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Twitter Is Joking About How Much it Knows About You
Dear Twitter, do you actually remember all our tweets?
Firefox Will Give You a Fake Browsing History to Fool Advertisers
Using the 'Track THIS' tool opens up 100 tabs at a time that will make you seem like a hypebeast, a filthy rich person, a doomsday prepper, or an influencer.
Man Calls out Indian Railways App for 'Obscene' Ads, Gets Told They’re From His Browser History
And everyone thinks the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) simple response was savage AF.
Facebook Charged for Discriminatory Housing Ads by Department of Housing and Urban Development
On Thursday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act.
PayPal Processes Payments for ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners
The booming industry of spyware to spy on romantic partners doesn’t exist in a vacuum: Companies need financial and tech giants to process their payments and advertise their wares.
MTA Quietly Bans Sex Toys from Advertising on NYC Subway
After working with sex toy company Dame for months on potential ads, the MTA has rejected the brand's campaign entirely, based on a new policy that bans sex toy advertisements on the subway.
Why Your Ad Blocker Doesn’t Block Those ‘Please Turn Off Your Ad Blocker’ Popups
It is technically pretty simple to disable those pop ups, but many ad blocker plugins choose to let them live.
Facebook’s Arms Race with Adblockers Continues to Escalate
Typically, adblockers are able to counter Facebook’s updates within a matter of days, but the latest was a more substantial undertaking.
The Best Stuff at New York Comic Con Was the Actual Comics
The event no longer feels like it has the same excitement or vitality it's had in the past, but there are still gems to be found.
Racists Are Peddling Fake Nike Coupons for 'People of Color'
Apparently we've now reached the "racist 4Chan scam" phase of the controversy surrounding Colin Kaepernick's new ad.
Google AdSense Banned a Random Web Page About a 32-Year-Old Bill Because It Was About Sexual Abuse
A page about a 1986 porn bill got demonetized shows how algorithms can’t be expected to make judgement calls.
Your Phone Is Listening and it's Not Paranoia
Here's how I got to bottom of the ads-coinciding-with-conversations mystery.