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<p>With iOS 14.5, you'll be able to stop apps from tracking you across the internet, so you should see fewer ads following you.</p>

Change This Setting to Stop iPhone Apps From Tracking You

Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature can help give your privacy a boost and prevent ads from tracking you across the web.

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This Privacy Setting Helps Keep Facebook From Tracking You

You don't have to let Facebook track you across the web. We'll show you how to prevent it.

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If You Value Your Privacy, Change These Browser Settings ASAP

Give your online privacy a major boost by taking five minutes to adjust a few settings in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge or Brave.

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Change These Twitter Privacy Settings to Protect Your Personal Data

With a few tweaks, you can stop Twitter from sharing your information.

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<p>Meta released its quarterly earnings on Wednesday.</p>

Facebook Parent Meta's Earnings Fall Short as Advertising Fizzles

The social media giant is the latest to reveal signs of frailty in its ads-reliant business.

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<p>The battle's heating up.</p>

Meta's NYC Billboard Attacks Apple's iMessage

The high-profile billboard, touted by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, was placed near Times Square.

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<p>Google is adding new controls to let people turn off targeted ads. </p>

Google Is Making It Easier to Turn Off Targeted Ads

My Ad Center is a new hub where people can control the types of ads they see.

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Google Must Face Most of Texas' Antitrust Lawsuit on Ads

The lawsuit alleges the search giant entered into an illegal deal with Facebook.

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<p>Google headquarters in Mountain View, California</p>

Google Earnings Miss Expectations Amid Tech Industry Weakness

Google's advertising business didn't seem to suffer as badly as other internet companies but still faces a difficult environment.

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Passwords Could Go Extinct Soon, Fortnite Returns to iOS (Sort Of)

In today's top stories, Apple, Google and Microsoft team up to implement new technologies so you won't have to remember those annoying passwords. Meanwhile, Microsoft's cloud gaming for mobile brings Fortnite to iOS and Android.

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<p>A Google Chrome sticker on a Google Pixel Chromebook</p>

Chrome tries new ad-targeting technology after privacy backlash

But privacy advocates aren't sold on Google's Topics interface, which replaces the ill-fated FLOC and is designed to judiciously reveal your interests to advertisers.

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Facebook to end targeted ad options for 'sensitive' topics

The move comes as lawmakers and others question the social network's practices.

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