Neowin News Feed for: Bing

Microsoft extends rare handshake to Google with upcoming Edge feature

Usama Jawad — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:16:01 +0000

Edge is gaining a feature for Google queries, hinting at a rare Microsoft shift that could blur lines with Bing in enterprise use. Read more...

Microsoft's new Harrier models top benchmarks, outperforming Google's Gemini Embedding 2

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:34:01 +0000

With the surprise release of their new "Harrier" family of embedding models, Microsoft is making a massive play for the open-source developer community. Read more...

Microsoft admits its recent "update" broke vital Windows 11 Start menu function

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has admitted that a recent update is what broke a key component on the Start menu on certain Windows 11 systems. It has shared details on a fix. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing Maps receives its largest address data upgrade in years

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:26:01 +0000

With the global integration of TomTom Orbis data now complete, users can now enjoy improved location experiences on Bing Maps, Bing Search, and Copilot. Read more...

The new Internet Speed Test in Windows 11 is just a glorified shortcut for Bing.com

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:06:01 +0000

Windows 11's new "internet speed test" tool sounds handy… until you click it. Turns out it's basically just a glorified shortcut that launches Bing in your browser. Read more...

Bing Video Creator is now powered by OpenAI's Sora 2

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has integrated OpenAI's new Sora 2 model into Bing Video Creator, offering all users free access to high-quality AI video generation with audio. Read more...

Microsoft really wants IT admins to enable web search in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:16:01 +0000

Microsoft is trying to convince IT admins to enable web search in Microsoft 365 Copilot, emphasizing that it will not use customer data to train AI models, improve Bing, or create ad profiles. Read more...

Microsoft offers free access to AI video creation with Bing Video Creator

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:20:01 +0000

The introduction of Bing Video Creator marks a significant step in democratizing AI-powered video creation, offering a free option for users worldwide. Read more...

Microsoft pulls plug on Bing Search APIs

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 14 May 2025 21:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the retirement of its popular Bing Search APIs, effective August 11, 2025, surprising many developers who relied on them. Read more...

Microsoft promotes Copilot through Bing searches for competing AI assistants

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:10:02 +0000

Microsoft is testing a new interactive "Copilot block" in Bing search results, directly targeting users searching for competitor AI assistants. Read more...

Bing no longer pretends to be Google, but it still tries hard to make you stay

Taras Buria — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:46:01 +0000

Microsoft recently attempted to fool users into Bing by making its search look like that of Google. Following the backlash, the company backtracked its decision. Read more...

Microsoft rolls back Bing Image Creator's Dall-E 3 upgrade after user backlash

Omer Dursun — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 07:16:01 +0000

Microsoft's upgrade of Bing Image Creator's to DALL-E 3 backfired spectacularly. While it promised to be faster and higher quality, the new model was met with a wave of user complaints. Read more...

Microsoft tricks people into Bing by making it look like Google Search

Taras Buria — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:28:01 +0000

Microsoft's latest trick to force users to stick with its Bing search engine is making it look like Google Search. Read more...

Bing Image Creator now powered by latest DALL-E 3 for better and faster image generation

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:22:01 +0000

Microsoft is improving Bing Image Creator with a faster and higher-quality DALL-E 3 model, the ability to create images directly from Bing search and Microsoft Edge search bar. Read more...

Microsoft follows Google's footsteps, removes cache links from Bing search results

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:10:01 +0000

Microsoft Bing, after Google Search, has dropped support for cached links and cache operator support in search results. Read more...

Microsoft unveils a new Bing experience for 2024 U.S. presidential race

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new Bing experience to help users track the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election. Read more...

Microsoft reveals new Bing Webmaster Tools features including a Copilot private preview

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:32:01 +0000

Microsoft announced several new features for its Bing Webmaster Tools users, including a new private preview that will add Copilot functions. Read more...

You could win $1 million in the Microsoft Rewards Ultimate Sweepstakes

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:28:01 +0000

The Microsoft Rewards program has launched a new sweepstakes in several of its regions where the grand prize winner will get $1 million. Read more...

Microsoft Bing expands generative search experience

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:02:01 +0000

Microsoft is expanding its new Bing generative search experience to more informational queries. This experience uses AI to create customized answers and features them in the search results. Read more...

Microsoft will add web search query citations for Copilot and 365 Copilot in October

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:30:01 +0000

Microsoft will add web search query citations in October for people who use its Copilot generative AI assistant so users can be informed where it receives answers to questions. Read more...

Microsoft partners with StopNCII to remove harmful intimate images from Bing

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new partnership with StopNCII to help detect intimate images that would be labeled as harmful from its Bing search engine Read more...

ChatGPT Free users can now create images using DALL·E 3, but there's a catch

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 04:42:02 +0000

OpenAI has made its powerful image generation model, DALL-E 3, available to all ChatGPT users, including those on the free tier. But free users have a limit of two AI images per day. Read more...

