Google has been overhauling its core products—Gmail, Maps, and especially Search—to foreground AI-generated summaries instead of traditional results and links. On a recent earnings call, Google's chief business officer Philipp Schindler acknowledged that AI-driven searches are generating 'lower monetization' than traditional search results, and Alphabet shares subsequently fell by nearly a quarter, a roughly $500 billion loss described as the company's largest single-day stock decline.
newyorker.com
· 2026-11-10
OpenAI is reportedly moving toward an advertising-based business model similar to Google's, aiming to connect companies with users at the moment they express a need. The company has not publicly confirmed this ambition, according to the report.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-10
Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows Search experience built on WinUI 3 to Insiders in the Beta channel, adding 'inline actions' that let users toggle settings like dark mode, Bluetooth, screen brightness and muting without navigating to separate menus. The update also improves typo tolerance, so misspelled search terms still surface the correct results.
zdnet.com
· 2026-11-09
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized Google after the company said schools that fully disable its AI features in educational software will also lose access to Google Search. Google had announced it would turn off AI tools by default unless administrators opt in, but its education VP Chris Phillips said search and AI are now too intertwined to separate, a claim first reported by the New York Times.
futurism.com
· 2026-11-08
A new tool called Batch applies local AI processing to help users quickly identify their best images, addressing a gap left by Google Photos. The app works alongside existing photo libraries rather than replacing them, running its analysis on-device instead of in the cloud.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-07
Similarweb found that 93.7% of ChatGPT.com visitors in September also visited Google.com, while 14.1% of Google visitors also used ChatGPT.com, according to a Search Engine Watch report cited by Entrepreneur. The figures measure overlapping monthly website visits, not the order, frequency or purpose of those visits, and don't capture app usage.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-11-06
An Entrepreneur contributor column outlines seven practical fixes small businesses can apply to improve how AI assistants and search tools surface them to prospective customers. The suggestions include testing real customer phrasing for recommendation queries, rewriting key webpage openings, replacing vague credibility claims with evidence, and fixing technical site issues before adding new content. The author also recommends making expertise verifiable off-site and tracking qualified demand rather than just brand mentions.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-11-06
Google is reportedly working on changes to Gemini's sidebar interface and experimenting with a new overlay animation for the assistant. Separately, the Google app's You tab may add a Shortcuts section allowing users to view or delete their search history.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-06
Google announced on Nov. 3 that AI tools integrated into its Search product will be turned off by default for K-12 students starting next year, requiring teachers or administrators to manually enable them. Google education VP Chris Phillips said that because search and AI are tightly linked, schools that block the AI tools will also lose access to Search entirely for students, triggering a notification explaining the restriction. In response, CNET highlighted several free alternative search engines, including Brave and DuckDuckGo, that parents and educators could use instead.
cnet.com
· 2026-11-05
Reddit announced it is testing a new ad format that places ads directly in search results, targeting a limited group of advertisers initially. The ads will be shown based on contextual relevance, such as surfacing coffee-related product ads for searches like "espresso station." Reddit said it will evaluate user response before expanding the format further.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
Reddit announced it is piloting advertisements within its on-site search results pages, running the test with a limited group of advertisers. The company says the ads shown will be tied to factors including the contextual relevance of a user's search query, such as showing coffee-related ads for an "espresso machine" search.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-03
Google has told schools that administrators who want to disable Gemini AI features will also lose access to Google Search within its education accounts. The company frames the move as giving schools greater control over how AI appears in their systems, but the opt-out is bundled with search functionality rather than offered separately.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-11-03
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