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Google and other popular search engines have to battle the spam menace and other issues that could ruin search for everyone. News 

Everyone is experiencing a worsening search problem with Google.

Adriana Marais, ,

Search results on Google and other platforms have become useless and most people are not getting what they are looking for from these search engines. Well, that’s what a new report says about the state of search engines and how they seem to be polluted with tons of data that’s hard to analyze thanks to SEO spam. The details of the research conducted by various institutions paint a worrying picture of the current level of search results, be it product reviews or general queries that millions make on these platforms…

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Gabriel Weinberg, who also founded the company, testified on Sept. 21 on the effect on DuckDuckGo of Google's $10 billion in annual payments to smartphone makers and others to keep its search engine as the default on computers or mobile devices. (AP) News 

DuckDuckGo CEO Claims Google Contract Prevented Partnership with Apple

Adriana Marais, ,

According to transcripts from a significant antitrust trial involving Alphabet, the CEO of privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo revealed that discussions with Apple for a potential partnership fell through due to Google’s massive contracts with the smartphone manufacturer. Gabriel Weinberg, who also founded the company, testified Sept. 21 about the impact of Google’s $10 billion in annual payments to DuckDuckGo to smartphone manufacturers and others to keep the search engine the default on computers or mobile devices. Some of his testimony took place out of public view. A redacted transcript unsealed…

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DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg walks from the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 in Washington. (AP) News 

DuckDuckGo CEO Criticizes Lengthy Process to Move Away from Google

Adriana Marais

During an antitrust trial, the founder of DuckDuckGo, a search engine focused on privacy, stated that despite being established around 15 years ago, the company has struggled to gain a significant market share due to the challenge consumers face in switching from Google, which is set as the default option on computer screens. “It’s a lot harder to change than it should be,” CEO Gabriel Weinberg said in federal court Thursday. “There are too many steps.” Weinberg testified Thursday in the government’s antitrust lawsuit against Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc.…

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The open beta includes features such as Duck Player and email protection. News 

DuckDuckGo’s Privacy-Focused Web Browser Now Available for Windows Users

Jim Hendler, , ,

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-oriented substitute for Google, has been developing its own browser. After being introduced in open beta for Mac towards the end of last year, the DuckDuckGo browser is now being launched in beta for Windows from today. According to DuckDuckGo, this is the product that has been most requested for years. Naturally, DuckDuckGo is the default search engine here. But the browser has some additional features like Duck Player that prevent YouTube from showing targeted ads and block recommendations that users follow. YouTube will still see this as…

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The popular search engine is using ChatGPT and other sources to give responses. News 

DuckDuckGo uses artificial intelligence technology to provide you with chatGPT-style search results: Learn more

Nitin Misra, , ,

DuckDuckGo also collects artificial intelligence to provide its users with search results similar to ChatGPT. The search engine follows Microsoft and Google to give you results through a chatbot called DuckAssist. DuckDuckGo (DDG) says it leverages Open AI technology, from ChatGPT itself and Anthropic, an AI startup from former Open AI employees. Both companies have provided their chatbots to power DDG’s natural language, but it also returns results via Wikipedia, which some of you might be happy with because the platform’s data editing feature skews the results. DDG users can…

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