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OpenAI's "temporary prototype" search tool could be a Google killer as user experience reportedly worsens on mobile devices with "just way too many ads on the page"
GOOGLE KILLER Former Google Engineer says the company is "too focused on profit-making," with the trade-off negatively impacting its user experience rife with annoying ads.
Microsoft Edge will borrow "a table of contents" from Google Chrome's playbook to declutter its settings and improve navigation in October 2024
DECLUTTERED EDGE Microsoft announced that it's revamping Microsoft Edge's Settings, seemingly making them more organized with a new quick-access panel on the landing page.
Microsoft cut Windows 7 support on Edge, but Mozilla says "enough" Firefox users are using it to extend support to March 2025: "Backporting security fixes is already getting increasingly painful due to the divergence"
EXTENDED SUPPORT Mozilla is extending Firefox support for legacy versions of Windows and macOS until March 2025.
Google may have a ChatGPT problem as users are subtly adopting AI-powered tools as their go-to search engines — but it could be eons before it becomes an actual threat
CHATGPT SEARCH A new survey by Evercore indicates that 8% (up 1% from the previous month) of the study's polled participants use ChatGPT as their default search engine, while Google's market share dropped by 6%.
Google's lucrative ad business could be on the DOJ's chopping block for anti-competitive business practices
DIFFERENT STRUGGLE The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google for its anti-competitive business practices in digital advertising.
Vivaldi is officially optimized for Windows on Arm PCs and supports tab renaming
ARM-READY Vivaldi just got a major update, which ships with new features including tab renaming. The browser is also optimized for Windows on Arm for better performance and efficiency.
Google might be cutting support for 'the world's most popular ad-blocker,' but this Windows Registry trick will help Chrome and Edge users keep intrusive ads at bay for a year longer
REGISTRY WORKAROUND Google is cutting support for uBlock Origin in Chrome, but you can extend its support for one year using the ExtensionManifestV2Availability policy in the Windows Registry.
Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads
MORE ADS Google recently changed Chrome's extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3, killing uBlock Origin.
