Apple weighed switch to DuckDuckGo as default search engine
Apple Inc. held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search engine for the private mode on Apple’s Safari browser, but ultimately rejected the idea.
The details of those talks — and Apple’s...
DuckDuckGo search engine getting AI-generated answers
DuckDuckGo has announced a new artificial intelligence-powered tool that automatically pulls and summarises information from Wikipedia to answer certain search queries.
Dubbed DuckAssist, the new tool makes DuckDuckGo the latest search...
DuckDuckGo launching anti-tracking tool for Android
Privacy-focused Internet search engine company DuckDuckGo has launched an App Tracking Protection tool on its Android app.
The feature — currently in beta — blocks third-party trackers across the user's apps, even when they are not being used.
DuckDuckGo lets anyone sign up for an @duck.com email address
DuckDuckGo has made its Email Protection service available to all users after having rolled it out in private beta in 2021, according to a statement from the company.
Email Protection is a free forwarding service that removes a...
DuckDuckGo search engine shows huge growth
The DuckDuckGo search engine has shown strong growth since it launched eight years ago, with the site recently celebrating its 10 billionth search.
According to a report by BetaNews, DuckDuckGo served 4 billion of those searches in 2016. On 10...
China blocks DuckDuckGo
China has begun blocking the privacy-protecting search engine DuckDuckGo, which avoids storing user data or tracking online activity