HTML has supported multimedia elements—images, video, audio—for many decades, but the latter two required browser plugins ...

Matt Neuburg’s free TidBITS News app gets a notable update with a complete rewrite for iOS 26 and Swift 6.2, plus Dark mode ...

This week, yep, we had another story on Google Search ranking volatility. I posted the Google webmaster report for January ...

Currently, the new plus menu is showing up for many desktop web users. Google has introduced a subtle but important change to its iconic search homepage, adding a plus (+) icon to the left of the ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

Google had made it easier to upload documents in AI Mode. A new plus button allows you to upload files and images for AI analysis. The feature is only appearing on desktop mode for now. Google just ...

Microsoft is testing a "see more" button in the Bing Search results, which, when you click on it, loads more search results in the middle section. This was spotted by Sachin Patel, he posted about it ...

Google is updating the Chrome app for the iPhone and the iPad with a dedicated "AI Mode" button that matches functionality found in the desktop version of Chrome. AI Mode is located under the Google ...

Google Chrome is integrating new "AI Action Chips" for "Nano Banana" (image generation) and "Deep Search" (in-depth research) directly onto its new tab page. These prominent buttons, currently in the ...

Editor's take: Despite the AI boom and other major shifts on the web, advertising remains Google's – and Alphabet's – primary revenue source. The company recently began a slow rollout of a new ads ...

Google is changing up a few elements about the appearance and functionality of text ads in Search results. A persistent “Sponsored posts” banner will remain over ad links. You’ll also now start ...

Google has been rapidly expanding the availability of AI Mode in Search ever since it previewed the feature with testers in its Labs program in the beginning of March this year. Now, the company has ...