Google has suddenly hit back hard after Microsoft was seemingly caught capturing and diverting Google users within its Windows ecosystem. “New year, new low,” one Google exec posted on X, accusing the Windows-maker of “a long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice.”

Windows Latest first spotted the situation, describing it as a “genius move to keep you from Google search.” It’s part of a larger pattern by Microsoft to get Google users to switch to Edge and Bing, taking advantage of their positions as the default browser and search engine in Windows.

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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.”

The Linux Foundation said the new group will provide a "neutral space" for developers, software vendors, and the broader open-source community to better contribute to the

Google attacked Microsoft for “its long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice,” less than than three weeks after it was accused of “reducing people’s choice and control over how their information is collected,

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Shares of Rezolve Ai are climbing for a second straight day after the company unveiled plans to deepen its partnerships with tech powers Microsoft and Google.

Microsoft has pledged $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining other tech giants such as Google and Meta, which have also contributed $1 million each. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman,

Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Opera joined the newly formed Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers initiative to help fund browser development.

Microsoft ( MSFT, Financial) is set for another round of layoffs, and sources say these will include underperformers in performance-based cuts. Business Insider reports that security will be impacted,