Google is testing a new plus (+) button in the Search bar that pushes users into AI-powered searches. Tapping the plus button lets you upload an image or a file, then instantly drops you into AI Mode ...

Starting later this spring, Google Search will penalize sites that interfere with normal web browser back button ...

You have until June 15, 2026 to remove the back button code before Google begins to take action.

The Tab Search tool in Google Chrome – frequented by users with way too much RAM – is getting a new dedicated button. The tool lets Chrome users search open and closed tabs by keyword, making for an ...

As part of a new opt-in experiment, Google is removing the "I'm Feeling Lucky Button" and replacing it with AI Mode, its enhanced AI search tool. The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button is not going away ...

Google is working on a new AI Mode for Google Search, which presumably will allow users to interact with Search more conversationally. We managed to activate the AI Mode button for Search and the ...

Google may be rolling out the AI Mode button on the Google home page, on the right side of the search box. This is a feature that Google has been testing for about two months now, but now others and I ...

Google is testing "AI Mode" search on its homepage. The new feature, though not widely available yet, is located directly beneath the Google search bar beside a "Google Search" button, replacing the ...

Even luck can't escape being replaced by AI. Since its inception, Google Search has had an "I'm feeling lucky" button alongside the regular search button. Instead of taking you to a page of results ...

Google added back button hijacking to its malicious practices spam policy. Enforcement starts June 15, 2026. Sites have two ...

Websites that engage in “back button hijacking” might soon appear less prominently in Google Search results as part of a new spam policy. Back button hijacking occurs when a site prevents users from ...

Imad was a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...