President and CEO Randy Hutchinson gives consumers insights about how to protect assets and guard against scams.

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. Google's sponsored ads are ...

Google's new feature will hide sponsored results in Search. "Hide sponsored results" applies to all ads on the page. The feature will appear on desktop and mobile. If you immediately scroll past the ...

This year, scammers have ventured deeper into financial institutions. The brokerage house will remain nameless, but when I searched on a financial institution’s name and a list of Sponsored Ads ...

Sponsored content is everywhere online. From the top results of your search engine to the tempting deal you scrolled past on social media – it’s hard to avoid. While most sponsored ads are legitimate, ...

Companies that deal in shady free gift card offers have managed to game Google's sponsored search results so they can pass themselves off as representing the official sites of such huge brands as ...

A fake app impersonating Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetuals exchange, has been found on the Google Play Store, ...

Last week, Shameem Adhikarath spotted a sponsored label on top of the "People also consider" box within the Google Search results. I figured it was a bug with ads not loading but then Shay Harel ...

Google is globally launching a new “Sponsored results” label across desktop and mobile, grouping text and Shopping ads under a clearer header. The update marks one of Google’s most visible ad labeling ...

It was bad enough that Google decided to include “AI Overviews” in search results, watering down useful links with amalgamated garbage. But now, the tech monolith is cranking up the slop machine into ...

Google now lets you collapse and hide all sponsored ads on a results page. The catch is you need to see the ads first, as the option appears at the bottom of the new "Sponsored" section. Google Search ...