Google mulled building private search in wake of tech scandal – Technology News

Google mulled building private search in wake of tech scandal – Technology News

Alphabet Inc.’s Google considered creating a more private way to search the internet that wouldn’t track the sites users visited, according to testimony from a senior vice president in the government’s landmark antitrust case against the company. The year was 2019 and Google was in defense mode as tech companies dealt with the fallout from … Read more

Apple Considered Making DuckDuckGo Default Search Engine in Safari Private Browsing Mode

Apple Considered Making DuckDuckGo Default Search Engine in Safari Private Browsing Mode

Back in 2018, Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Google as the default search engine in private browsing mode, but ultimately rejected the idea, according to transcripts unsealed by the judge overseeing the US government’s antitrust trial against Google in Washington. Testifying in closed sessions, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg said that his company had … Read more