After making the decision to ditch Google Search a few months ago, I’ve been making it a point to keep an eye out for new products to try. Amusingly, it took me quite a while to realize there are ...

I’ve been trying to disentangle my online life from Google for a while. And as someone who wrote about Android professionally for years, it hasn’t been easy. I’ve ditched Chrome, but I still use a ...

For decades, the way we find information on the internet changed only in small ways. Doing a traditional Google search today doesn't feel all that different from when, in the 1990s, you would Ask ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

PCWorld argues that Bing serves as a superior alternative to AI-heavy search engines by prioritizing human-authored content over automated summaries. AI search engines like Google’s AI Mode often hide ...

I remember 1996 like it was yesterday. Banner ads were booming, and AltaVista was the coolest search engine around. The internet was flipping business models upside down, unlocking opportunities no ...

Researchers at Alibaba Group have developed a novel approach that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of training AI systems to search for information, eliminating the need for expensive ...

Mandatory AI summaries have come to Google, and they gleefully showcase hallucinations while confidently insisting on their truth. I feel about them the same way I felt about mandatory G+ logins when ...

During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb ...