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Duck AI touts itself as a private AI service, here's what the privacy policy says

Paul Hill — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 08:58:02 +0000

Last year, DuckDuckGo, the private search firm, launched Duck AI, which claims to let you use AI anonymously. Here's a closer look at its privacy policy. Read more...

The DOJ might force Google to spin off its search business

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:16:01 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering a breakup of Google, targeting its Chrome browser and Android operating system, as potential remedies for the company's illegal search monopoly. 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'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...

DuckDuckGo launches a $9.99 per month Privacy Pro plan with no-log VPN and more

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:32:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo has now joined the list of popular browsers that offer a built-in VPN. With its new Privacy Pro plan, DuckDuckGo will offer a no-log VPN along with two more security services in the US. Read more...

Ofcom says search engines act as self-harm gateways

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:44:02 +0000

Ofcom is set to make search engines do more to protect users against self-harm content. A study it commissioned found that self-harm glorification was easily accessible from search results. Read more...

Google will add new search and browser choice screens for Android phones in Europe

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:40:01 +0000

Google has announced some of its plans to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act. One of them will be new search and browser choice screens for people who are setting up Android phones. Read more...

Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo about using its search engine instead of Google's

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:58:01 +0000

Newly revealed transcripts from the ongoing Google antitrust trial have revealed that DuckDuckGo had numerous discussions with Apple about using its search engine as the default for Apple products. Read more...

The DuckDuckGo Windows web browser has launched in open beta for more privacy while surfing

John Callaham — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:38:01 +0000

Like its search engine, the DuckDuckGo web browser for Windows is made for people who want more privacy while they surf the net, including Tracker Loading Protection, email address hiding and more. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly doesn't want other AI chatbots to use its Bing search data

John Callaham — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 22:42:01 +0000

A new report claims Microsoft has told two search engines that get some data from Bing to not use that information to power their own AI chatbots, which could compete with Microsoft's Bing Chat. Read more...

DuckDuckGo now has its own generative AI, DuckAssist, because of course it does

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:16:01 +0000

The new DuckAssist generative AI takes information from Wikipedia to help create its natural language answers. It's available now in DuckDuckGo's browser apps and its browser extensions. Read more...

DuckDuckGo browser for Mac is now available as an open beta

Justin Luna — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:22:02 +0000

DuckDuckGo's web browser for Mac is now available as an open beta. The browser comes with a slew of new features that blocks ads and trackers, so a user can remain private while surfing the web. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: The return of IE, Windows 11 build 25174, and app previews

Usama Jawad — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 17:16:01 +0000

This was an absolutely jam-packed week in terms of Microsoft news. We have so much to uncover when it comes to Internet Explorer's return from the grave, Dev Channel builds, and some app leaks. Read more...

DuckDuckGo to begin blocking Microsoft scripts in its browsers

Steve Bennett — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:58:01 +0000

After explaining its position on not blocking 3rd Party Trackers from Microsoft, due to an agreement it had in place for accounting purposes, DuckDuckGo has u-turned and blocked Microsoft scripts. Read more...

DuckDuckGo browser beta available for macOS, but there's a waitlist for users

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:20:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo has released a beta version of its web browser for Apple macOS. However, users will have to join a waitlist in order to be able to download it. The browser promises 'privacy by default'. Read more...

DuckDuckGo CEO says Russian disinformation websites are being down-ranked

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:40:02 +0000

DuckDuckGo's CEO has announced that the search engine will now down-rank websites linked to Russian disinformation. The move comes two weeks after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Read more...

Privacy firm DuckDuckGo launches App Tracking Protection for Android in beta

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:10:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo has added App Tracking Protection to its Android app as a beta feature. It prevents hidden trackers in apps from sending back personal data to firms such as Google and Facebook. Read more...

DuckDuckGo invests in carbon offsets making it carbon negative

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 01:22:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-oriented search engine, has become carbon neutral after offsetting 125% of its entire operations. The offsetting also covers its previous years of operations. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing might soon replace Google as the default Firefox search engine

Sayan Sen — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:48:01 +0000

According to its September SUMO announcement post, Mozilla has started testing Microsoft's Bing as the default search engine for Firefox on a very small number of installations on desktops. Read more...

