In its latest proposal to ward off fresh EU antitrust penalties, Google on Friday announced plans to auction spots on a "choice screen" from which users will select their preferred search engine.

Alphabet Inc's Google will allow rivals to compete to be the default search engines on new Android devices in Europe, but they will have to pay for the privilege.

Google says it will let European users select their default search engine on a new choice screen when setting up their Android device.

Mozilla's M.J. Kelly provides eight smarter ways to make your online activity more environmentally conscious

For every 45 inquiries conducted on its search engine, Berlin startup Ecosia has a seedling planted somewhere on the world. Its founder wants to fight climate change by using plants to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. His plan has been surprisingly successful.

Excited to partner with @ecosia as a member of their newly formed #GreenEquityCollective! The goal is to bring more green spaces to historically neglected neighborhoods. Our first project will be planting 180 trees in Seton Falls Park. Learn more: https://t.co/B8qFVYJxCK

Man, I remember I got excited when we achieved to plant 90k trees with Ecosia… now we’re close to doubling it. Awesome. https://t.co/G6zY9wTUPJ

Well done, you can also use the search engine https://t.co/sXEFj94jAv to plant trees. It's the perfect way to take action against climate change. https://t.co/ZxBvnzdvxp

Post the first image that comes up when you Google (Ecosia) image search your place of birth. https://t.co/5RRiVBNbXT https://t.co/S9cm3KY9RA

I changed my default search engine on my phone to @ecosia after Google announced it was blocking Canadian news and I can confirm I’ve noticed very little difference, other than that I can still see Canadian news, don’t see the Google doodles and generally feel better.

Elon Musk Just Revealed Russia's Terrifying Discovery On Venus! https://t.co/tBmkrnJp9f via @YouTube , & @ecosia . I’m just going to leave that there.

RT @annachibi: @Hello99515610 @Coelasquid Yes, there are bunches of other search engines like duckduckgo and ecosia just to name a couple.…

RT @bgci: As the coordinator of #TheGlobalBiodiversityStandard, we are currently developing the methodology collaboratively with @ICRAF @TR…