I replaced Google Search with DuckDuckGo and Perplexity - my results were noticeably better

With Google now a cesspool of AI-generated answers, here's how to work smarter: DuckDuckGo and Perplexity are the best ...
PCMag

Google's AI Overviews Aren't Going Anywhere. But I Figured Out How to Hide Them

Annoyed by AI summaries taking over your search results page? It's only going to get worse. You can't stop AI overviews ...
TechCrunch

Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore

Google is about to look really different, and if you’re not a fan of the AI Overviews feature, then you’re not going to like what’s coming. At the Google I/O 2026 keynote this week, the company ...
BBC

Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back

A BBC investigation revealed a simple way AI chatbots are being made to spit out misinformation to the public. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem. I did something stupid ...
Time

Google Shifts to AI Search, Heralding Major Change in How People Use the Internet

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Ars Technica

Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...
CNET

5 Prompts to Try Out With Gemini 3 Pro in Google Search

Have you played around with Gemini 3 Pro in Google Search yet? I found five useful ways to use it right now. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human ...
Ars Technica

Syntax hacking: Researchers discover sentence structure can bypass AI safety rules

Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence ...
Network World

Cisco’s Splunk embeds agentic AI into security and observability products

Splunk, a Cisco company, unveiled at its .conf25 conference this week, agentic AI-powered security and observability capabilities designed to automate threat response, streamline IT operations, and ...
PC Magazine

The Battle for Your Search Bar: Bing vs. Google

Does Microsoft's search engine have what it takes to compete with the all-powerful Google? After testing Bing and Google side by side on basic search, news, shopping, AI features, and much more, we ...
CNET

AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's What It's Doing and Why It Matters

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...