… The company also says that Search profiles do not change how traditional web search rankings work, and that they mainly influence visibility in Discover. In Search, it appears users must tap "View Search profile" to see the information described above. …
… Users can tap their feeds to go deeper into a topic, search related information, or save stories. …
… How well this plays with users will depend on how locked-down Cortana can be in the Anniversary Update. It looks like all of the same features and functionality can be shut off, which would imply that Microsoft has basically renamed its search functions. …
… Previously, the Start menu automatically scaled based on screen size and display resolution with no custom controls whatsoever. Now, beta users can toggle individual Start sections on or off, including the "Pinned," "Recent," and "All" sections. …
… The builds currently in the Release Preview Channel include a new taskbar with an "Ask Copilot" box that replaces the old search box in Windows 11 . From there, users can select specific agents, including Microsoft's own options—like a Microsoft 365 "Researcher" agent—and third‑party AI helpers. …
… The audit, conducted by the team behind the privacy-focused search engine webXray, examined traffic from California users visiting thousands of popular sites. …
… But none of this works once an attacker runs malicious code as a logged‑in user.
… Knowing that users lean heavily on the Big G for search results, their malware will often silently modify the URLs that are displayed to an infected user. The links don't appear any different to the average user: they look just like Google results always looked. …
… The company’s privacy page Opens in a new window reiterates that user data is never sent off the user’s Mac—only nondescript product and crash analytics are ever sent to Rewind itself. …
… Two of the more surprising sources in recent times are SourceForge and the Microsoft Search and Safety Center -- which found itself overrun with craftily engineered search results that led users to malware and pornography. …