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Microsoft’s recent moves in Canary and Insider channels suggest the long‑running tug‑of‑war over whether Windows 11 will keep forcing Edge and Bing for taskbar searches may finally be loosening — but the change is still an experiment, regionally motivated, and far from guaranteed to ship...

Microsoft appears to be taking a concrete step toward fixing one of Windows 11’s most enduring annoyances: the Start menu and taskbar web searches that insist on opening in Microsoft Edge and using Bing, regardless of the user’s chosen default browser or search engine. Experimental flags...

Microsoft’s push to make Edge an “AI browser” took a decisive step this year with an update that gives Copilot the ability to act on users’ behalf inside the browser — opening and navigating tabs, running searches, and executing multi-step tasks like bookings and form-filling when explicitly...

Microsoft’s Start menu may finally stop pulling web results into Edge and Bing by force — experimental flags discovered in Microsoft Edge Canary suggest Windows Search could soon open links in your system default browser and use your preferred default search engine instead of always routing...

Switching your default search engine in Microsoft Edge might seem like a minor tweak, but for Windows users, search choices blend directly into daily browsing, productivity, and even privacy. Microsoft Edge, the successor to Internet Explorer, has earned accolades for speed and security, yet its...

For years, the question of why Google dominates the web search landscape has intrigued economists, regulators, and ordinary internet users. Recently, a novel academic study attempted to shed light on this issue by directly investigating user preferences and the forces driving market share in web...