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Google vs Microsoft – a tale of two AI search engines
Google and Microsoft report good results but take different lines on what AI is doing to search. Google: all is well. Microsoft: everything is about to change. Read more…
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Microsoft confident Bing can fill gap in Australia if Google pulls out
Software giant Microsoft confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls out over payments to media outlets. Read more…
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Search Twitter for the word ‘loser’ – guess who comes up?
Twitter users searching for the word ‘loser’ on Saturday were greeted with an unusual first result: US President Donald Trump’s account. Read more…
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Microsoft Corp’s Bing search engine blocked in China
Microsoft Corp’s Bing search engine has been blocked in China, making it the latest foreign technology service to be shut down behind the country’s Great Firewall. Read more…
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Baidu to improve service after complaints
Baidu no longer plans on being a good search engine. It only wants to be a marketing platform Read more…
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US lawmakers add pressure to Google over China plans
(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 16 US lawmakers asked Google on Thursday if it would comply with China’s internet censorship and surveillance policies should it re-enter the Chinese search engine market. The questioning added Read more…
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Google is developing a censored search engine for China: report
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites and search terms, two sources said, in a move that could mark its return Read more…
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Early signs that Google’s Reserve tool is evolving the search game
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is drawing thousands of new customers to gyms and salons each month through its Reserve appointment-booking tool released last year, Reuters has learned, a quiet step in the company’s transition Read more…
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Both sides appeal India ruling on Google search bias case
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Google has appealed against a ruling by India’s competition watchdog that found it guilty of “search bias”, while the website that brought the case also challenged the outcome, complaining the online Read more…
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Sohu’s Sogou promises to stick AI into its search engine
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s second-largest mobile search engine Sogou, controlled by Sohu.com and 45% owned by Tencent Holdings, said it will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) as it aims to build a next-generation search Read more…
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Google adds personalized feed to mobile search app
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google on Wednesday announced an overhaul of its search app on mobile phones to include a personalized feed of links about hobbies, travel, sports and other topics, a move that puts Read more…