In essence, if you search for Google through Bing in your browser, you’ll see a “promoted by Microsoft” dropdown search box negating the need to click through to Google after all. “Bing is also testing a version with that Google looking logo again but not hiding the Google search listings below them.”

Microsoft is trying out another new tactic to stop people from switching to Google products -- and it's even dodgier than the last one.

It's now hidden behind a "See more" button. Hence, you'll need an extra click to unfurl the text and access it. Credit: Windows Latest This is nothing new,

Both Microsoft and Google are now including AI in some of their most popular productivity software. But prices are going up at the same time.

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 accused the Windows-maker of a “new year, new low,” criticizing its “long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice.”

Google rules the search engine and browser markets, and Microsoft doesn’t want Google to dominate the two most important industries. Previously, Windows Latest reported how Microsoft uses full-screen pop-ups to convince you to use Microsoft Edge over Chrome and other browsers.

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 popups to get people to ditch Google. Microsoft has even previously had to reverse pop-up ads inside Google Chrome to address “unintended behavior.”

The changes are part of an effort on the companies’ part to boost the adoption of their AI tools among business users. Microsoft ships an AI assistant called Copilot as part of its Microsoft 365 productivity suite. Google, in turn, offers the Gemini machine learning feature bundle to users of its rival Workspace suite.

It looks like software giant Microsoft is up to some not-so-productive behavior after being accused of tricking searchers on Bing.

As noticed by Windows Latest, searches for Chrome using Edge and via Bing (when signed out of your Microsoft account) on Windows 11 result in a

Hearing the name of the most valuable company in the world will likely be met with the question: what do they do?

Organisations are constantly seeking ways to bolster security, streamline workflows, and enhance operational efficiency. Single sign-on (SSO) has emerged as a transformative solution, simplifying authentication processes by enabling users to access multiple systems with a single set of credentials.