Search
The latest Search coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
How to Disable Web Results in Windows 11 Search: Complete Guide
Microsoft's integration of web search results directly into the Windows 11 Start menu and taskbar search has been one of the most controversial features introduced in recent years. While some users...
Ditch Slow Windows 11 Search: 6 Lightning-Fast Alternatives You Need to Try
Windows 11’s built-in search often feels like a throwback to the spinning-disk era—slow, cluttered, and inconsistent. Now, a crop of third-party tools backed by years of development and rabid...
Google’s Experimental Windows App Puts AI Search on Your Desktop—Here’s How It Works
Google has quietly started testing a native Windows application that places a powerful, AI-infused search bar directly on the desktop, summonable from anywhere with Alt + Space. The experiment,...
Raycast's Windows Beta Transforms the Clipboard and Emoji Picker from Afterthoughts into Superpowers
Raycast, the beloved macOS productivity launcher, has opened a private beta for Windows, and its first two big features — a revamped emoji picker and a smarter clipboard history — already fix the...
Google's Alt+Space Overlay Brings Lens, AI Search to Windows. Here's How It Works and What to Watch For.
What’s New Google has released an experimental Windows app that places a compact, floating search bar at your fingertips. The tool, hosted in Google’s Search Labs, can be summoned anytime by...
KB5065426: Windows 11's Giant Update Packs On-Device AI, UI Polish, and Privacy Controls
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5065426, marks a significant shift in how the operating system delivers AI capabilities. Over a gigabyte in size on many...
Alphabet Shares Jump as Judge Spares Chrome and Android from Sale, Mandates Data Sharing
Alphabet’s stock surged nearly 9% in a single trading session after a federal judge handed down a remedies ruling that steered clear of the most feared outcomes—a forced sale of the Chrome...
Preferred Sources: Google’s New Top Stories Control Arrives as Windows Publishers Grapple with AI Volatility
Google’s rollout of a user-facing “Preferred sources” control for Top Stories on August 12 represents a rare victory for publisher agency in an otherwise volatile search landscape. As ranking...
Windows 11 25H2: Polished Context Menus, Smoother Taskbar, and AI Search Roll Out in Preview
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider previews for the upcoming 25H2 release are taking a scalpel to the everyday Windows interface, carving out a noticeably more polished and productive...
Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.5061 Delivers AI Recall, Click to Do, and the End of PowerShell 2.0
Microsoft shipped Windows 11 build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) to the Release Preview Channel on August 14, 2025, unleashing a wave of AI-powered features alongside enterprise-focused platform changes....
Windows 11 Build 27919 Merges Search Settings Into One Privacy Hub
Microsoft has streamlined Windows Search configuration by merging the former “Search permissions” and “Searching Windows” pages into a single, modernized hub under Privacy & security. The...
Copilot Vision Escapes Edge: Now Sees Any Window on Windows 11 for Free
Copilot Vision can finally see beyond the browser. Microsoft’s screen-aware AI assistant, once shackled to Edge, now peers into any open window on Windows 11—and it’s completely free. The...