Apple could have started the search wars with Google in 2018
Apple could have owned Bing in 2018, with a court filing revealing that Microsoft offered to sell the search engine to the iPhone maker.
Apple could have owned Bing in 2018, with a court filing revealing that Microsoft offered to sell the search engine to the iPhone maker.
Despite Microsoft's overwhelming lead in installed computer operating systems, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified that the Apple-Google default search deal has unfairly hurt Bing badly.
After losing default search status to Google in 2017, Microsoft discussed selling Bing to Apple in 2020, but talks fizzled out.
Both Apple's iMessage and Microsoft's Bing appear to have been removed from compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act while the company's protests are investigated.
Marking six months since the launch of its ChatGPT-like AI app, Microsoft has announced that it is bringing the technology to browsers such as Safari, "soon."
Siri appears to be the last smart assistant standing as Microsoft quietly sunsets Cortana in Windows, but this may be a meaningless victory given the rise of AI-based chatbots.
Samsung has decided to stop its internal assessment that explored the possibility of switching the default search engine on its smartphones to Microsoft's Bing.
With the addition of new smarts, users can access AI tools inside Microsoft's SwiftKey keyboard that work in nearly any app to chat and search for information.
After integrating ChatGPT into Bing, Microsoft is adding a tool to it, that creates images from words using an advanced version of OpenAI's DALL-E model.
Microsoft is continuing its experiments with and evolution of the ChatGPT chatbot, with it moving over to the Bing mobile apps on iOS and Android now.
Microsoft's addition of a ChatGPT interface to Bing could revolutionize search at some point, but given the nonsense it can spew now, it looks like it will take years before it becomes actually useful.
Microsoft is allowing more people to test out its ChatGPT-powered update to Bing, with the software giant also working on an iOS version that could arrive within weeks.
Microsoft has announced an upgraded version of its Bing search engine and Edge browser that integrates the ChatGPT chatbot.
Microsoft may build an all-in-one "super app" to combine various services and fight the mobile search partnership between Apple and Google.
A hacking group has allegedly leaked 37 gigabytes of source code from Microsoft, code relating to hundreds of projects including Bing and Cortana, in the latest in a series of major breaches.
Bing mobile app users on every platform including iOS and iPadOS are at risk after terabytes of user information have been stolen from an open server.
Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi in a note to investors this week investigated a theoretical Apple acquisition of search engine DuckDuckGo, saying the tech giant could stand to benefit from major platform gains with minimal impact to its bottom line.
Apple is switching from Microsoft's Bing to Google as the default Web search provider for Siri, iOS Search, and Spotlight on the Mac, the company announced on Monday.
Microsoft on Thursday updated two of its iPhone apps — Cortana and Bing Search — with support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, along with a number of other new upgrades.
Microsoft on Wednesday released a redesigned Bing iPhone app, with things like a streamlined homepage, app hooks, and even limited offline support.
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