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Google is retiring country-specific domains for search

Google announced today that it will no longer be using country code top level domains for searches.

With that change, it didn't matter whether you entered a query into a local country code URL or into google.com; you'd always see the results version for the place you were physically located. Kia has teased that it will have a trio of announcements at the 2025 New York International Auto Show, but you can watch the presentation live online. The biggest news stories this morning: The Espresso 15 Pro is a pricey, good portable monitor, Samsung made new ruggged gadgets, The Last of Us season 2 premiere review.

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