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I broke up with Google search. It was surprisingly easy.
My experiment in ditching Google search felt like quitting coffee. The first few days, I was jittery. I kept double searching ...
Google’s search antitrust trial is wrapping up—here’s what we learned
United States District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly in ...
Eddy Cue is fighting to save Apple’s $20 billion paycheck from Google
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Are Google and other search engines getting worse, or should we change how we look for information?
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Fact Check: Posts claim Green Bay Packers rejected ad for Musk's Tesla electric vehicles at Lambeau Field. Here are the facts
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Unpacking claims that 'Sesame Street' characters parodying Trump caused him to target PBS' federal funding
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Beware of old video claiming former US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said, 'We don't trust Pakistan'
U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns said: "Treating India and Pakistan the same would be a mistake. Our ties with India are ...
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I broke up with Google search. It was surprisingly easy.
The first few days, I was jittery. I kept double searching on Google and DuckDuckGo, the non-Google web search engine I was using, to check if Google gave me better results. Sometimes it did.
The New Zealand Herald4d
Life without Google search: Trying DuckDuckGo for two weeks
Quitting Google search: DuckDuckGo proves a viable alternative. Photo / Getty Images My experiment in ditching Google search felt like quitting coffee. The first few days, I was jittery.