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Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it
2020-02-25 17:51

A simple Google search could lead people to invite codes that would let them find and join private WhatsApp group chats, given that the pages were indexed by Google. This is past tense, at least for Google search: as of Saturday, WhatsApp tweaked the glitch out of existence, though the search was still working on other, major search engines as of today.

Ooh, watch out Google. You've got competition. Verizon has a new 'privacy-focused' search engine
2020-01-23 13:30

Verizon has slung out a new, privacy-focused search engine in an effort to win over customers who prefer not to have their browsing habits tracked by ad-slingers and the like. Three years ago, it bought Yahoo! and two years before that, AOL, in a ham-fisted effort to woo millennials away from Facebook and Google - which it later rebranded as Oath and then the Verizon Media Group.

Meet Kilos, a New Search Engine for the Dark Web
2019-11-27 15:25

Kilos is a new dark web search engine that goes where Google doesn't. It was first announced by its developer on Reddit on November 15, 2019: "Introducing Kilos, a new search engine for the...

WordPress Sites Worldwide Hit with ‘Call-Girl’ Search-Engine Pollution
2019-06-10 21:14

A web spam campaign targeting Koreans is affecting non-hacked websites worldwide.

Child-friendly search engines: How safe is Kiddle?
2019-03-19 10:35

Kiddle and Kidrex are meant to deliver age-appropriate search results, filtering out internet nastiness. But how do they really stack up?

How to make DuckDuckGo your default Chrome search engine
2019-03-15 11:50

Good news for the privacy-conscious. Chrome 73, released Tuesday, now includes the DuckDuckGo search engine as an option.

China Blocks Microsoft's Bing Search Engine, Despite Offering Censored Results
2019-01-24 08:33

China has blocked Microsoft-owned search engine Bing, the company confirmed after receiving complaints from users throughout the country who took to social media beginning late Wednesday to...

European Privacy Search Engines Aim to Challenge Google
2018-11-21 17:18

In the battle for online privacy, U.S. search giant Google is a Goliath facing a handful of European Davids. The backlash over Big Tech's collection of personal data offers new hope to a number of...

CrowdStrike Adds Malware Search Engine to 'Hybrid Analysis'
2018-08-21 19:43

Endpoint security firm CrowdStrike on Tuesday announced that new search capabilities have been added to the company’s Hybrid Analysis service. read more

Google employees protest work on censored search engine for China
2018-08-20 10:38

Hundreds signed a letter raising concerns about the moral and ethical issues of Google helping China with its censorship.