Google Chrome to offer 'heavy ad' blocker to block resource-intensive adverts

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A future release of Google Chrome will block ads consuming too much CPU power or sending large amounts of data

Google is developing an ad blocker for Chrome targeting "heavy ads" - adverts so resource-intensive that they slow down the browser. The feature is not included in the current main Chrome build,...

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