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Engadgettechnology4 days ago
Cloudflare to Block Mixed-Use Web Crawlers Serving AI Companies
Cloudflare will automatically block web crawlers that both index sites for search engines and train AI models. The change gives website owners more control over how their content is used by AI systems.
Rapplerpolitics33 days ago
European Parliament Sets Qwant as Default Search Engine on June 4
The European Parliament will replace Google with French search engine Qwant as the default on its Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox browsers starting June 4, 2026. The change is part of a broader effort to reduce reliance on non-European digital tools.
The Independentbusiness39 days ago
AI-driven shopping conversion rate rises in UK retail
Adobe reported that UK shoppers using AI tools completed purchases at higher rates than those arriving via traditional search engines. Conversion rates from AI referrals increased 182 percent year-on-year in May.
Financial Timesai48 days ago
Google to Release Smart Glasses and Add AI Agents to Search
Google plans to introduce smart glasses and new AI agents for its search engine. The features will use the Gemini model and aim to match offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI.
ndtv.comtechnology48 days ago
Google Adds AI Agents to Search for Personalized Alerts and Tasks
Google announced plans to integrate AI agents into its search engine at the I/O conference. The agents will monitor user requests and send alerts even when users are offline. New tools will also generate custom visualizations and interactive widgets.
benzinga.comtechnology61 days ago
Snap Terminates Perplexity Partnership, Reports 5% User Growth and Q1 Layoffs
Snap revealed Wednesday that it no longer has a deal with Perplexity, an agreement first announced in November 2025 that would have integrated the AI search engine into Snapchat. The companies amicably ended the relationship in Q1 2026. Snap also reported 5% year-over-year growth…
Photo: ALEXANDRE LALLEMAND / Unsplashai82 days ago
EU Proposes Measures to Increase Competition in Search Engine Market
The European Union has proposed measures aimed at making key Google data accessible to rival search engines and artificial intelligence chatbots. This initiative is part of the EU's efforts to regulate major U.S. technology companies.
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JesusManuelMunozTejeda / Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)finance90 days ago
Tether CEO Announces Development of Decentralized Search Engine Hypersearch
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, stated that the company's engineering team is developing Hypersearch, a decentralized search engine. The project uses distributed hash table (DHT)-based infrastructure. This initiative aims to provide a decentralized alternative to traditional search…
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