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  1. Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.

    In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https://tantek.com/2024/287/t3/bing-use-case-calendar-month

    Since then, Bing has added “Copilot” LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot’s “summary” can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display “below the fold” as it were.

    Solution: add " -ai" to your query.

    E.g. assuming you’ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox)

    Type this into your Firefox address bar:

    b 2026 sep -ai

    or directly go to https://bing.com/ and enter: 2026 sep -ai

    and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I’m writing this) selected in the displayed month.


    Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
    * Day 252 — day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
    * Week 37 — Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
    * 31 days later — Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
    * < [ Sep v ] > – little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev/next month
    * [ Start Day v ] — a new “Start Day” drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week

    Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.

    #search #webSearch #SearchShortcut #Microsoft #Bing #MicrosoftBing #BingSearch #BingTip #searchTip #calendar #month
    #CoPilot #NoCoPilot #NoAI #NoGenAI #NoLLM #Firefox #DuckDuckGo #Google #GoogleSearch #Yahoo #YahooSearch #Ecosia.

    #Blaugust #Blaugust2026

  2. Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.

    In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https://tantek.com/2024/287/t3/bing-use-case-calendar-month

    Since then, Bing has added “Copilot” LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot’s “summary” can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display “below the fold” as it were.

    Solution: add " -ai" to your query.

    E.g. assuming you’ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox)

    Type this into your Firefox address bar:

    b 2026 sep -ai

    or directly go to https://bing.com/ and enter: 2026 sep -ai

    and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I’m writing this) selected in the displayed month.


    Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
    * Day 252 — day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
    * Week 37 — Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
    * 31 days later — Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
    * < [ Sep v ] > – little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev/next month
    * [ Start Day v ] — a new “Start Day” drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week

    Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.

    #search #webSearch #SearchShortcut #Microsoft #Bing #MicrosoftBing #BingSearch #BingTip #searchTip #calendar #month
    #CoPilot #NoCoPilot #NoAI #NoGenAI #NoLLM #Firefox #DuckDuckGo #Google #GoogleSearch #Yahoo #YahooSearch #Ecosia.

    #Blaugust #Blaugust2026

  3. Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.

    In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https://tantek.com/2024/287/t3/bing-use-case-calendar-month

    Since then, Bing has added “Copilot” LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot’s “summary” can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display “below the fold” as it were.

    Solution: add " -ai" to your query.

    E.g. assuming you’ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox)

    Type this into your Firefox address bar:

    b 2026 sep -ai

    or directly go to https://bing.com/ and enter: 2026 sep -ai

    and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I’m writing this) selected in the displayed month.


    Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
    * Day 252 — day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
    * Week 37 — Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
    * 31 days later — Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
    * < [ Sep v ] > – little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev/next month
    * [ Start Day v ] — a new “Start Day” drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week

    Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.

    #search #webSearch #SearchShortcut #Microsoft #Bing #MicrosoftBing #BingSearch #BingTip #searchTip #calendar #month
    #CoPilot #NoCoPilot #NoAI #NoGenAI #NoLLM #Firefox #DuckDuckGo #Google #GoogleSearch #Yahoo #YahooSearch #Ecosia.

    #Blaugust #Blaugust2026

  4. Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.

    In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https://tantek.com/2024/287/t3/bing-use-case-calendar-month

    Since then, Bing has added “Copilot” LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot’s “summary” can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display “below the fold” as it were.

    Solution: add " -ai" to your query.

    E.g. assuming you’ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox)

    Type this into your Firefox address bar:

    b 2026 sep -ai

    or directly go to https://bing.com/ and enter: 2026 sep -ai

    and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I’m writing this) selected in the displayed month.


    Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
    * Day 252 — day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
    * Week 37 — Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
    * 31 days later — Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
    * < [ Sep v ] > – little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev/next month
    * [ Start Day v ] — a new “Start Day” drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week

    Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.

    #search #webSearch #SearchShortcut #Microsoft #Bing #MicrosoftBing #BingSearch #BingTip #searchTip #calendar #month
    #CoPilot #NoCoPilot #NoAI #NoGenAI #NoLLM #Firefox #DuckDuckGo #Google #GoogleSearch #Yahoo #YahooSearch #Ecosia.

    #Blaugust #Blaugust2026

  5. Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.

