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Google faces off with U.S. government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case

A federal judge last year ruled the company had been making anticompetitive deals to stifle competition for its search engine. Google now faces the penalty phase.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 4d

Justice Department Urges Tough Action to Break Google’s Search Dominance

The judge who found that the tech company maintained an illegal monopoly is urged to force it to sell its Chrome web browser.

USA Today · 3d

Justice Department pushes to break up Google's search monopoly

The Justice Department has begun a three-week hearing to determine how to address Google’s illegal monopoly in internet search, with the government calling for major structural changes.

Chrome, Google and Browser

Bloomberg on MSN · 14h

Only Google Can Run Chrome, Company’s Browser Chief Tells Judge

Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser has today, given its “interdependencies” on other parts of the Alphabet Inc. unit,

Seattle Times · 1d

Yahoo is ready to buy Chrome browser if Google is forced to sell

The head of Yahoo, the leading search engine in the early 2000s, is interested in acquiring Chrome, if a court orders a sale. It probably wouldn't be alone.

Computerworld · 1d

Analysts weigh in on enterprise impact if Google forced to sell Chrome

Purchase likened to ‘Exxon acquiring an untapped oil field with the drilling already done. Just turn on the tap and the good stuff starts flowing.’

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Could a federal judge break up Google? Here's what to know.

What is the Google hearing about?U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled in August that Google has illegally exploited its ...

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Justice Dept. asks judge to ‘thaw’ Google’s search monopoly by forcing Chrome sale

A federal trial over what steps Google needs to take to remedy its internet search monopoly opened in Washington.

OpenAI would buy Google's Chrome, exec testifies at trial

Alphabet's Google contemplated deals with Android phone makers such as Samsung last year that would provide exclusivity for ...

Will a Federal Judge Break Up Google?

On Monday, the tech giant and the U.S. government face off in court over how to fix the company’s online search monopoly. The ...

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Google declined OpenAI bid for partnership, exec testifies at trial

Alphabet's Google shot down a bid by OpenAI to use its search technology within ChatGPT, an OpenAI executive testified on ...

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Google faces off with US government

WASHINGTON — Google is confronting an existential threat as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into an illegal monopoly.

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Google’s parent begins year with robust growth despite legal, competitive and economic threats

Google’s profits soared 28% in this year’s opening quarter, overcoming the competitive and legal threats that its internet ...

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