in ad blocker, Edge for Android is now better at removing video ads.
A document has revealed that most U.S. intelligence agencies, including FBI, NSA, CIA, and DHS use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads and malvertising, even though they are not mandated to do so.
A newly published Microsoft patent shows that the company might be interested in introducing a browser plug-in to conserve computing resources. It would also presumably be different from ad blockers.
