Nearly 200 million people use tools that block ads on sites around the world, according to a report published by PageFair and Adobe. The number of people using ad blocking tools has increased by 41 % in comparison to 2014 and amounts to 6% of the global internet population. The

Google Now can be replaced by Microsoft Cortana with its latest update, while it is still in its latest version. The app is still in private testing phase and available only to some users in the United States. The new functionality is a sign of commitment Microsoft is showing to

Mozilla announced that a major security flaw in Firefox has been discovered through an advertisement in a Russian news site. The vulnerability will let the malware search for important files in the victim’s computer and will then reportedly upload them to a server hosted in Ukraine. Daniel Veditz, Mozilla’s security

Google has requested CNIL to reconsider its order about Right to be forgotten. Last month, CNIL, the French data protection regulator ordered the search giant to remove records from all the local versions of the search engine and it had 15 days to respond to the French authorities. What is

Apple official website gets a makeover with some changes in the main design and also gets integrated once and for all with the Apple online store. The web address “store.apple.com” ceases to exist and redirects to the “www.apple.com.” Apple official website gets a makeover and an Apple spokesperson said: “We

YouTube to end 301+ views placeholder view count that concerns owners of channels publishing videos on its platform. Yesterday, it was announced on its Twitter profile making many channel owners happy. We're saying goodbye to 301+ and hello to more up-to-date video views. pic.twitter.com/33OQuOvxcs — YouTube Creators (@YTCreators) August 5,

To foster Intel Workforce Diversity, the computer chip maker is teaming up With Georgia Tech. It is anticipated that the Intel and Georgia Tech program will result in retaining nearly 1,000 underrepresented minority students. Last week, Pinterest announced that it is working to improve its workforce diversity and will work

The new YouTube desktop video player has been tested out for the past few months and is now available for everyone. The company announced the new YouTube video player on twitter. They tweeted about the change with a video of a water skiing squirrel. The HTML5 video player includes a

The EFF introduces new Do Not Track Standard to protect users’ privacy. The new DNT was requested by the FTC, the regulator of commercial practices in the United States. What is the new Do Not Track standard? Do Not Track is a preference that you can set on Chrome, Firefox

For the last two decades, hackers have been gathering in Las Vegas every year to demonstrate how they can take control of computers. Black Hat USA Conference 2015 is a six day event which began with four days of intense Trainings for security researchers of all levels (August 1-4) and