Deadline isn’t a gossip site though, if they reported it they would have thought it was pretty reliable. Not saying that I believe them over Jim himself, it’s obviously not a 100% done deal, but I think it’s safe to get our hopes up a bit.
So this is another item to ask Jim, probably next spring (if nothing further is announced) the next time he's does a Q&A on Reddit or at a public Q&A.
It was not asked what Bing was. I think surprise was expressed about the use of that browser.
It's on some of the computers I use at work. I can't give you a specific technical reason for my opinion (other than it's maps), but I despise Bing. Generally, I find its searches to be less than optimal compared to Google.