Bing (search engine) are entered and a list of related searches (called "Explore pane") based on semantic technology from Powerset, which Microsoft had acquired in 2008. In July 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search. All Yahoo! Search global customers and partners made the transition by early 2012. The deal was altered in 2015, meaning Yahoo! was only required to use Bing for a "majority" of searches. In October 2011, Microsoft stated that they were working on new back-end search infrastructure with the goal of delivering faster and slightly more relevant search results for users. Known
Dragonfly (search engine) Dragonfly (search engine) According to press reports, Dragonfly is an Internet search engine app being prototyped by Google that is designed to be compatible with China's state censorship provisions. Unlike a previous search engine designed by Google for use in China, Dragonfly would not notify users that results or search terms have been censored. The public learned of Dragonfly's existence in August 2018, when "The Intercept" leaked an internal memo written by a Google employee about the project. The search engine is reportedly designed to link users' phone numbers to their search queries and censor websites such as Wikipedia and