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chrome extensions

This Chrome extension was not in fact made by Google.

Google Chrome Store Removes Fake Ad Blocker—After 37,000 Downloads

The illicit extension was designed to look like the real Adblock Plus program. A Taylor Swift fan account surprisingly broke the news.
By John Bonazzo
Where exactly does all that Facebook data go?

This Chrome Extension Reveals Exactly How Facebook Uses Your Data

It reveals how machine learning algorithms like IBM Watson employ specific data to gain insights into the user's personality.
By John Bonazzo
Hulk Hogan may not have knocked out Gawker.

The Biggest Media Stories of 2016, From Fake News to Gawker’s Fall

In 2016 more than at any other time in recent memory, goings-on in the media world were the subject of water cooler conversation.
By John Bonazzo
Which do you prefer?

If You’re Sick of Trump, This New Chrome Extension Shows You Cats Instead of His Face

By Sage Lazzaro
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 06: A U.S. Navy looks binocular during the Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore (CJLOTS) exercise at the Anmyeon seashore on July 6, 2015 in Taean, South Korea. This exercise will train the South Korea-U.S. service members on how to accomplish vital logistical measures in an area with strategic access to Seoul. Approximately 900 U.S. and 800 South Korea personnel participates in the exercise.

Private Browsing: Do Chrome and Firefox Reveal Users’ Weird Interests?

By Brady Dale
A woman looks at her mobile phone as she stands in front of a poster of Mozilla Firefox on February 27, 2013 at the Mobile World Congress, the world's biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona. The European Union warned member states on February 26 to free up the airwaves for new, super-fast fourth generation mobile networks and threatened legal action against those that deliberately block the process. AFP PHOTO/JOSEP LAGO

How Firefox’s New Private Mode Trumps Chrome’s Incognito

By Brady Dale
(Photo: Pixabay)

New Online Shopping Tool Lets You Try on Clothes From Major Stores Without Paying

By Sage Lazzaro
Guess we're not ordering from A1 Sushi Cafe. (Screengrab: Chrome Web Store)

New Browser Tool Reveals Health Ratings of Your Fave Seamless Restaurants

By Jordyn Taylor
This is what comes up when you Google image search "Butt-shaped cloud." (Photo: Drawception.com)

Chrome Extension Replaces Every Instance of ‘The Cloud’ With Far Superior Phrase ‘My Butt’

By Jessica Roy
NO SOPA FOR YOU MR. SMITH.

No SOPA for You: This Chrome Extension Shows You Who Is Pro-SOPA as You Browse

By Adrianne Jeffries
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