Bing Wallpaper app, now in Windows Store, accused of cookie shenanigans
Microsoft free tool snooping on users? Surely not!
Security26 Nov 2024 | 47
Bing
Microsoft has reached $1M giveaway levels of desperation to attract users to Bing
Stuffing it full of AI hasn't helped, so let's try financial incentives
Software04 Nov 2024 | 72
Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered
Hallucinating AI models excel at defamation
AI + ML26 Aug 2024 | 80
Microsoft adds generative search to its Bing engine
Looks a lot like Google's AI Overviews, hopefully without some of the early unfortunate summaries
AI + ML25 Jul 2024 | 5
Bing and Copilot fall from the clouds around the world
Final update Alternatively, true AGI has been reached, and the machines decided to delete themselves
Systems23 May 2024 | 42
Microsoft PC Manager app bizarrely suggests Bing as a Windows fix-all
Bug or feature?
Software16 May 2024 | 36
BROADER TOPICS
Microsoft faces bipartisan criticism for alleged censorship on Bing in China
Redmond says it does what it's told, but still thinks users are better off
Security21 Mar 2024 | 4
Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4
We thought you people wanted choice, IT colossus sniffs
Applications15 Mar 2024 | 62
It's crazy but it's true: Apple rejected Bing for wrong answers about Annie Lennox
Cupertino only wanted to be with Google for search – despite the prospect of buying Bing outright
Personal Tech26 Feb 2024 | 60
Microsoft's plucky challengers, Bing and Edge, might gain DMA exemptions
You have to be dominant to draw attention of the regulators, or so say sources
Software24 Jan 2024 | 6
Did all that AI chatbot hype boost Bing's market share? Oh, wait, never mind
Everybody loves Google still, judging by these numbers
AI + ML18 Jan 2024 | 10
Windows users can soon ditch Bing, Edge, other bundleware – but only in the EU
On the other hand, Europeans have to wait for Copilot
OSes17 Nov 2023 | 87
Microsoft rolls OpenAI's text-to-pic DALL-E 3 into Bing
AI-made images invisibly watermarked – as academics warn that kind of measure is pointless
AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 2
Microsoft Bing Chat pushes malware via bad ads
From AI to just plain aaaiiiee!
Cyber-crime29 Sep 2023 | 16
OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT's internet browsing privileges
If the chatbot doesn't know what you need, it'll 'Bing It!' for paying customers
AI + ML28 Sep 2023 | 10
After injecting pop-up ads for Bing into Windows, Microsoft now bends to Europe on links
Clicking a URL from a system service will actually open in your chosen browser. For some. How fancy
OSes30 Aug 2023 | 36
Brave cuts ties with Bing to offer its own image and video search results
There's a word for describing going it alone against huge rivals, starts with a B, just can't put our finger on it
Personal Tech03 Aug 2023 | 43
Microsoft would rather spend money on AI than give workers a raise
Opinion At least that's what internal comments from the CMO make it sound like
AI + ML25 May 2023 | 23
Google crams more AI into search as Apple, Samsung sniff around Bing
Mountain View may have nothing to fear, though – Microsoft's browser is still the underdog
AI + ML17 Apr 2023 | 6
Azure blunder left Bing results editable, MS 365 accounts potentially exposed
'BingBang' boo-boo affected other internal Microsoft apps, too
Security30 Mar 2023 | 12
Microsoft wants to stick adverts in Bing chat responses
Hey Bing, help me find a new browser, er, AI chatbot
Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 42
Microsoft picks perfect time to dump its AI ethics team
Machine-learning safety and controls now everyone's problem
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 30
Bing AI feels like ChatGPT stuffed into a suit – not the future
First Look Poor interface, lousy lyrics, and bland answers mean this won't be the tool that makes Edge mainstream
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 62
Why ChatGPT should be considered a malevolent AI – and be destroyed
Comment It not only told everyone I died but tried to fake my obit. Are we ready for this machine-driven future?
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 298
Windows 11 update breaks PCs that dare sport a custom UI
If you're using ExplorerPatcher or StartAllBack, this is why your computer won't start
Software01 Mar 2023 | 45
'Major' news: Microsoft slips Bing chatbot shortcut into Windows 11
Celebrated, unhinged search tool pushed in latest OS update
AI + ML01 Mar 2023 | 22
Microsoft injects AI search into Bing, Edge, Skype apps
Cap on daily interactions also lifted slightly – to 60 questions per day
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 4
Do you rely on Microsoft Bing Search APIs? Price hike incoming
Updated Depending on tier you use, rises of between 257% and 900% scheduled for May 1
Software20 Feb 2023 | 20
Microsoft's new AI BingBot berates users and can't get its facts straight
+Comment Ask it more than 15 questions in a single conversation and Redmond admits the responses get ropey
AI + ML17 Feb 2023 | 61
Gen Z lingo and search engines: A Millennial Odyssey
Comment Alternative headline: The best use for nu-Bing Microsoft CTO could conjure was translating his daughter's slang
Offbeat16 Feb 2023 | 60
Microsoft's AI Bing also factually wrong, fabricated text during launch demo
Redmond's hype box and Google's Bard just as bad as each other
AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 75
Microsoft tells people to prepare for AI search engine that goes Bing!