DuckDuckGo launches email tracking removal service and it's free to use

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:50:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo has launched Email Protection in beta. It provides you with an email address that forwards emails onto your primary email address but not before stripping out the trackers. Read more...

DuckDuckGo updates extension to block Google's FLoC tracking

Paul Hill — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:02:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo has announced an update to its Chrome extension which blocks Google's FLoC tracking. Some users were silently added to the FLoC trial in Chrome - DuckDuckGo thinks this is wrong. Read more...

DuckDuckGo enables Global Privacy Control on mobile and desktop by default

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:18:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo is turning on an anti-tracking feature called Global Privacy Control by default in its iOS and Android apps as well as browser extensions to help you enforce your opt-out rights online. Read more...

DuckDuckGo now offers private driving and walking directions

Paul Hill — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 04:40:02 +0000

DuckDuckGo has announced that it has added driving and walking directions to its maps tool. The search provider didn't say whether public transport directions would be added in the future. Read more...

DuckDuckGo blasts Google's Android "choice screen", says it incentivizes ads

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:46:01 +0000

Google's search engine choice screen for Android is once again under fire by rival search engine operators, with DuckDuckGo calling on the EU to force the company to make a change. Read more...

DuckDuckGo accessible again in India after widespread outage since July 1

Ather Fawaz — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 09:26:01 +0000

The search engine is again reachable from India. While the cause for inaccessibility is unclear, many have reasoned that it was due to DNS lookup errors or potential censorship by the government. Read more...

U.K markets regulator critiques Apple's search engine deal with Google

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 05:12:02 +0000

The report claims that Google's deal with Apple to make it the default search engine on Safari creates a barrier for expansion for competing offerings; suggests mitigating this 'monopoly' in two ways. Read more...

Vivaldi now comes with DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar built-in

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:56:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo and Vivaldi have announced that the DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar is now built into the Vivaldi web browser on both the desktop and Android. It's also available as an add-on for other browsers. Read more...

DuckDuckGo launches Tracker Radar and open sources its code

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:50:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo has announced a new tool called Tracker Radar. It analyses top websites to find out about trackers and blocks them around the web. It's available in DuckDuckGo apps and extensions. Read more...

DuckDuckGo adds new servers in India, improves search, and refines dark theme

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:28:01 +0000

The privacy search engine, DuckDuckGo, has announced a couple of new features. It has refined the dark theme and included OS theme detection. There are new servers in India to boost speed too. Read more...

DuckDuckGo proposes new Do Not Track legislation to boost online privacy

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 May 2019 18:08:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-oriented search engine, has proposed draft legislation which will finally make Do Not Track effective. Do Not Track is an opt-in mechanism that aims to boost user's privacy. Read more...

Tech firms back amendment to CCPA for even stronger protections

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:34:01 +0000

Several technology companies have backed a new amendment to California's upcoming privacy laws. The amendment extends protections for end users; it was largely backed by privacy-first firms. Read more...

Apple Maps now powers location search on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:20:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo will now be displaying location information from Apple Maps on its search results as part of a new partnership with Apple. The new capability is available both on mobile and desktop. Read more...

DuckDuckGo almost doubled its popularity in the past year

Paul Hill — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 20:18:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-oriented search engine, has almost doubled in popularity on the worldwide scale in the past year. In August, it processed over 18 million daily requests on three of the days. Read more...

The Great Firewall of China now blocks DuckDuckGo

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:30:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo, the popular privacy-oriented search engine, has joined the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter to be blocked from being accessed in China, without any prior information. Read more...

Meet Gabriel Weinberg, the man taking on Google and Bing

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:37:25 +0000

DuckDuckGo is a small startup search engine which offers fair and unrecorded results to anyone. Neowin has interviewed Gabriel Weinberg, the founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo, on Google, Bing and more. Read more...

TechSpot: Interview with DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg

Julio Franco — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:54:58 +0000

Many have tried to challenge Google's dominance of the search market over the past few years, a relative newcomer to the search market, DuckDuckGo isn't shying away from the monumental task... Read more...