This type of strategy is sometimes called a “dark pattern,” or a deceptive pattern that tricks users into doing something they did not intend. Below the Google-looking search bar, including a Google Doodle-esque cartoon, regular Bing results are displayed.

Microsoft is trying out a pretty unusual strategy to stop Bing users from switching to Google when they need to search for something. As spotted by Reddit users, if you type “Google” into Bing right now,

Microsoft faces backlash after Bing mimics Google's interface, sparking criticism from Google Chrome's security chief.

It’s no surprise Google is desperate to keep Chrome within its stable, pushing back on the DOJ’s campaign to force a sale of the browser. But Chrome is proving itself to be remarkably resilient—just as it is with a new update that’s particularly bad news for Microsoft and its Windows OS.

Microsoft Bing is displaying what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for Google, making it look you are on the competing search engine.

Microsoft Bing is tricking unsuspecting users searching for Google by displaying a webpage that looks like Google Search.

Microsoft announced a sweeping series of artificial intelligence partnerships across India's core sectors on Wednesday, a day after pledging to invest $3 Microsoft has forged AI alliances across core sectors in India as it kickstarts its $3 billion investment in the country.

When you search for the word Google using Microsoft Edge's address bar, you'll notice that the result is loaded in Bing, but with a spoofed Google UI. This appears to be a way to trick people into believing that they're using Google.

And it isn't just users who've found the tactic a little underhand. On Twitter, Google Chrome's security chief Parisa Tabriz called the move a "new low" for Microsoft, citing it as “another tactic in [Microsoft’s] long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice.”

DNA-testing platform Nebula Genomics Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Google LLC asked a federal judge to throw out a proposed class action accusing them of misusing genetic information with tracking technology on Nebula’s website.

Sheikh called his almost four years with the Redmond, Wash., tech giant “the most rewarding and fulfilling of my long silicon engineering career,” but said it was time for a new opportunity. Sheikh will serve as Google’s vice president of global silicon chip technology and manufacturing.