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Google Wins Significant Victory In ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Case
Victory against censorship? Google wins landmark ruling from Europe’s top court over right to be forgotten case
Microsoft Brings AI To Bing For Smarter Answers
Software giant reveals AI updates to its product portfolio, as it signs deal to bring Reddit content to Bing
Microsoft Merges Research, Cortana And Bing Divisions To Create AI Arm
Redmond is looking to push AI technology into more of its services and has created a fourth group at the company
Premier League 2016-17: Microsoft Bing Predicts Manchester City Title
Microsoft Bing crunches data and social media sentiment to predict Manchester City Premier League victory. Not that it got it right last year…
Bing Malware Warnings Get More Specific
Microsoft’s broswer will now alert users when a dangerous site is looking to steal information or contains malicous links
Microsoft Stops Cortana Working With Anything Except Bing And Edge
Searches made using Cortana will only open in Bing and Microsoft Edge as struggle for browser and search market share intensifies
Bing Lets Users Edit Code Samples In Search Results
Microsoft’s search engine now displays editable code snippets for common programming problems directly in results
Microsoft To Combat Revenge Porn With Web Form
Promises to remove ‘revenge porn’ images and video from Bing etc, but warns global action is needed
Microsoft Search Deal Sees Yahoo Make Gains
A search deal with Microsoft and Yahoo has been renewed and amended with two key changes that make the deal “more productive”, say companies
Bing Predicts The 2015 Academy Awards
Microsoft turns its predictive analytics tech on Hollywood as Oscar night approaches
Yahoo, Bing Begin ‘Forgetting’ Links
Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing have joined Google in complying with ‘right to be forgotten’ requests
Google – “Amazon Is Our Biggest Rival”
Eric Schmidt says Google doesn’t always have it all their own way, despite having 90 percent of the search market
Microsoft Updates Bing To Be ‘More Conversational’
Bing will now continue a conversation even after the initial search query has been answered
House Of Lords Slams EU ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Ruling
European ruling on ‘right to be forgotten’ is unworkable, says House of Lords
Microsoft’s Bing Offers Users A Chance To Be Forgotten
The company says it will have to balance individual and public interest when taking down personal search results
Bing Anniversary Prompts Questions Over Microsoft’s Google Challenge
Bing celebrates its fifth birthday this month, but some question its actual impact on the search engine market
Quiz Of The Week: Search Engines
Try our most probing quiz ever. Do you know the truth about search engines?
Microsoft Demonstrates ‘Cortana’ Machine Learning
The Cortana voice assistant makes use of machine learning to improve results with time, according to Microsoft
Microsoft Pays Bing Users With OneDrive Storage
Microsoft promotion offers users additional OneDrive storage if they use its Bing search engine
Microsoft Claims ‘System Error’ Blocks Chinese Bing Search Results
Microsoft denies censoring its Chinese language search results, but blames a ‘system error’ for Bing omissions
Bing Tempts Webmasters With Knowledge Widget
Microsoft courts webmasters with a Bing-powered Website widget that intelligently provides more information
Bing: Facebook Tops Social Media For 2013
Facebook topped Bing’s list for social media searches this year, while Pinterest rocketed to the No. 2 spot
Microsoft, Google To Block 100,000 Child Abuse Search Terms
In response to government pressure, Google and Microsoft’s Bing will introduce new measures to make child abuse content more difficult to find
Microsoft Readies Cortana To Battle Apple’s Siri – Report
Microsoft is reportedly developing a Windows Phone voice assistant to rival that of Apple’s Siri
Bing Introduces Pop-up Warnings For Child Abuse Searches
Protection groups welcome the move, but say it is only part of the solution
Golden Age Of Computing, Says Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates reckons we are now living in a ‘golden age of computer science’
Apple Snubs Google With Bing Default For Siri
Apple’s move from Google continues after it makes Microsoft’s Bing the default search engine for Siri
Microsoft Touts Xbox One For Connected Homes
Redmond is to use its Xbox One console as a gateway to other Microsoft services including video calls
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Wants To Ditch Microsoft For Google
Report suggests Yahoo CEO wants out of Microsoft Bing search partnership