A software engineer from New York got so fed up with the irrelevant results and SEO spam in search engines that he decided to create a better one. Two months later, he has a demo search engine up and ...

I found the benefits of self-hosting a decentralized search engine using YaCy, an open-source platform that prioritizes ...

YaCy is a free, decentralized search engine that can be installed locally. When you run a search via google.com, that search not only goes through the Google servers, but it also places AI answers ...

Looking for a new search engine? Google has admittedly been the go-to option for decades, and with good reason. The results have been helpful, and the interface has been easy to navigate, so why would ...

Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of ...

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of ...