What the $400 million Snap-Perplexity deal means for users

Snap inked a $400 million deal with Perplexity to launch an AI-powered search engine. Snap's CEO said this would make AI more ...
Fast Company

Thanks to AI, this guy is running a Google rival from his laundry room

Nearly 30 years ago, when Google launched the search engine that started its long march to dominance, its founders started without much hardware. Known at first as Backrub and operated on the Stanford ...
Odessa American

IT’S GEEK TO ME: What is the difference between a search engine and AI?

Answer: Ah, what a great question, especially considering that I am the self-appointed sole holder of that most coveted artifact: the Geekudon Black Belt in the dark art of Google-Fu. That makes yours ...
MacTech

Apple will apparently allow iPhone uses in Safari to change the default search engine

A Reddit report says Apple will allow iPhone uses in Japan to choose a search engine besides Google after installing iOS 26.2 ...
CNET

Ready to Escape Google? Start by Changing Your Phone's Default Search Engine

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of ...