Annoyed by AI summaries taking over your search results page? There's no official way to turn them off, but there are a few tricks you can try to stop seeing them so often.

One prioritizes convenience and personalization. The other puts privacy first. Which one should you use? We help you decide. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing ...

How many times have you seen different SERP layouts and results across markets? No two people see the same search results, as per Google’s own documentation. No two users receive identical outputs ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Australia's eSafety Commission. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for ...

After helping elect President Donald Trump, major tech companies could be in for yet another windfall as Congress examines a suite of bills opponents have dubbed the “Bad Internet Bills.” The bills ...

The Internet Archive, also known as the Wayback Machine, is generally regarded as a place to view old web pages, but its value goes far beyond reviewing old pages. There are five ways that Archive.org ...

December 2, 2025: Vladimir Putin, has long had a difficult relationship with the internet. Putin wants to create a Sovereign, used in Russia only, internet. There are problems with this because the ...

Search engines have evolved significantly from basic keyword matching to intelligent systems leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). This transformation prompts an important question: when it comes ...

Chrome has been my default browser for a long time, but recently I’ve been looking into alternatives that offer useful new features that Google’s browser can’t match. There’s always one sticking point ...

Imagine you wake up one day, turn on your computer or phone, and try to log in to a social media site. You’re greeted by a message: “We need to confirm your identity. Click here to send us your ...

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

Since last year’s disastrous rollout of Google’s AI Overviews, the world at large has been aware of how AI-powered search results can differ wildly from the traditional list of links search engines ...