    In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https://tantek.com/2024/287/t3/bing-use-case-calendar-month

    Since then, Bing has added “Copilot” LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot’s “summary” can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display “below the fold” as it were.

    Solution: add " -ai" to your query.

    E.g. assuming you’ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox)

    Type this into your Firefox address bar:

    b 2026 sep -ai

    or directly go to https://bing.com/ and enter: 2026 sep -ai

    and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I’m writing this) selected in the displayed month.


    Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
    * Day 252 — day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
    * Week 37 — Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
    * 31 days later — Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
    * < [ Sep v ] > – little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev/next month
    * [ Start Day v ] — a new “Start Day” drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week

    Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.

    #search #webSearch #SearchShortcut #Microsoft #Bing #MicrosoftBing #BingSearch #BingTip #searchTip #calendar #month
    #CoPilot #NoCoPilot #NoAI #NoGenAI #NoLLM #Firefox #DuckDuckGo #Google #GoogleSearch #Yahoo #YahooSearch #Ecosia.

    #Blaugust #Blaugust2026

  6. Ofcom’s new proposal: tech firms must stamp out scam ads or pay

    Ofcom has proposed new rules that would make major platforms directly responsible for stopping fraudulent paid advertising.

    gadgetbond.com/ofcom-draft-cod

  7. Ofcom’s new proposal: tech firms must stamp out scam ads or pay

    Ofcom has proposed new rules that would make major platforms directly responsible for stopping fraudulent paid advertising.

    gadgetbond.com/ofcom-draft-cod

  8. Ofcom’s new proposal: tech firms must stamp out scam ads or pay

    Ofcom has proposed new rules that would make major platforms directly responsible for stopping fraudulent paid advertising.

    gadgetbond.com/ofcom-draft-cod

  9. Ofcom’s new proposal: tech firms must stamp out scam ads or pay

    Ofcom has proposed new rules that would make major platforms directly responsible for stopping fraudulent paid advertising.

    gadgetbond.com/ofcom-draft-cod

  10. Ofcom’s new proposal: tech firms must stamp out scam ads or pay

    Ofcom has proposed new rules that would make major platforms directly responsible for stopping fraudulent paid advertising.

    gadgetbond.com/ofcom-draft-cod

  11. Bing Image Creator now supports GPT-4o alongside DALL·E 3, giving users enhanced image detail and realism at no additional cost. #Microsoft #MicrosoftBing

    gadgetbond.com/microsoft-bing-

  12. Microsoft launches Bing Video Creator using OpenAI’s Sora, offering users an easy way to generate short-form AI video. #Microsoft #Sora #MicrosoftBing

    gadgetbond.com/microsoft-bing-

  13. @zoul jinak to že se bojíš přechodu je pochopitelné.
    Ale vyhledávače se zlepšují. Například #MicrosoftBing a #DuckDuckGo byli ještě tak před rokem naprosto neschopné vyhledávat nějaké české podniky. Teď už jsou oba vyhledávače v tomto ohledu mnohem lepší.
    Duckduckgo má ale stále co dohánět.

  14. @zoul jinak to že se bojíš přechodu je pochopitelné.
    Ale vyhledávače se zlepšují. Například #MicrosoftBing a #DuckDuckGo byli ještě tak před rokem naprosto neschopné vyhledávat nějaké české podniky. Teď už jsou oba vyhledávače v tomto ohledu mnohem lepší.
    Duckduckgo má ale stále co dohánět.

  15. @zoul jinak to že se bojíš přechodu je pochopitelné.
    Ale vyhledávače se zlepšují. Například #MicrosoftBing a #DuckDuckGo byli ještě tak před rokem naprosto neschopné vyhledávat nějaké české podniky. Teď už jsou oba vyhledávače v tomto ohledu mnohem lepší.
    Duckduckgo má ale stále co dohánět.

  16. @zoul jinak to že se bojíš přechodu je pochopitelné.
    Ale vyhledávače se zlepšují. Například #MicrosoftBing a #DuckDuckGo byli ještě tak před rokem naprosto neschopné vyhledávat nějaké české podniky. Teď už jsou oba vyhledávače v tomto ohledu mnohem lepší.
    Duckduckgo má ale stále co dohánět.