Microsoft adds new functions for the Commute map feature on the Bing Android app

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has added a new function for the previously announced Commute map feature on the Bing Android app. Users can now add more destinations with the feature other than home or work. Read more...

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Microsoft trained its AI services on its data "without telling us"

John Callaham — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:06:01 +0000

In a new interview, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman claims Microsoft previously trained its AI services on data from its site "without telling us", which is why Reddit ended up blocking Microsoft. Read more...

Microsoft Bing and other search engines blocked from accessing Reddit content

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:04:01 +0000

Reddit has blocked search engines, including Bing, from crawling its site by updating the robots.txt file. Also, it claims that this change has nothing to do with its recent partnership with Google. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out the AI-based Bing generative search feature to a small number of users

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that a small number of Bing search users will be able to access Bing generative search which combines generative AI and LLMs for a more advanced search experience. Read more...

The Microsoft Cashback receipt scanning feature is going away very soon

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:18:01 +0000

Microsoft is sending messages to members of its Cashback program, revealing that the receipt scanning feature will no longer be available as of July 25, 2024. The program itself will continue. Read more...

Microsoft shares details on AI-generated Edge Workspaces for Windows, Mac, Linux

Sayan Sen — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 09:04:01 +0000

Back in December, Microsoft began testing AI-generated Edge Workspaces. The feature has since made it to the Stable channel and recently, the Redmond giant quietly shared details about it. Read more...

Microsoft's head of AI and Search celebrates Bing's 15th anniversary today

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:40:01 +0000

Jordi Ribas, the corporate vice president for search and AI at Microsoft, posted some thoughts on the company's Bing search engine as it celebrates the 15th anniversary of its launch on June 3, 2009. Read more...

Microsoft will retire Bing Maps for Enterprise; will merge its tech and data with Azure Maps

John Callaham — Wed, 29 May 2024 16:04:02 +0000

Microsoft has revealed it will be retiring its Bing Maps for Enterprise service on June 30, 2028, with no new customers accepted after June 30, 2024. Its tech and data will be merged with Azure Maps. Read more...

Weather from Microsoft Start is once again named as the most accurate world forecast provider

John Callaham — Tue, 28 May 2024 21:12:01 +0000

Weather from Microsoft Start has been named as the most accurate global forecast provider by the ForecastWatch assessment company for 2023. This is the second year in a row for this honor. Read more...

Microsoft Copilot is "continuing to recover" from an extended Bing outage

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:40:01 +0000

Microsoft says its Copilot generative AI assistant is "continuing to recover" after an outage occurred in its Bing search engine API earlier this morning. Bing is still out for some users. Read more...

Microsoft reveals improved AI weather model for predicting rain and clouds globally

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2024 18:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed it has created a new AI prediction model for its Start weather service. It can now better predict when clouds and rain might happen via both radar and satellite data. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing service is down for many and it's affecting Copilot and DuckDuckGo as well

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2024 12:38:01 +0000

A problem with Microsoft's Bing API has caused many not to be able to use the search engine for a number of hours this morning. It's also affected Copilot and third-party services like DuckDuckGo. Read more...

The EU has given Microsoft until May 27 to provide requested info on its generative AI tools

John Callaham — Fri, 17 May 2024 13:20:01 +0000

The European Union announced today that Microsoft has not sent over requested information on some of its generative AI tools, and has given the company until May 27 to do so, or risk being fined. Read more...

A security group found a Microsoft server with key data that was not password protected

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:34:01 +0000

A security organization discovered a Microsoft Azure storage server in February that included sensitive data that was not password-protected. Microsoft has since secured the server. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing boss Mikhail Parakhin to step down after new AI leader

Omer Dursun — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:30:02 +0000

Microsoft is shaking up its AI leadership, moving consumer products like Bing under a new division headed by DeepMind co-founder. Bing executive Mikhail Parakhin will leave his current role. Read more...

Both Democrats and Republicans blame Microsoft for bending to China's censorship machine

Martin Hodás — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:34:01 +0000

Senators from both parties are criticizing Microsoft for its censorship of Bing results for users in China. Compliance with local law allows it to operate on the market. However, it comes at a price. Read more...

Microsoft moves Copilot, Edge, and Bing into a new 'Microsoft AI' division

Taras Buria — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new "Microsoft AI" division for its artificial intelligence efforts. Led by a DeepMind co-founder, Mustafa Suleyman, it will also govern Edge, Bing, and Copilot projects. Read more...

Microsoft Edge Dev gets a Bing search box for error pages

Taras Buria — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:28:02 +0000

Microsoft has updated its browser in the Dev Channel with a new Bing search box for error pages. The latest update also introduces multiple fixes and improvements across the browser. Read more...