Are you worried about online privacy? Not a fan of anticompetitive practices? Maybe you just want a new take on web search?

One prioritizes convenience and personalization. The other puts privacy first. Which one should you use? We help you decide.

If you're regularly using Google, you may have noticed that the search results are not what they used to be. Google is pushing for AI integration in its search engine, and the results are not always ...

That's where this independent search engine comes in, and makes it so rare in 2025. Mojeek crawls and runs its own search index, doesn't track you for advertising, and offers a rare sliver of peaceful ...

Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones — like forcing the breakup of ...

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of ...

Internet search engines used to be purely about what's best for you and me, and giving us what we're looking for. Now, search engines don't want to guide you to information on the internet. Instead, ...

Search and ye shall … most likely be tracked. But a growing number of people want to search without leaving a trail, which is why privacy-focused search engines like DuckDuckGo and Brave Search are ...