The dark web does have websites like the standard web, but they’re well hidden away, and more difficult to access: You need special software to access it, and special search engines to explore it.

For most people, web search is and always has been a free service supported by ads. Google, Brave, DuckDuckGo, and Bing offer all the search queries you want for free because they want eyeballs.

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Deep Search are only open to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, who also receive higher usage limits for automated calling.

The only way we were able to add the Google Web filter search was by installing the free Safari extension Smart Keyword Search, which enables site search shortcuts.

The tech giant used to charge for access to its dark web report service. Now it's free with a Google account. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up ...

I pitted the current leader in web search against this new arrival, comparing them across a variety of key areas to see what sort of results I'd get—and if I was Google, I'd be worried at how ...

ChatGPT now offers its web search functionality to all signed-in users, including those on the free tier. This lets users get real-time information and relevant web results sans the sponsored content.

Do you miss the simplicity of early 2000's Google, when it was free from clutter and metadata overload? Well, the search giant has quietly introduced a new web filter that brings the nostalgic ...

Web search is great, and it's not too hard to set it to be your default. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Google's recently ...