Android: For whatever reason, Google has yet to give its Android YouTube app the long-awaited update that finally unlocks dark mode. iOS users can dark mode. Web viewers can dark mode. But Android? It's the light side or nothing (at least, as of when we wrote this article).

Unlock Rewards is a new Android app that promises you a monthly trove of Flybuys points for very little effort on your part. All you need to do is... look at a full-screen ad whenever you unlock your phone?

Friends, I have spent this Monday morning in a black hole. I've only just found the gumption to climb myself out. It started with this, an old Australian ad for the Atari 2600 and it got worse and weirder from there.

Please join me on this journey. The journey of the weirdest Australian video game commercials I could find on YouTube.

Google is a massive company that does a lot of things. It gives you email, a cool search engine, a fantastic Maps app and plenty of cloud storage, all for free. We also tend to forget that it's an ad company. Until an ad pops up on someone's Google Home device, anyway.

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: Microsoft launches Xbox Game Pass, Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, watch the latest Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer.

Whether you're a fan of American football or couldn't care less, the Super Bowl final is always worth a watch if only for the assortment of crazy ads. Each year, the world's biggest brands spend insane amounts of money to debut new commercials in this highly coveted time slot.

You can expect a cavalcade of funny, stupid, raunchy, weird and insanely expensive ads to drop over the next few days on such divergent topics as beer, cars, fast food, video games, computers and everything in-between. We'll be collecting the best ads as they appear online. Watch them all here!

A few months ago, Facebook announced its plans to start showing ads in Messenger. Now, we have a glimpse at what they will look like. They're huge and obnoxious. The moral of the story: Never message brands.

Earlier this year, Facebook announced it was building bots that would let companies chat with you in Messenger. Now, the company has announced sponsored messages. They're like ads, but for your chat app.

Last month, Google introduced YouTube Red in Australia, a paid tier for YouTube that removes ads, among other cool features. I've been using it ever since launch day What I thought would be a minor reduction in annoyances actually changed how I view and enjoy the internet.

For a while now, Google's Play Store has shown if an app contains in-app purchases, so you can better decide if you want to use it. Now, the store will also let you know if an app contains ads.

Windows 10's new Spotlight feature usually shows you neat photographs and fun facts when you first start your computer. Now, it's started showing ads. Here's how to turn it off.

Let's be honest, you watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. Well, now you don't have to put yourself through all the whistles, flags, and "Omahas." You can stream them all online -- some even before the big game -- and make all those companies feel silly for spending $7 million to air a 30-second spot.

iOS: Adblock's standalone browser arrived on Android a few months ago and today it's on iOS. As you'd expect, it blocks ads and tracking.

Firefox: The last time we highlighted uBlock, a fast and lightweight alternative to AdBlock Plus, it was Chrome only. Now the add-on is available for Firefox as well, and it works well, even though it's still in beta.

Facebook ads aren't the worst we've seen, but they're still annoying, and many of them are poorly targeted. Modify your ad preferences to stop Facebook's tracking or to make the ad selection better.

Nobody likes advertisements, but a new study shows we're very susceptible to ads that stroke our egos. This happens in spite of our awareness of an ad's ulterior motives.

Hi Lifehacker, I was on Facebook last week and saw a lot of ads for T-shirts for Richmond's AFL team on sale at Target. I've never liked either Target or Richmond on Facebook (though I am a Richmond supporter). How did Facebook know that would be of interest to me?

Google's algorithms have always scanned Gmail messages to display personalised advertisements, but a recent update to the terms of service has everyone talking about it again. You can't stop scanning altogether, but if you want to limit what kinds of ads you see -- and even get rid of some -- you can do so with a few tweaks.

The rumours were true: today Facebook announced it has begun a test where a small number of users will see auto-playing video ads in their News Feed.