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I broke up with Google search. It was surprisingly easy.
My experiment in ditching Google search felt like quitting coffee. The first few days, I was jittery. I kept double searching ...
How the Google Antitrust Trial Is Already Changing Online Search
A decade ago, when Microsoft Corp. was reined in by the Justice Department, a prominent Silicon Valley attorney popularized a ...
An Apple exec suggested AI chatbots were eroding Google’s search business, sending Alphabet shares plummeting. The truth is more complicated.
Alphabet execs insist search volumes are up, but market share is slipping and revenue growth appears to be slowing.
U.S. v. Google: What Both Sides Argued in a Hearing to Fix Its Search Monopoly
The Justice Department and Google have wrapped up a three-week hearing that could have a major impact on the search giant and how people gather information online.
How Google became the internet giant at the center of a government crackdown
Today, Google is much more than a search engine. A series of acquisitions and product launches from the early 2000s put it at ...
Google’s search antitrust trial is wrapping up—here’s what we learned
United States District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly in search. Now, Google and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have had their say ...
Google is going to start using AI to keep you safe — here's how
Google has added an AI-powered warning system here. When the AI model flags a dodgy notification, you’ll receive a warning ...
FTC backs DOJ proposal Google in search antitrust case
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the de-facto federal privacy regulator, said on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice ...
Alphabet shares take $120 billion blow as search warnings blare
Alphabet Inc. shareholders have fretted over long-term risks posed by artificial intelligence to the company’s money-printing ...
Why Apple is trying to save Google
On The Vergecast: Antitrust antics, the new Surfaces, and Netflix goes TikTok.
U.S. v. Google: What both sides argued in hearing to fix its search monopoly
For the past three weeks, the Justice Department and Google have questioned more than two dozen witnesses to try to sway a federal judge's decision over how to address the company's illegal monopoly ...