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Alphabet reported quarterly results that fell short of analyst expectations, with growth in search advertising revenue slowing. The company's cloud-computing division showed strength, but Alphabet posted negative free cash flow of $9.1 billion for the period.
Google's AI Mode in Search gives a direct answer confirming Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election when queried from outside the United States, but avoids stating that fact plainly for users located in the US. Google has acknowledged the inconsistency and says it is working on a fix.
Discord announced that Discoverable Servers with more than 1,000 members will get dedicated web pages summarizing community descriptions and public channel conversations, making them findable through search engines like Google and DuckDuckGo. Private DMs, group chats, and non-discoverable servers will remain unaffected, and admins can opt out via Server settings > Web presence.
Google introduced the Connected Apps Platform, a new program letting developers integrate their apps with Gemini and Search's connected apps feature. The platform is currently in a limited preview available only to US-based developers, who can sign up for a public beta waitlist. Google also said additional apps, including Calm, Adobe, Experian, Localiza, and Peloton, are joining or expanding within the connected apps ecosystem.
Google has opened a beta Connected Apps Platform that lets any developer or business submit their app to work within Google Search and Gemini. Developers integrate via a cloud-hosted MCP server or Android MCP using AppFunctions APIs, then register and test apps through the Google Connected Console, choosing whether the app appears in Search, Gemini, or both. The beta is currently limited to developers in the U.S., and includes tools for tracking traffic, latency, error rates, and maintaining verified branding.
DuckDuckGo publicly criticized Samsung for embedding a non-removable Google search bar on One UI 9 home screens, even for users who prefer other search engines. The bar, unlike a typical widget, cannot be long-pressed or dragged away, though Samsung does allow users to turn it off entirely through Home screen settings. The change builds on Android 17's revamped search widget system, which Motorola has also adopted.
Android Authority released its latest Wallpaper Wednesday collection, featuring six reader-submitted images and three from its own team, available in landscape and portrait formats for phones, tablets and PCs. The free, watermark-free wallpapers can be downloaded in full resolution via a shared Google Drive link, with past weeks' images also archived there.
Discord announced it will let messages from eligible public, discoverable servers—those active at least eight weeks with 1,000+ members—appear in Google and other search engines starting mid-December 2026. Server web pages with AI-generated channel summaries roll out November 16, followed by indexed individual messages. Private servers, DMs, restricted channels, usernames and avatars are excluded, and both admins and users can opt out beforehand, though controls currently require desktop or web access.
Discord is rolling out tools letting admins control whether their 'Discoverable' servers (those with over 1,000 members, open to join without invite) get indexed by search engines. Starting November 16, these servers will get public web description pages by default, and from mid-December, question-and-answer exchanges in designated channels will also appear in search results, with usernames and avatars hidden. Admins and users can opt out via new settings.
Discord announced that starting November 16, its Discoverable Servers will get public Server Web Pages showing descriptions and channel summaries, and by mid-December individual messages from public channels could appear verbatim in search engine results. Usernames and avatars won't be shown, and the change applies only to large, invite-free public servers, not private servers or DMs. Users and admins can opt out, and the feature defaults to off in the EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia and South Korea, as well as for teen accounts.
Discord announced that every Discoverable Server will automatically get a public Server Web Page starting November 16, 2026, even if admins haven't set one up, pulling default details from the server's profile. These pages will also show 'Channel Summaries' of active conversations, and starting mid-December 2026, individual public channel messages could appear in web search results, in members' own words.
A published guide explains a workaround that lets users turn off Google's AI Overviews feature, which automatically generates AI summaries atop search results. The method reportedly restores a more traditional search experience that prioritizes links to original web sources rather than AI-generated summaries.