Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine. If you use Bing right now without signing ...

This type of strategy is sometimes called a “dark pattern,” or a deceptive pattern that tricks users into doing something they did not intend. Below the Google-looking search bar, including a Google ...

If you want to search Google, typing "Google" in the address bar will search for the term using the default search engine: Bing. This is all well and good—after all, Bing is still a good search ...

Windows Latest first spotted the situation, describing it as a “genius move to keep you from Google search.” It’s part of a larger pattern by Microsoft to get Google users to switch to Edge and Bing, ...

Microsoft has suddenly backtracked after being caught “ tricking ” users, with a homepage designed to look and feel like ...

When users look up Google using Bing, the Microsoft-owned search engine displays a Google Doodle lookalike. The deceptive webpage could trick unsuspecting users into staying on Bing, as its layout ...

Microsoft removed its Google-like search box on Bing after being called out by the web and Google's Chrome VP. Bing now displays a Google Search link as the first search result, eliminating ...

This is still acceptable, considering the full-screen Edge, Bing, and Copilot pop-ups that appear when using Google Chrome on ...

In today's digital landscape, mainstream search engines like Google and Bing control the flow of information, filtering ...

As noticed by Windows Latest, searches for Chrome using Edge and via Bing (when signed out of your Microsoft account) on ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has quietly killed off its spoofed Google UI that it was ...