When I first thought about removing Google Search from my computing experience years ago, it seemed like a nightmare scenario. How would I be certain that the alternatives I picked would provide the same results as Google Search? That they would be just as reliable? It took a while until I started using Google Search …
By the end of the year more than a billion people around the world will experience a different Google search. New generative AI features will give users more complete and direct answers, offering a conversational overview powered by AI technology. The transition marks an overhaul of Google’s core search product. And since many people experience …
Microsoft (MSFT) on Tuesday debuted a host of new AI features during its Build conference in Seattle, including OpenAI’s new GPT-4o, a trio of small language models, and Microsoft’s new Cobalt 100 CPU. The announcements come as Silicon Valley turbocharges its AI investments and tech giants like Microsoft, Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META), …
For decades, the Google search experience has been a familiar dance: type a query, wade through a sea of blue links, and embark on your own research odyssey. But a quiet revolution is brewing in the search bar. Google’s foray into AI-powered summaries offers a glimpse into a future where curated snippets replace the open …
Updated at 11:45 a.m. ET on October 7, 2023 Living online means never quite understanding what’s happening to you at a given moment. Why these search results? Why this product recommendation? There is a feeling—often warranted, sometimes conspiracy-minded—that we are constantly manipulated by platforms and websites. So-called dark patterns, deceptive bits of web design that …
Billionaire Bill Ackman runs Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund that returned 234% over the last five years, crushing the 95% total return in the S&P 500. Pershing Square also beat the benchmark index over the last year and the last decade. That outperformance makes Ackman and his fund a worthwhile case study for …
Circle to Search might not be coming to other Android devices anytime soon Samsung suggested in its news release that Circle to Search might not be coming to other Android devices anytime soon. Samsung Netherlands said this in a recent news release: Circle to Search may become available on Android devices from other brands from …
There’s a decent chance that if you want to find information on something, you’re likely going to Google it. The Alphabet-owned search engine is by far the most-used of its kind; one report suggests it had over a 90% market share in 2023. And for anybody who wants to publish content on the internet, writing …
Google search increasingly looks like it just isn’t working the way it used to. The search engine that has become a 21st century staple in virtually everyone’s lives, used billions of times a day, is struggling with the unintended consequences of a recent update. Basically, it’s all spammed up. Welcome to web search’s junk mail …
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is betting on Perplexity, an AI search startup challenging Google. MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images A resurfaced video making the rounds on X shows a pre-famous Jeff Bezos explaining in 1997 why he founded Amazon—namely, a “startling statistic” he came across that web usage was growing at 2,300% a year. Riding …