Google faces mass arbitration as advertisers seek billions of dollars
The mass arbitration is tied to the company’s online search and advertising technology businesses, which courts have ruled were illegal monopolies.
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Google unleashes retooled search engine infused with AI options
The search engine will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic.
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Google offers users option to plug AI mode into their photos, email for more personalized answers
The new option rolling out Thursday will give millions of people the option of turning on a recently introduced tool called “Personal Intelligence” within the AI mode.
Google, US government battle over future of internet advertising
The courtroom showdown will pit lawyers from Google and the U.S. Department of Justice against each other in closing proceedings focused on the complex technology that distributes millions of digital ads across the internet each day.
Google faces antitrust déjà vu as US seeks to break up its digital advertising business
The federal trial will revolve around the conduct that resulted in U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema declaring parts of Google’s digital advertising technology to be an illegal monopoly.
Federal judge orders search shakeup, not breakup, in Google monopoly case
The Justice Department’s antitrust chief, Gail Slater, hailed the decision as a “major win for the American people,” even though the agency didn’t get everything it sought.
Apple targets spring 2026 for release of delayed Siri AI upgrade
Apple sought to downplay the company’s struggles in AI, saying that the postponed Siri features were just a part of a broader push and that success in AI will be determined over the next several years.
Massive Google Cloud outage disrupts popular internet services
Tens of thousands of users of Spotify, Discord and other platforms began noticing issues with their services around 1:50 p.m.
Judge wrestles with far-reaching remedy proposals in antitrust case against Google
Justice Department lawyers who argued that a radical shake-up is needed to promote a free and fair market, while Google’s legal team argued that only minor concessions are needed.
Google, Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in search monopoly case
Google has already vowed to appeal the ruling that branded its search engine as a monopoly, a step it can’t take until the judge orders a remedy.
Googles unleashes ‘AI Mode’ in next phase of its journey to change search
The new feature makes interacting with Google’s search engine more like having a conversation with an expert capable of answering questions on just about any topic imaginable.
Apple working to move to AI search in browser amid Google fallout
The heart of the dispute is Apple and Google’s estimated $20 billion-a-year deal that makes Google the default offering for queries in Apple’s included browser.
Justice Department expands effort to break up Google with possible teardown of ad network
The government’s latest proposal was filed two-and-half weeks after a federal judge ruled that Google’s lucrative digital ad network has been improperly abusing its market power to stifle competition.
Google faces off with government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case
The drama will unfold in a Washington, D.C., courtroom during the next three weeks during hearings that will determine how the company should be penalized for operating an illegal monopoly in search.
Google leans further into AI-generated overviews for its search engine
The stage is also being set for what could turn out to be one of the most dramatic changes to the search engine’s interface since Google’s co-founders started the company in a Silicon Valley garage during the late 1990s.
Google forges ahead with next generation of AI while fending off breakup threat
The next generation of Google’s AI is being packaged under the Gemini umbrella.
Google ad change could affect millions of small businesses
The change is an effort to crack down on fraud. But legitimate small businesses could be hurt if they’re unaware of the change.
Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
The government’s case alleges Google has built and maintained an illegal monopoly that restricts choices and inflates costs for online publishers and advertisers.
Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
The Justice Department, joined by a coalition of states, and Google each made opening statements Monday to a federal judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over online advertising technology.
Google sued by longtime enemy Yelp after years of antitrust complaints
The suit adds to a string of recent legal challenges to Google’s dominance, including court rulings that declared its search business and mobile app store to be illegal monopolies.
Google must face trial over claims Chrome misled users on data collection
The ruling adds to the significant legal defeats that Google has been dealt in the past year.