Opera to add native ad blocker to desktop web browser

Chris Merriman
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Need for speed? Opera's web browser will come with a built-in speedometer

Opera Software - currently the subject of a $1.2bn takeover bid by a consortium of Chinese investors - is including an ad blocker in the latest version of its desktop web browser that, it claims, w...

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