The long-running feud between John Donovan and Royal Dutch Shell has entered a new, surreal phase: a public “bot war” in which generative AIs — prompted from a partisan archive and then set against one another — openly contradict, correct, and amplify contested claims about events that began in...
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Microsoft Edge has begun testing a new, security‑focused banner that appears when users attempt to download Google Chrome, pitching Edge as an “all‑in‑one” browser with built‑in privacy and safety tools rather than the older engine‑or‑brand comparisons that appeared in previous nudges...
Microsoft is now dangling Microsoft Rewards points — and the promise of gift cards and subscriptions — in front of Windows 11 users who search for “Chrome” in Microsoft Edge, a move that swaps the old passive “use Edge” nudge for a small, explicit financial incentive meant to stop users from...