Ads based on your browsing history are nothing new. On the contrary, it’s a widespread and controversial phenomenon, but now Google is rolling out new tools to give you more control over ad serving in ...

The world is bad sometimes, but it feels even worse if you can’t stop staring into the all-consuming abyss that is the 6-inch screen of a smartphone, following you through space and time. It taunts ...

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You’re standing in line at the grocery store or waiting for an elevator. You have no more than a minute to kill. And yet, before you’ve even processed what you’re doing, you’ve pulled out your phone ...