The official Microsoft performance-boosting and clean-up app for Windows called "PC Manager" thinks a user's PC needs repairing if they choose to ignore Bing. But it's hardly a surprise at this point.
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The UK-based consumer rights group, Which?, has exposed the scale of scam ads across major online platforms such as Google, YouTube, and Facebook. It called on companies to do more.
Generative AI services could be a major threat to traditional search engines by 2026, according to Gartner. It said that search engine volumes will drop by 25% in the next two years as people switch.
According to a new report, some senior Microsoft execs are apparently eyeing a deal with Mozilla's Firefox in a bid to replace Google as the default search engine, with its own New Bing.
A new report claims Google is revamping its Search layout away from the traditional column of links in favor of showing more short videos similar to TikTok, and showing more forum discussions.
According to its September SUMO announcement post, Mozilla has started testing Microsoft's Bing as the default search engine for Firefox on a very small number of installations on desktops.
The tech giant has heard the community, and over the coming weeks will start experimenting with the placements of the vexing favicons that were introduced as a part of the recent redesign.
Mozilla now lets you add custom search engines in the nightly version of Firefox Preview for Android. The firm added some pre-defined engines such as Ecosia but also lets you add new ones.
Mozilla has recently added a new feature to its Firefox Nightly builds that allows users to set a search engine for normal browsing and private browsing. It could help the firm bring in more money.
A change in UK law means that pornography is to be blocked by default, becoming an opt-in feature. The move is ostensibly an effort to limit access to illegal content or underage content.
A new survey claims that the majority of the US want search engine such as Google and Bing to block access to links that offer pirated content such as music or movies.
Russia and Turkey are receiving a different default engine to most WP8 handsets, with Yandex coming as standard on both. The partnership could help gain some control for Yandex within Turkey.
Third-party results finally suggest that Google's mail service is leading the world, despite the search giant having claimed this to be the case during the summer. Somehow, Yahoo is still hanging on.
Google has begun to integrate users Google+ posts into their social search results. Results now include commentaries about public links that have been shared by users on their Google+ account.
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