Of the 175,354 votes submitted, over 90% chose the No AI option.

DuckDuckGo recently asked its community whether they actually wanted AI baked into their web browsing experience. The response was loud and clear: an overwhelming majority said ...

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One prioritizes convenience and personalization. The other puts privacy first. Which one should you use? We help you decide. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing ...

If you care about online privacy, chances are that you’ve given up on Google as your preferred search engine. DuckDuckGo is one of the best alternative search engines in that regard as it pledges a ...

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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new AI image generation tool that emphasizes privacy, anonymizing prompts and storing images locally on users’ devices. While it faces stiff competition from Google and ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of seeing AI used in place of actual search results in my web browser or used to summarize whatever I'm ...

With iOS 26.2, Apple is adding a prompt that allows iPhone users in Japan to select a preferred search engine. As noted on Reddit, the option to choose a search engine comes up after installing iOS 26 ...

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity announced it is making Comet, its AI-powered search engine, free for all users worldwide. The answer engine previously came with a hefty $200 per month ...