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  • Bing, Google, Bird Flu

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to All on Tue Jan 7 09:35:00 2025
    From TLDR 2025-01-07

    MICROSOFT IS USING BING TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO THINKING THEY'RE ON
    GOOGLE (3 MINUTE READ) [11]

    Searching for Google on Bing (without signing in) takes users to a
    page that looks a lot like Google. It's a clear attempt from Microsoft
    to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query. Other
    search results return without the special interface. Bing still
    surfaces search results for Google underneath the spoofed Google UI.
    Microsoft has used similar tactics over the years to convince people
    to switch to its products.

    AMERICA'S FIRST BIRD FLU DEATH REPORTED IN LOUISIANA (4 MINUTE READ) [15]

    The person was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical
    conditions - they were hospitalized with the flu after exposure to a
    backyard flock of birds and wild birds.

    Links:
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    [11] https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337117/microsoft-bing-search-results-g oogle-design-trick?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
    [15] https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/health/bird-flu-death-louisiana/index.html? utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/202 to Mike Powell on Tue Jan 7 16:56:22 2025
    Searching for Google on Bing (without signing in) takes users to a
    page that looks a lot like Google. It's a clear attempt from Microsoft
    to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query. Other
    search results return without the special interface. Bing still
    surfaces search results for Google underneath the spoofed Google UI. Microsoft has used similar tactics over the years to convince people
    to switch to its products.

    I went to bing.com and typed google.com into their search box, and the bing results displayed another search bar in the search results. Is that what they mean? It doesn't look dishonest to me, just a suggestion :)

    The person was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical
    conditions - they were hospitalized with the flu after exposure to a backyard flock of birds and wild birds.

    I heard about this on abcnews on the radio. It sounds like the media wants us to be scared of birds. That way, we stay indoors more, and I guess we watch more TV.

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