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Microsoft Bing, Edge may be exempted from EU’s Digital Market Act: Report

The search engine and the web browser, just like Apple’s iMessage service, could be exempted as they are not dominant enough in their segments.

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7 ways to use Microsoft Copilot right

The free version of Microsoft’s generative AI chatbot is available in Windows and on the web. Here’s how to make the most of it.

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3 exceptional Android privacy power-ups

Unlock extra privacy power in your Android web experience with these simple but out of sight enhancements.

Android Dark Mode

A powerful Android dark mode enhancement

Ready to take your Android dark mode experience to a whole new level?

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Windows 10 cheat sheet

Eight years after releasing Windows 10, Microsoft hasn’t stopped tweaking it. Here’s what you need to know about the most popular version of Windows.

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How to go incognito in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari

While incognito mode in any of the big four web browsers offers a measure of privacy, it doesn’t completely hide your tracks online. Here’s how the feature works in each browser, and how to use it.

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Microsoft to use Oracle’s OCI Supercluster for Bing conversational searches

Microsoft and Oracle have entered into a multiyear agreement to support inferencing of AI models that are being optimized to power Bing’s conversational searches.

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6 fantastic forgotten features in Google’s Chrome Android browser

Save time and work smarter with these excellent out-of-sight options for Chrome on Android.

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Google antitrust trial: Pichai concedes that default search boosts market share

Google' star witness in its US antitrust trial, CEO Sundar Pichai, defended the company's business practices but drew attention to the importance of default search contracts as a driver of its market share.

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How to activate Chrome's fancy new Android reading enhancer

Who knew the web could look so good?!

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Microsoft addresses three zero-days for October’s Patch Tuesday

Microsoft this week rolled out 103 security updates, including for three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Edge.

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How to replace Edge as the default browser in Windows — and why you shouldn’t

Here’s how to make Chrome, Firefox, or another browser the primary one in Windows 10 or 11. (But are you sure you want to?)

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Microsoft’s Nadella: Google could lock up AI-enabled search

As a witness for the prosecution in the Google antitrust trial, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that Google’s monopoly profits could lock in publishers as AI-enabled search arrives.

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Meta challenges ChatGPT with chatbot, OpenAI fires back with new features

Meta this week unveiled a new chatbot connected to the Bing search engine that can have a conversation with a user and create images based on textual inputs.

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‘We hoped not to use WebKit at all,' says Vivaldi CEO, as iOS browser ships

With Europe's DMA in place, “the gatekeeper is no longer going to be able to dictate what you use or try to force you to use software you do not like," says Vivaldi chief Jon von Tetzchner.

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Google defends search business in biggest US antitrust case of the century so far

Shadows of the Internet Explorer trial of the ’90s loom as the government opens its trial against Google today, accusing the internet giant of illegally maintaining a monopoly on search.

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EU lists ‘gatekeepers’ to be regulated, opens iMessage and Bing investigations

The day after it was reported that Apple and Microsoft were contesting the proposed "gatekeeper" status of iMessage and Bing, the European Commission leaves them off the list of services to be regulated by the DMA but announces...

Chrome Android Settings: Better browsing

4 secret settings for a smarter Chrome Android setup

Supercharge your smartphone browsing experience with these powerful yet completely concealed options for Google's Chrome Android app.

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