The whole premise of a search engine is to surface the most relevant results for your query, sorting them to present the highest quality links that best answer your question. That sounds simple but ...

After making the decision to ditch Google Search a few months ago, I’ve been making it a point to keep an eye out for new products to try. Amusingly, it took me quite a while to realize there are ...

That's where this independent search engine comes in, and makes it so rare in 2025. Mojeek crawls and runs its own search index, doesn't track you for advertising, and offers a rare sliver of peaceful ...

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 ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

I remember 1996 like it was yesterday. Banner ads were booming, and AltaVista was the coolest search engine around. The internet was flipping business models upside down, unlocking opportunities no ...

I’ve been trying to disentangle my online life from Google for a while. And as someone who wrote about Android professionally for years, it hasn’t been easy. I’ve ditched Chrome, but I still use a ...

For decades now, Google has been the unquestioned champion of search—our digital oracle, the first and last stop for every question, from “What’s the best pizza place near me?” to “How many protons ...

We are at a uniquely and historically weak moment for Google. The quality of their results has even non-SEOs complaining, against a backdrop of being found illegally maintaining a monopoly and losing ...

Evercore analysts found that a surprising number of people like Google's new AI search.

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Mark Zuckerberg gave props to DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis for using Meta to get a better deal from Google, which bought the AI lab for $500M+.