For many years, websites have collected user data to either sell to third-party sites or use for their targeted advertising. The most well-known examples include Facebook and Google. Serving an ad or ...

Google is far and away the most popular search engine—but sometimes it can feel more like Big Brother and less like a friendly assistant. Indeed, for those concerned about privacy, Google can overstep ...

His search engine didn’t start out as the private alternative to Google, but that’s certainly what it has become. Five years ago, DuckDuckGo.com founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg just wanted to create ...

In an exclusive interview, DuckDuckGo details its privacy-focused ad partnership with Microsoft, which aims to rethink digital marketing without compromising user privacy. DuckDuckGo earns revenue ...

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Conspiracy theorists, including big names like Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro, are reportedly leaving Google behind for greener, less-moderated pastures like DuckDuckGo. The DuckDuckGo search engine ...

When it comes to protecting your privacy online, some internet browsers are definitely safer than others, with features like built-in ad and tracking blocking and fingerprint randomizing. While ...

The pursuit of internet privacy is something akin to an ever-evolving game of Whac-A-Mole, as new tracking techniques are revealed by researchers and addressed by privacy-preserving tools. Fortunately ...

Even though Google pays a hefty sum to stay the default iPhone search engine, an industry analyst suggests Apple should buy rival DuckDuckGo anyway. That likely wouldn’t be the end of Google and Apple ...