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Despite the rise of generative AI, Reddit remains one of the most useful social media platforms of all time. Lower Duck Pond

‘AI Overviews yet to make positive impact’: Reddit CEO hits out at Google over search traffic concerns

August 03, 2026 8:36 am

The CEO’s criticism comes amid reports that Reddit plans to walk away from its $60 million licensing deal with Google.

Your Claude AI chats may be searchable on Google: Here’s how to keep them private

July 30, 2026 3:30 pm

Once a publicly shareable link to user chats are created, the chat logs are public and may become discoverable on search engines like Google and Bing.

Google Drive users can now access Ask Gemini directly from the mobile app to search and analyse files using AI.(Credit: Pexels)

Google is building an AI fence around the internet it once championed

July 22, 2026 9:16 am

The effect of these moves is becoming clear: People are spending more time with Google than ever.

Google launches AI agent within Search ads in India, expands Gemini-powered ad tools

July 10, 2026 10:45 am

The rollout comes as Google, one of the most dominant players in the digital ad industry besides Meta, bets on AI agents to power advertising.

Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)

Why a new court ruling against Google’s AI Overviews could have far-reaching effects

June 12, 2026 8:57 am

A German court’s decision in a lawsuit against Google could influence the answer to pressing legal questions in the AI era, such as who should be held liable for AI-generated errors and hallucinations?

Users can create playlists, design graphics and build shopping lists directly within Google's AI Mode.(Image: Google)

UK orders Google to improve AI search attribution, give publishers opt-out controls

June 05, 2026 9:25 am

It comes at a time when news websites and publishers globally see a sharp drop in traffic as users turn to AI-powered search features to look up information online.

Monopoly has a different meaning in an AI-driven world. The Google Chrome judgment in the US misses that

September 08, 2025 2:58 pm

The AI revolution offers both an opportunity and a challenge for competition policy

Google Search is said to be the backbone of the internet.

Google's AI rivals get a boost from data-sharing order, but tech giant far from routed

September 05, 2025 9:59 am

By gaining insights into Google's market-leading IP, tech giants with giant coffers could make a new run at the search market.

The US court’s ruling also goes beyond how Google should remedy its search monopoly.

Google avoids breakup in landmark US antitrust case: Key takeaways on Chrome, AI, search deals

September 04, 2025 10:27 am

The decision lifts a cloud that has hung over Google and its AI ambitions, particularly in online search, since the tech giant lost the antitrust case last year.

Google rejects claims of AI in Search hurting web traffic, says quality clicks on the rise

August 08, 2025 8:43 am

New Google Search features have sparked concerns among publishers, who fear that AI-generated summaries of search results could lead to a collapse in web traffic.