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A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search
Read full article: A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet searchA federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors.
What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits
Read full article: What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habitsIf government regulators prevail in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it’s likely to unleash drastic changes designed to undermining the dominance of the Google search engine that defines the internet for billions of people.
Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues
Read full article: Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ arguesGoogle is confronting a threat to its dominant search engine as federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.
Google's search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades
Read full article: Google's search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decadesThe U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine.
Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian app
Read full article: Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian appApple’s and Google’s cooperation with the Russian government’s efforts to suppress an app opposed to the ruling regime is escalating concerns about whether Big Tech’s pursuit of ever-higher profits has trampled their commitment to protecting civil rights.
Google founder gets New Zealand residency, raising questions
Read full article: Google founder gets New Zealand residency, raising questionsGoogle co-founder Larry Page has gained New Zealand residency, officials confirmed, stoking debate over whether extremely wealthy people can essentially buy access to the South Pacific country.
Google's antitrust case won't go to trial until Sept. 2023
Read full article: Google's antitrust case won't go to trial until Sept. 2023FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, set a tentative trial date of Sept. 12, 2023. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Friday set a tentative trial date of Sept. 12, 2023 for the landmark case that the Justice Department filed two months ago. He estimated that once the trial begins it will last about 5 1/2 weeks in his Washington, D.C., courtroom. Another antitrust case filed Thursday is seeking to preempt Google's dominance in other still-emerging fields of technology such as voice-activated devices in the home and internet-connected cars.
Google hires new personnel head amid rising worker tensions
Read full article: Google hires new personnel head amid rising worker tensionsThis photo provided by Google shows Fiona Cicconi, right, who is leaving the biotech firm AstraZeneca to become the head of Google's people operations, effective Jan. 5, 2021. (Courtesy of Google via AP)Google has hired a top executive from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to oversee its personnel policies amid ongoing tensions with many employees who are upset with the company's policies. The hiring of Fiona Cicconi also comes while Google sets up plans to allow people to continue to work from home for at least eight more months. The rift incensed hundreds of Google employees who have signed a public letter of protest. Pichahi last week told employees that Google is beginning a thorough review into Gebru's exit, a process that now seems likely to involve Cicconi.
How Google evolved from 'cuddly' startup to antitrust target
Read full article: How Google evolved from 'cuddly' startup to antitrust targetThat pledge is now a distant memory as Google confronts an existential threat similar to what Microsoft once faced. They focused on creating a database of everything on the internet through a search engine that almost instantaneously listed a pecking order of websites most likely to have what anyone wanted. Google's promotion of Chrome on its search engine helped the browser supplant Explorer as the market leader. Google began reining in its spending and even created a new holding company, Alphabet, to oversee some of its unprofitable projects, such as internet=beaming balloons and self-driving cars. —-Liedtke first interviewed Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 2000 when he began covering Google for the AP.