Latest DuckDuckGo news

Microsoft Copilot fixed worldwide after 24 hour outage

After over a 24-hour outage, Microsoft's Bing, Copilot, and Copilot in Windows services are back online worldwide, with no information released as to what caused the problem.
- Mayank Parmar
- May 24, 2024
- 01:59 PM
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Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search

A massive Microsoft outage in some regions affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.
- Mayank Parmar
- May 23, 2024
- 04:44 AM
- 3
DuckDuckGo launches a premium Privacy Pro VPN service

DuckDuckGo has launched a new paid-for 3-in-1 subscription service called 'Privacy Pro,' which includes a virtual private network (VPN), a personal data removal service, and an identity theft restoration solution.
- Bill Toulas
- April 11, 2024
- 08:00 AM
- 4
DuckDuckGo browser gets end-to-end encrypted sync feature

The DuckDuckGo browser has unveiled a new end-to-end encrypted Sync & Backup feature that lets users privately and securely synchronize their bookmarks, passwords, and Email Protection settings across multiple devices.
- Bill Toulas
- February 14, 2024
- 08:00 AM
- 0
DuckDuckGo browser for Windows available for everyone as public beta

DuckDuckGo has released its privacy-centric browser for Windows to the general public. It is a beta version available for download with no restrictions.
- Bill Toulas
- June 22, 2023
- 08:01 AM
- 5
DuckDuckGo launches AI-powered search query answering tool

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has launched the first beta version of DuckAssist, an AI-assisted feature that writes accurate summaries to answer users' search queries.
- Bill Toulas
- March 08, 2023
- 10:22 AM
- 7
DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites

DuckDuckGo apps and extensions are now blocking Google Sign-in pop-ups on all its apps and browser extensions, removing what it perceives as an annoyance and a privacy risk for its users.
- Bill Toulas
- December 22, 2022
- 03:21 PM
- 13
DuckDuckGo now lets all Android users block trackers in their apps

DuckDuckGo for Android's 'App Tracking Protection' feature has reached open beta, allowing all Android users to block third-party trackers across all their installed apps.
- Bill Toulas
- November 16, 2022
- 08:00 AM
- 6
DuckDuckGo for Mac enters public beta, now available to everyone

Mac users can now try the privacy features in the DuckDuckGo browser as the app has entered the beta stage of development.
- Bill Toulas
- October 18, 2022
- 08:00 AM
- 1
DuckDuckGo opens its privacy-focused email service to everyone

DuckDuckGo has opened its 'Email Protection' service to anyone wishing to get their own '@duck.com' email address.
- Bill Toulas
- August 28, 2022
- 10:06 AM
- 5
DuckDuckGo browser now blocks all Microsoft trackers, most of the time

DuckDuckGo announced today that they will now be blocking all third-party Microsoft tracking scripts in their privacy browser after failing to block them in the past.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 05, 2022
- 08:00 AM
- 4
Chrome browser extension lets you remove specific sites from search results

The uBlackList browser extension lets you clean up search results by removing specific sites when searching on Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and other search engines.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 18, 2022
- 11:50 AM
- 8
DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement

The privacy-focused DuckDuckGo browser purposely allows Microsoft trackers on third-party sites due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract between the two companies.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 24, 2022
- 06:07 PM
- 12
DuckDuckGo down-ranks sites spreading Russian propaganda

The DuckDuckGo web search engine is now demoting websites known to spread Russian propaganda following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to the company's founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 11, 2022
- 12:09 PM
- 16
Privacy-focused Brave browser records massive growth in 2021

The privacy-focused web browser Brave continues to grow rapidly as the company reached 50 million monthly active users for the first time in 2021.
- Mayank Parmar
- January 05, 2022
- 06:32 PM
- 1
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021

The privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo continues to grow rapidly, with the company now averaging over 100 million daily search queries and growing by almost 47% in 2021.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 26, 2021
- 01:41 PM
- 4
DuckDuckGo's new email privacy service forwards tracker-free messages

DuckDuckGo is rolling out an email privacy feature that strips incoming messages of trackers that can help profile you for better profiling and ad targeting.
- Ionut Ilascu
- July 20, 2021
- 03:03 PM
- 2
Vivaldi, Brave, DuckDuckGo reject Google's FLoC ad tracking tech

Makers of Vivaldi and Brave web browsers have rejected Google's new privacy-preserving proposal called FLoC, which is meant to replace third-party tracking cookies across websites on browsers, including Chrome.
- Ax Sharma
- April 14, 2021
- 11:59 AM
- 2
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 62% in 2020

The privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo continues to grow rapidly as the company reached 102M daily search queries for the first time in January.
- Mayank Parmar
- January 17, 2021
- 11:39 AM
- 1
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, announced that August 2020 ended in over 2 billion total searches via its search platform.
- Mayank Parmar
- September 16, 2020
- 06:39 PM
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