Yelp accuses Google of being a local search bully in antitrust lawsuit Chocolate Factory claims rival is trying to revive cases it's already lost Legal29 Aug 2024 | 8
OpenAI unveils AI search engine SearchGPT – not that you're allowed to use it yet Launching in Beta is so 2014. We're in the prototype limited sign-up era now AI + ML25 Jul 2024 | 2
Microsoft adds generative search to its Bing engine Looks a lot like Google's AI Overviews, hopefully without some of the early unfortunate summaries AI + ML25 Jul 2024 | 5
Google finally addresses those bizarre AI search results Suggesting people eat rocks or put glue on pizza? Yeah, that's some artificial intelligence right there Personal Tech31 May 2024 | 86
Encrypted email service files DMA complaint claiming it vanished from Google Search Tuta cries foul, Chocolate Factory denies service unreachable Applications26 Apr 2024 | 62
AI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality interview 'Not all AI content is spam, but I think right now all spam is AI content' AI + ML13 Apr 2024 | 39
Notepad++ dev slams Google-clogging notepad.plus 'parasite' Updated Imitator seemingly swiftly sunk from search after plea to users for help Applications09 Apr 2024 | 105
Google is wrong to put AI search features behind paywall, says HPC leader Interview 'A huge amount of responsibility to ensure that there is ethical management' AI + ML08 Apr 2024 | 34
Google ponders making AI search a premium option Ad-free search experience might not be on the cards AI + ML04 Apr 2024 | 20
Google's AI-powered search results are loaded with spammy, scammy garbage Be careful where you click Personal Tech25 Mar 2024 | 35
It's crazy but it's true: Apple rejected Bing for wrong answers about Annie Lennox Cupertino only wanted to be with Google for search – despite the prospect of buying Bing outright Personal Tech26 Feb 2024 | 60
Google flushes cached search results forever Chap in charge hopes the Internet Archive is willing to pipe in historical search results as a substitute Software05 Feb 2024 | 29
Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse Updated 'Search engines seem to lose the cat-and-mouse game that is SEO spam,' says study Personal Tech17 Jan 2024 | 112
Apple slams Android as a 'massive tracking device' in internal slides revealed in Google antitrust battle Whinges about Chrome maker's privacy stance while taking billions to, er, use its search engine Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 41
Microsoft CEO whinges about Google's default search deals Alleges it achieved dominance through nefarious means – but who would do such a thing? Software03 Oct 2023 | 23
US Department of Justice claims Google bought its way to web search dominance We're just better, says Big G Off-Prem13 Sep 2023 | 29
Yahoo! comeback! continues! as! fresh! listing! planned! Boss says it has traffic galore and a beautiful balance sheet Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 18
Search engines don't always help chatbots generate accurate answers Research shows developers have to find new ways to manipulate information for AI AI + ML07 Jun 2023 | 5
Hong Kong's state-sponsored SEO on national anthem strikes the right note Can't get Google to finish the job, though Legal20 Mar 2023 | 13
'Major' news: Microsoft slips Bing chatbot shortcut into Windows 11 Celebrated, unhinged search tool pushed in latest OS update AI + ML01 Mar 2023 | 22
Google's $100b bad day demo may be worth the price Opinion Bad AI is bad, bad search is worse AI + ML13 Feb 2023 | 73
Hong Kong ups its SEO game to stop Google playing a protest song as its national anthem It's not the anthem – it's the algorithm Off-Prem12 Jan 2023 | 9
Microsoft chases Google with ChatGPT-powered Bing Software behemoth infusing search engine with AI machines that go Bing! AI + ML04 Jan 2023 | 31
China's Baidu enters quantum computing chat with Qian Shi system A small but functional quantum system accelerating science, not search Science25 Aug 2022 | 2
Australian court overturns 'Google is a publisher' decision Precedent essentially meant that search results could be considered defamatory, which is dumb Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 43
Microsoft Bing censors politically sensitive Chinese terms Updated Research claims it fails to autofill certain names in Han characters, Microsoft says it's technical error Research20 May 2022 | 22
Off the grid, Day 10: Yandex's only datacenter outside of Russia still running on diesel Updated Russia's Google desperately seeking energy deal for Finland DC after local renewables supplier terminates agreement On-Prem05 May 2022 | 22