The Pixel Launcher in the latest Android 14 QPR 2 Beta 3 build includes a hidden setting called “Search Engine.” This setting could let you select the app you use to search the web, presumably ...

It was declared the winner of the search-engine wars way back in 1998. Fortune magazine said the company was poised for much bigger things. That company was, actually, Yahoo. As it turned out, that ...

Google is among the most popular search engines, with about 5.9 million searches per minute or roughly 8.5 billion daily searches. But the browser is known to track people in various ways, including ...

If your default search engine and homepage keep changing unexpectedly, it could be due to several reasons, including malware, browser settings, or managed browser environments. Here’s a step-by-step ...

John Giannandrea, Apple’s senior vice president of ML and AI strategy, took the stand this week to testify in the ongoing Department of Justice antitrust suit against Google. During his testimony, ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

Add us as a preferred source on Google. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of seeing AI used in place of actual search ...

Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of ...

If you have found yourself inadvertently using Microsoft Bing as your default search engine on Google Chrome, it is likely due to a variety of reasons, including the installation of malicious ...

Earlier this week, a federal court ruled that Google's lucrative default search engine deal with Apple violates antitrust law. Google plans to appeal the decision and the court hasn't provided insight ...

Marketplace’s Matt Levin explains why users’ fear of changing default settings on tech devices, especially smartphones, is at the heart of the government’s antitrust case against Google. It was ...

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