Android TV is full of ads, even in apps-only mode. Here's how I replaced the launcher, YouTube, and the remote's buttons to get rid of them.
Build TV games | Android TV | Android Developers
How to bring your games to Android TV, including recommendations and examples.
uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad blocker extension
uBlock Origin is a free, open-source ad blocker extension and content blocker. Block ads on YouTube, Twitch, and across the web with low CPU and memory usage. Available for Firefox, Edge, Opera, and Chrome via uBlock Origin Lite.
216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem
Exposing AdFection: How Discover-Tech Turned Targeted Ads Into a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware - The Citizen Lab
This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads. We call the technique AdFection, and show how it was used to infect devices at Al Jazeera with Candiru’s spyware. We also uncover Discover-Tech, and show how the company helps mercenary surveillance vendors track and hack devices around the world.
Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits
Is this patent a sign of things to come?
🎬 Watch The Android Show | I/O Edition 2026
Tim Sweeney on Twitter / X
Google is opening up Android all the way with robust support for competing stores, competing payments, and a better deal for all developers. So, we've settled all of our disputes worldwide. THANKS GOOGLE! https://t.co/Dq6eXNnZd0— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) March 4, 2026
Google teases an Android desktop mode, made with Samsung’s help
Google’s own version of DeX.
Using Ads to Sustain Open Source
Why someone who loves Privacy Badger, uses a non-tracking browser, and never cared for ads, is advocating their ethical use for open…
First Pictures of Eagle Mode for Android
Ads and Ad blockers
Last time, we shared how ethical advertising works to keep Read the Docs sustainable without creepy ad targeting. This time, we will share about one of our biggest challenges with advertising. At the beginning of April, Read the Docs was added to one of the most popular ad block lists: the Easyli...
DO NOT BUY: LG’s Spyware TVs, Monitors, and Wiretapping Concerns
Nobody Wants Your Damn App
Nobody wants another app cluttering their phone—so why does every website keep begging us to install one? The web already perfected the experience: click, load, done. Maybe it’s time we stopped trying to ruin it.
Google Is Not Ruling Out Ads in Gemini
WIRED spoke with Nick Fox, Google’s SVP of knowledge and information, about how AI is changing the company’s advertising business.
Television is the missing GUI for personal agents, created by me and the team at @telepathinc.bsky.social. It will be open-source, but in the meantime we're inviting early users to our private alpha. lmk if you want to try it out!
Telepath
Introducing Television, the missing GUI for personal agents. Television is a visual workspace for you and your agent, and our first step toward a new interface paradigm for agentic computers. Now accepting alpha users, open source soon.
