Google Search traffic grew 4% despite AI rivals
Global daily web visits to Google rose 4% year over year to 2.8 billion in June, according to data from BofA Securities. This increase counters concerns about an impending disruption…Read More
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Reddit flags AI search impact despite strong quarter
Reddit reported second quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations, but its shares fell more than 10% after hours after the company warned that search-driven traffic had turned “choppy.” Total revenue rose 61% from a year earlier to $805 million, while net income increased 183% to $253 million, according to the company. Reddit also […]Google transforms Search into a comprehensive AI homework assistant
Google is transforming its Search and AI Mode into a comprehensive platform for homework assistance, a change announced on August 19, 2026. The newly integrated features allow users to upload…Read MoreResearcher finds full VM escape zero-day in Linux KVM
Vercel has confirmed a zero-day vulnerability in Linux KVM that security researcher Paulos Yibelo described as allowing a full virtual machine escape, CEO Guillermo Rauch said. Yibelo said on X…Read MoreMIT researchers uncover TONTOU CPU attack affecting Intel and AMD
MIT researchers have identified a new Spectre-style CPU attack called TONTOU that can bypass some branch predictor defenses on Intel and AMD processors. The attack targets what the researchers call a post-neutralization window, a brief gap after a processor wipes or isolates branch predictor state but before prediction hardware is used again. Daniël Trujillo and […]Mozilla introduces Smart Window with AI features and Exa search integration
Mozilla added three new AI features to Firefox’s opt-in Smart Window on August 18. These features include web search from a startup called Exa, automatic tab grouping, and visual history…Read MoreOpenAI reaches its intern-level AI researcher goal
OpenAI said it has reached its goal of creating an “automated research intern,” a system designed to carry out well-defined research tasks under human direction. The company said in a…Read MoreWhy automated access to public web data matters for academic research
Much of economic and social life now unfolds in digital environments. Consumer journeys happen on e-commerce platforms, and labor market signals appear in online job listings. Housing supply barriers reveal…Read MoreWindows 11 Search Box gets less clutter and more control
Microsoft announced adjustments to the Windows Search Box in Windows 11 aimed at improving the search experience. Members of the Windows Insider program will begin seeing these changes today. The…Read MoreGoogle opens SynthID AI media verification site to everyone
Google launched a website on Tuesday that lets anyone check whether an image, video or audio clip was generated using artificial intelligence. The site uses SynthID, which Google introduced in…Read MoreInherent’s AI agent surpasses Anthropic and OpenAI in research replication
Inherent, a London-based AI lab founded by alumni of Google DeepMind, has announced that its AI agent, Faraday, has surpassed larger models from Anthropic and OpenAI in replicating the findings…Read MoreBuilding AI security systems we can depend on: A conversation with Harish Janardhanan
IEEE Senior Member on why resilience, privacy, and cost matter as much as raw performance AI benchmarks look impressive in the lab, with high accuracy scores and fast processing times.…Read More