  17. @zoul jinak to že se bojíš přechodu je pochopitelné.
    Ale vyhledávače se zlepšují. Například #MicrosoftBing a #DuckDuckGo byli ještě tak před rokem naprosto neschopné vyhledávat nějaké české podniky. Teď už jsou oba vyhledávače v tomto ohledu mnohem lepší.
    Duckduckgo má ale stále co dohánět.

  18. #MicrosoftBing (スマホブラウザ版) ダークモードの設定が10回に1回くらい勝手に元に戻るバグ…もしかして治った?

  19. #MicrosoftBing (スマホブラウザ版) ダークモードの設定が10回に1回くらい勝手に元に戻るバグ…もしかして治った?

  20. The discontinuation of Bing Search APIs reflects Microsoft’s AI-first approach, leaving small developers to navigate a future with fewer search options. #Microsoft #Bing #MicrosoftBing

    gadgetbond.com/microsoft-bing-

  21. Almost any crap that Windows 11 takes out of its rabbit hat can be explain in one sentence:

    Windows 11 was taken over by the Bing Search department.

    That start to make sense when you see how Bing incorporated Copilot, hence Windows. Start page with News? Now your OS has News too. Recall? Like "History Back" of the browser at OS level.

    #Windows #Microsoft #Windows11 #MicrosoftWindows #OS #OperativeSystem #Bing #MicrosoftBing #Copilot #MicrosoftCopilot #AI #BingSearch

  22. Almost any crap that Windows 11 takes out of its rabbit hat can be explain in one sentence:

    Windows 11 was taken over by the Bing Search department.

    That start to make sense when you see how Bing incorporated Copilot, hence Windows. Start page with News? Now your OS has News too. Recall? Like "History Back" of the browser at OS level.

    #Windows #Microsoft #Windows11 #MicrosoftWindows #OS #OperativeSystem #Bing #MicrosoftBing #Copilot #MicrosoftCopilot #AI #BingSearch

  23. Almost any crap that Windows 11 takes out of its rabbit hat can be explain in one sentence:

    Windows 11 was taken over by the Bing Search department.

    That start to make sense when you see how Bing incorporated Copilot, hence Windows. Start page with News? Now your OS has News too. Recall? Like "History Back" of the browser at OS level.

    #Windows #Microsoft #Windows11 #MicrosoftWindows #OS #OperativeSystem #Bing #MicrosoftBing #Copilot #MicrosoftCopilot #AI #BingSearch

  24. Almost any crap that Windows 11 takes out of its rabbit hat can be explain in one sentence:

    Windows 11 was taken over by the Bing Search department.

    That start to make sense when you see how Bing incorporated Copilot, hence Windows. Start page with News? Now your OS has News too. Recall? Like "History Back" of the browser at OS level.

    #Windows #Microsoft #Windows11 #MicrosoftWindows #OS #OperativeSystem #Bing #MicrosoftBing #Copilot #MicrosoftCopilot #AI #BingSearch

  25. Almost any crap that Windows 11 takes out of its rabbit hat can be explain in one sentence:

    Windows 11 was taken over by the Bing Search department.

    That start to make sense when you see how Bing incorporated Copilot, hence Windows. Start page with News? Now your OS has News too. Recall? Like "History Back" of the browser at OS level.

    #Windows #Microsoft #Windows11 #MicrosoftWindows #OS #OperativeSystem #Bing #MicrosoftBing #Copilot #MicrosoftCopilot #AI #BingSearch

  26. OpenAI, known for ChatGPT, is developing a web search engine powered by Microsoft's Bing called GPTBot. While it may not challenge Google immediately, it offers potential for organic traffic and brand awareness. Despite skepticism due to past failures of rivals like Bing, OpenAI's venture into search is noteworthy. Time will tell its impact in the competitive search landscape.

    #OpenAI #GPTBot #WebSearch #Google #MicrosoftBing #AI

  27. OpenAI, known for ChatGPT, is developing a web search engine powered by Microsoft's Bing called GPTBot. While it may not challenge Google immediately, it offers potential for organic traffic and brand awareness. Despite skepticism due to past failures of rivals like Bing, OpenAI's venture into search is noteworthy. Time will tell its impact in the competitive search landscape.

    #OpenAI #GPTBot #WebSearch #Google #MicrosoftBing #AI