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Topsy.com, launched last week, is a brand new search engine focused exclusively on Twitter content. Like Google, it presents its results based on popularity metrics, namely the popularity or influence ...

A start-up called Perplexity shows what’s possible for a search engine built from scratch with artificial intelligence. By Kevin Roose Kevin Roose used the Perplexity search engine for several weeks ...

When online search engines first appeared, they seemed miraculous. Now, though? It is a truth near-universally acknowledged that search is in the dumps, corroded by spam and ads. Big players like ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

AI-powered search is drastically changing the way people find information. For years, ranking well in Google and Microsoft Bing has been the foundation of search visibility. But as AI-driven search ...