Microsoft has a habit of using a variety of tricks to convince people to keep using the defaults of Bing and Microsoft Edge ...

Microsoft has suddenly backtracked after being caught “ tricking ” users, with a homepage designed to look and feel like Google’s own when Windows users searched for Google itself. The head of Chrome ...

The browser even launched pop-ups that gave the impression of being malware to “scare” anyone trying to download Google’s browser. The post Microsoft's Bing stops pretending to be Google to ...

While Google and Microsoft go head-to-head over Chrome versus Edge and Google Search versus Bing, the much bigger spat is ...

in a post on X. “New year; new low @Microsoft.” The Verge calls it “a clear attempt from Microsoft to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query.” Windows Latest first spotted the ...

Update: Added Google's statement below. Microsoft Bing displays what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for 'Google,' making it look like you are on ...

Microsoft really wants you to use Bing to find ... For its part, Google seems to be taking Microsoft's new tactic in stride. Google's Parisa Tabriz said in an X post, "Imitation is the sincerest ...

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 ...

Microsoft would really, really, really like you to use Bing, its self-branded search engine that competes against Google’s monopoly. Not only is it hardwired into much of Windows and other ...

At least, that appears to be Microsoft ... familiar when you search “Google” on Bing. If you search for “Google” or “Google.com” on Bing, you’ll immediately be presented with ...

in a post on X. “New year; new low @Microsoft.” The Verge calls it “a clear attempt from Microsoft to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query.” Windows Latest first ...

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 is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its ...