The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on ...

Google is rolling out a series of changes to its Search and Discover pages, the company shared across multiple announcements. The updates will bring new AI-powered features to these key destinations, ...

In a sign of the times (and where things are going), visiting google.com/ai now opens Google Search AI Mode. Previously, google.com/aimode was the shortcut to the ...

Does Microsoft's search engine have what it takes to compete with the all-powerful Google? After testing Bing and Google side by side on basic search, news, shopping, AI features, and much more, we ...

Numerous studies indicate that the shift to AI search features and the use of AI chatbots are killing traffic to publishers’ sites. But Google on Wednesday denied that’s the case, at least in ...

Google launches Web Guide, an experimental AI feature that clusters search results into topic groups. Available now in Search Labs. Google is testing Web Guide in Search Labs. Web Guide is an ...

Google's search was once so ubiquitous that the verb "to google" is now synonymous with "look it up." Yet it's now more than ever that Google's hegemony is in question. Studies have suggested that ...

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Experience a random pain in the 21st century and an internet search usually comes before a call to the doctor. Googling “chest pain,” “high fever,” or “skin rash” calls up a series of blue links ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. Ashwin Nagappa receives funding ...

As part of a new opt-in experiment, Google is removing the "I'm Feeling Lucky Button" and replacing it with AI Mode, its enhanced AI search tool. The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button is not going away ...

The very basic meaning of what it means to ” Google” something – typing in keywords and sifting through links, images and information snippets is nearly behind us, according to Google. The search ...