A malicious Chromium-based extension that spoofs the AI-powered answer engine Perplexity AI redirects browser search traffic using MV3 APIs and intermediary infrastructure.

Ongoing research into AI agent framework security identified an exploit chain in AutoGen Studio (AutoGen’s open-source prototyping user interface) that allows untrusted web content rendered by a ...

Something to look forward to: Searching local files should be one of the simplest and most basic features an operating system offers, but Windows 11 still makes the process unnecessarily awkward.

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Google’s I/O 2026 overhaul turns Search into an AI answer engine that keeps users on the results page. Zero-click searches now account for 60 per cent of queries, and publisher traffic is collapsing ...

Birmingham startup Linq has raised $20 million in Series A funding for what its CEO calls “the future of human-computer interaction.” CEO and co-founder Elliott Potter announced the funding on social ...

Sometimes, you might be sitting on a hot product and not know it until the market demands it. After launching as a digital business card that doubled as a lead capture tool for sales teams, Birmingham ...

Generative AI didn’t just transform search results this past year; it upended how monetization works on the open web. So how have digital publishers been faring in this new era of content discovery?

Branded searches on desktop are sending clicks to a wider set of top results. Commercial and local queries continue to be tougher environments for the top organic spot. Longer, more specific searches ...

For months, extremely personal and sensitive ChatGPT conversations have been leaking into an unexpected destination: Google Search Console (GSC), a tool that developers typically use to monitor search ...