Google has suddenly hit back hard after Microsoft was seemingly caught capturing and diverting Google users within its Windows ecosystem. “New year, new low,” one Google exec posted on X, accusing the Windows-maker of “a long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice.”
In a press release, the Foundation states that the project will allow "industry leaders, academia, developers, and the broader open source community" to work on Chromium, with "much-needed funding and development support for open development of projects.
This type of strategy is sometimes called a “dark pattern,” or a deceptive pattern that tricks users into doing something they did not intend. Below the Google-looking search bar, including a Google Doodle-esque cartoon, regular Bing results are displayed.
Whether you are in the Google, Microsoft, Apple, or Proton ecosystem, a cloud storage service is essential for keeping your notes, files, spreadsheets, media, and more in a central place. Speaking of the two software giants, OneDrive is miles ahead of Google Drive. Here is why.
It’s no surprise Google is desperate to keep Chrome within its stable, pushing back on the DOJ’s campaign to force a sale of the browser. But Chrome is proving itself to be remarkably resilient—just as it is with a new update that’s particularly bad news for Microsoft and its Windows OS.
Microsoft is laying off "a small percentage of its workforce," as the tech sector continues to endure a turbulent period.
When searching for Google on Bing, Microsoft’s result page reportedly shows a design similar to Google’s home page.
Microsoft's Bing now mimics Google's homepage for users searching for 'Google' while not signed into a Microsoft account. This new feature presents a
Cohere claims North outperforms both Microsoft Copilot and Google Vertex AI in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)—the ability to fetch accurate and relevant answers from a dataset—as well as enterprise employee use cases and experience. The benchmark tests comparing the platforms were based on LlamaIndex tests and human evaluation.
Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Apple CEO Tim Cook are among the tech titans who donated a million dollars to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.