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Google Turns Search Into a Conversational AI Hub

This move risks rerouting web traffic into Google, shifting advertising and commerce onto its AI layers.

Google Pulls 28 ‘CallPhantom’ Apps That Faked Call and WhatsApp Histories

YouTube Comments and Descriptions Disappear for Some Users as Ad‑Blocker Link Suspected

Yahoo and AOL Suffer Widespread Outage as Users See 'Too Many Requests' Errors

X Restores Service After Global Outage Lasting About an Hour

User Reports Flag Steam and AWS Disruptions Over Two Days

Kuaishou Restores Livestreams After Cyberattack That Flooded Platform With Explicit Videos

Researchers Say Attackers Are Probing Apple Podcasts Auto-Launch Trigger

YouTube Escalates Anti‑Adblock Enforcement, Leaving Users With Blank Videos

YouTube Anti‑Ad‑Block Update Drives Reports of Outages and Broken Playback

EU Moves to Curb Cookie Pop-Ups With December Omnibus Proposal

Penske Media Sues Google Over AI Overviews, Citing Coerced Use of Journalism

Google Rolls Out Link Carousels and Smarter Inline Sources in AI Mode

Google Defends AI Search, Claims Steady Traffic and Higher Quality Clicks

Germany’s Top Court Refers Springer’s Copyright Suit Over Adblock Plus Back to Hamburg

Death Stranding 2 Photo Mode Evades Discord’s UK Age Verification

Google AI Overviews Halve Clicks as Google and Pew Disagree on Impact

Mozilla to Shut Down Pocket and Fakespot as It Refocuses on Firefox

Bluesky's Decentralized Platform Gains Momentum as Users Flee X

YouTube Denies Hiding Skip Button Amid Ad Interface Changes