Google’s Liz Reid: The real search shift is behavioral, not AI

Liz Reid says AI isn’t driving the change in Google Search — users are. Younger audiences are shifting to video, forums, and ...

Gemini’s next trick is hiding in Chrome, and it could change how you browse

Chrome’s Canary build quietly adds a “Contextual tasks” panel tied to Gemini. It's rough, but it points to agentic browsing, ...

I abandoned Google for a search tool that doesn't track me or push AI - and it gets better

Congratulations, you now have your own decentralized search engine. You can ignore Google and no longer worry about AI results or having a profile created that can be used for targeted ads and who ...

Hell freezes over as Google allows a way to hide sponsored search results

In a surprising move, Google is now offering a way for Chrome users to hide sponsored search results, with a small caveat.
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Google Search has ‘hide sponsored results’ button in new ad section design

The blog post notes that AI Overviews will remain a large part of Google Search as the new sponsored section and hide button ...
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DOJ Google Case 2025: Understanding the Implications of the Recent Antitrust Ruling

In September 2025, the court ruled that Google broke antitrust laws by keeping a monopoly in search and search ads. The court ...