Microsoft has suddenly backtracked after being caught “ tricking ” users, with a homepage designed to look and feel like Google’s own when Windows users searched for Google itself. The head of Chrome ...

Microsoft is trying to compel users to stick to Microsoft Edge when searching for Google's Web Store using Bing instead of ...

While Google and Microsoft go head-to-head over Chrome versus Edge and Google Search versus Bing, the much bigger spat is ...

Windows 11 (and Windows 10) clipboard history no longer saves content you copied in Chrome's incognito, thanks to Microsoft.

Microsoft has a habit of using a variety of tricks to convince people to keep using the defaults of Bing and Microsoft Edge in Windows, including modifying Chrome download sites and using malware-like ...

This type of strategy is sometimes called a “dark pattern,” or a deceptive pattern that tricks users into doing something they did not intend. Below the Google-looking search bar, including a Google ...

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Tabriz denounced Microsoft’s decision to imitate the design of Google’s homepage, labeling it “another tactic in its long history of tricks to confuse user ...

Her post reads, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Microsoft spoofing the Google homepage is another tactic in its long history of tricks to confuse users & limit choice.