The Justice Department is pushing a federal judge to force Google to sell its AdX advertising exchange and overhaul its ad ...

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 ...

An ad-free web browsing experience may only be available to those willing to pay for it. At least, that appears to be the future waiting for Google Chrome. In a recent update, Google has moved to ...

Fighter jets launch flares to flummox heat-sinking missiles by hiding the real target in a sea of decoys. The same strategy, designed to thwart advertisers, may be coming to a web browser near you.

When it comes to the iPad, Apple acts like one of those pushy parents who can never be satisfied no matter how much their kid achieves, or even overachieves. You and I might look at the iPad and see a ...

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by John Byrne, head of product at 7th Minute.

The startup hopes its privacy-respecting system will clean up the toxic parts of today's ad tech so you can actually enjoy free websites again. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) forecast strong fall sales and posted a profit that was double Wall Street targets on Thursday thanks to the retailer's younger, higher-earning businesses, ...

Amazon.com Inc.’s first-quarter profit surged, beating analysts’ estimates and demonstrating that its focus on cloud computing, advertising and other high-margin businesses continues to pay off. First ...