Second: My use of Edge means I sometimes accidentally use Bing, Microsoft's Google-but-worse, whenever I search for something in the URL bar. I could go into the settings and switch my default search engine,

Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine. If you use Bing right now without signing into a Microsoft account and search for Google, you’ll get a page that looks an awful lot like... Google.

If you try to access Google through the Bing search engine right now, Microsoft will play a little prank on you.

You have to give Microsoft some credit for not giving up in search, but it does not seem Bing has ever quite been the success that it hoped. Google remains far and away the largest search engine in the world,

Microsoft would really, really, really like you to use Bing, its self-branded search engine that competes against Google’s monopoly. Not only is it hardwired into much of Windows and other Microsoft products like the Edge browser,

If you can't beat 'em, just imitate their branding, hide yours and hope they don't notice It looks like Microsoft has come up with a new trick to keep those who accidentally end up on Bing from leaving for Google: Simply mimic the look of Google's homepage and hope no one will notice.

This blur in style may be the reason Microsoft is currently using some Google-looking art when you search the word Google, complete with a search box, just like a Google Doodle. Yep, when you search the word Google on Bing,