Google has suddenly hit back hard after Microsoft was seemingly caught capturing and diverting Google users within its Windows ecosystem. “New year, new low,” one Google exec posted on X, accusing the Windows-maker of “a long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice.”

Windows Latest first spotted the situation, describing it as a “genius move to keep you from Google search.” It’s part of a larger pattern by Microsoft to get Google users to switch to Edge and Bing, taking advantage of their positions as the default browser and search engine in Windows.

The latest issue started when Google pushed out an update to its advertising ecosystem. The changes, it said, have been prompted by “the broader range of surfaces on which ads are served (such as connected TVs and gaming consoles),” and mean they will be “less prescriptive with partners in how they target and measure ads.”

Whether you are in the Google, Microsoft, Apple, or Proton ecosystem, a cloud storage service is essential for keeping your notes, files, spreadsheets, media, and more in a central place. Speaking of the two software giants, OneDrive is miles ahead of Google Drive. Here is why.

When searching for Google on Bing, Microsoft’s result page reportedly shows a design similar to Google’s home page.

Google and the Linux Foundation are teaming up on a new initiative aimed at funding and supporting the open-source Chromium ecosystem. Meta, Microsoft, and Opera will also take part in the project.

Microsoft announced a sweeping series of artificial intelligence partnerships across India's core sectors on Wednesday, a day after pledging to invest $3 Microsoft has forged AI alliances across core sectors in India as it kickstarts its $3 billion investment in the country.

You can get started today,” says human behavior professor and career coach Melody Wilding, author of “Managing Up.”

Gmail didn’t get off to a good start on the security and privacy front, but it’s much better now and its new upgrades make it an account worth keeping. But only if you use the new security upgrades and common sense to ensure you don’t lose your Gmail account (and those it leads to) to hackers or simply through lack of use.

Now that you have a Google account, it’s time to create your first presentation. Head over to Google Slides and click on the "Blank Presentation" image with the multicolored "+" icon, or choose one of the templates next to it. On most browsers, you can type "slides.new" into the address bar to quickly create a new blank presentation.

Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers sounds like a very niche local meetup, one with hats and T-shirts that barely fit the name. But it's really a "neutral space" for funding and support, corralling together some big names with a stake in the future of Chrome's open source roots, Chromium.