Redmond thinks OpenAI can be secret sauce to beat Google
AI + ML07 Feb 2023 | 47
Microsoft chases Google with ChatGPT-powered Bing
Software behemoth infusing search engine with AI machines that go Bing!
AI + ML04 Jan 2023 | 31
Microsoft Bing censors politically sensitive Chinese terms
Updated Research claims it fails to autofill certain names in Han characters, Microsoft says it's technical error
Research20 May 2022 | 22
Bing China freezes auto-suggestions at Beijing's request
There's nothing like a bit of good ol' filial piety
Personal Tech22 Mar 2022 | 14
Brave's homegrown search claims to protect your privacy but there's a long way to go if it's to challenge the big G
Ad-free now but not forever
Applications20 Oct 2021 | 39
Version 8 of open-source code editor Notepad++ brings Dark Mode and an ARM64 build, but bans Bing from web searches
'When a search engine does the censorship instead of its job, it's not reliable anymore'
Software08 Jun 2021 | 54
Beijing bashes Bing and lashes LinkedIn over improper data collection and storage
Microsoft properties and 103 other inappropriate apps - including TikTok and Baidu - given 15 days to rectify their wicked ways
Legal24 May 2021 | 13
Microsoft leaks 6.5TB in Bing search data via unsecured Elastic server. *Insert 'Wow... that much?' joke here*
Not personal info, but there are worries over deanonymisation. Remember that AOL research database?
Security23 Sep 2020 | 46
It's a Bing thing: Microsoft drops plans to shove unloved search engine down throats of unsuspecting enterprises
Default-hijacking browser extension pulled from Office Pro Plus installations
Software11 Feb 2020 | 55
Canary-build Microsoft browser blocks Microsoft extension from inflicting Microsoft search engine
Virtue is its own reward
Software07 Feb 2020 | 19
Bada Bing, bada bork: Windows 10 is not happy, and Microsoft's search engine has something to do with it
Updated The week's triumvirate of TITSUP* is complete
Bootnotes05 Feb 2020 | 144
Chrome suddenly using Bing after installing Office 365 Pro Plus... Yeah, that might have been us, mumbles Microsoft
Bad-a-Bing, badda-boom: Netizens complain of browser hijacking
SaaS22 Jan 2020 | 127
Microsoft Bing is 10: That thing you accidentally use to search for Chrome? Still alive and kicking
Used in 34% of American searches. Really
Software04 Jun 2019 | 72
Microsoft’s Bing dinged: What happened, Xi Jinping?
Updated Redmond's search engine finally achieves parity with Google. Yep: it also doesn’t work in China
On-Prem24 Jan 2019 | 10
.NET Core 2.1 – huh, yeah – what is it good for? Bing, apparently
Microsoft chows down on its open-sourced dog food
Software21 Aug 2018 | 33
Please, please, c'mon, just... please, pretty please, just, like, please use our AI – Microsoft
Cortana, Office, Bing, Azure get machine-learning boost
AI + ML14 Dec 2017 | 32
It was El Reg wot won it: Bing banishes bogus Brit bank banner ad
Link to fake TSB site canned after we help raise alarm
Security20 Nov 2017 | 60
Microsoft sparks up Ignite with fresh Azure, Office 365 features
Redmond also shows off SQL Server 2017 and internal Bing
SaaS25 Sep 2017 | 12
Google, Bing, Yahoo! data hoarding is like homeopathy. It doesn't work – new study claims
Boffins find search quality unaffected
Legal19 Sep 2017 | 48
I say, BING DONG! Microsoft's search engine literally cocks up on front page for hours
SFW Johnson, get a load of this
Bootnotes17 Aug 2017 | 82
Outage outed: Bing dinged, Microsoft portal mortal, DuckDuckGo becomes DuckDuckNo
Updated Like it or not, it's back to Google for now
SaaS15 Aug 2017 | 38
Microsoft's cunning plan to make Bing the leading search engine: Bribery
Binging for pennies
Software01 Jun 2017 | 54
Windows 10 S forces Bing, Edge on your kids. If you don't like it, get Win10 Pro – Microsoft
We're gonna make 'em an offer they can't refuse
Software04 May 2017 | 147
Google agrees to break pirates' domination over music searches
UK.gov tells search engines to demote dodgy websites or face legislation
Legal20 Feb 2017 | 75
Microsoft boffins: Who needs Intel CPUs when you've got FPGAs?
Bing searches get speed boost from Catapult integration
SaaS17 Oct 2016 | 39
Microsoft promises free terrible coffee every month you use Edge
World's most unpopular browser, now with opt-in SuperStalking
Software19 Aug 2016 | 154
Torrent is a word, and you can't ban words, rules French court
Google, Microsoft won't have to block searches for 'les torrents'
Legal20 Jul 2016 | 34
Bing web searches may reveal you have cancer (so, er, don't use Bing?)
Microsoft eggheads crunch queries for early tell-tale signs of disease
Science08 Jun 2016 | 24
Redmond adds malware, phish warnings to Bing
Catching dodgy content
Security06 Jun 2016 | 18
Bold stance: Microsoft says terrorism is bad
Redmond vows to pull terror content from services
On-Prem21 May 2016 | 53
Microsoft boots fake fix-it search ads
Bada-Bing, bada-boom, you support scam's doomed
OSes13 May 2016 | 40
Biting the hand that feeds IT
