DeepSeek AI search is the clearest sign it wants Google’s turf

DeepSeek is hiring for DeepSeek AI search, a multilingual, multimodal engine that could challenge Google’s search habit. The listings also point to persistent AI agents, signaling a broader push ...

Yahoo Scout is an AI ‘answer engine’ that wants to challenge Perplexity and Google’s AI mode

With Scout, Yahoo is entering the AI search race by betting that users still want visible sources, challenging rivals like Google and Perplexity that increasingly keep links in the background. The ...
Science Daily

A revolutionary DNA search engine is speeding up genetic discovery

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 ...
NPR

In a major antitrust ruling, a judge lets Google keep Chrome but levies other penalties

In a ruling aimed at restoring competition in the search engine market, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta refrained from ordering Google to sell off Chrome, the world's most popular browser, but ordered ...
CNET

Ready to Escape Google? Start by Changing Your Phone's Default Search Engine

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 ...
The Conversation

Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools – here’s why

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the International Association for Information Science and ...