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    Apple reportedly held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Google as the default search engine in Safari's private mode.
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    Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Google as the default search engine for the private mode on Apple’s Safari browser, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the discussions.

    The details of the talks are expected to be released later this week, according to the report, after judge Amit Mehta, overseeing a federal antitrust suit against Google, ruled on Wednesday that he would unseal the testimony of DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg and Apple executive John Giannandrea.

    The talks about potential deals between Microsoft and Apple and DuckDuckGo and Apple will be unsealed, the report said, citing Mehta in an order from the bench.

    The details of the talks are expected to be released later this week, according to the report

    Apple, DuckDuckGo and Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    Last month, the US department of justice in a landmark US trial argued Google, which has some 90% of the search market, illegally paid US$10-billion annually to smartphone makers such as Apple and wireless carriers like AT&T and others to be the default in search on their devices in order to stay on top.

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified on Monday, saying that tech giants were competing for vast troves of content needed to train artificial intelligence, and complained Google was locking up content with expensive and exclusive deals with publishers.

    Read: Google locking up content deals for AI: Microsoft CEO

    He added that Microsoft had sought to make its Bing search engine the default on Apple smartphones but was rebuffed.  — Baranjot Kaur, (c) 2023 Reuters

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