A federal judge on Tuesday (September 2, 2025) ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in an attempt to curb the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government’s attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints. The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., […]
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Verrilli’s firm Munger Tolles has represented Google in other lawsuits [File] | Photo Credit: AP Alphabet’s Google has hired Donald Verrilli Jr, the U.S. solicitor general during the Barack Obama administration, to appeal a judge’s ruling that the tech titan has an unlawful monopoly in online search, Google confirmed on Tuesday. Verrilli’s hire is a […]
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Liz Reid, the head of Google Search, has said that the company would have to divert over 20 per cent of the workforce to undertake the changes proposed by the US government in the antitrust search remedies case. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO It would mean that between 1,000 to 2,000 Google Search employees would have […]
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While an increasing number of users are turning to AI chatbots to look for information online, traditional search engines may still have the upperhand — for now. The total number of visits to the top 10 AI chatbots in 2024 was only 2.96 per cent of search engine traffic, according to a new study published […]
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Written by David McCabe The Justice Department said Monday that the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search was to break up the $1.81 trillion company, kicking off a three-week hearing that could reshape the technology giant and alter the power players in Silicon Valley. Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District […]
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50 years since Aryabhata: the lift-off that launched India’s satellite odyssey April 19, 2025 When thrusters of the Soviet rocket carrier Interkosmos fired Aryabhata successfully into space from the Kapustin Yar cosmodrome in 1975, it was a historic lift-off that launched India’s satellite odyssey. Fifty years later, today the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has […]
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Silicon Valley’s tech giants have long regarded antitrust scrutiny as an irritating cost of doing business. There will be investigations, filings, depositions and even lawsuits. Yet courts move slowly, while technology rushes ahead. Time works to the companies’ advantage, as the political winds shift and presidential administrations change. That dynamic often opens the door to […]
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Not long ago, Fortnite developer Epic Games was fighting a legal battle against Apple for anti-competitive behaviour. Now the company is gearing up for a lawsuit against Google, stating that the latter paid off developers and prevented them from developing alternate app stores. The charges revolve around Google’s Project Hug, which was later renamed to […]
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Google said it was engaging with concerned regulators and had no plans to exit the ad-tech business Google said it was engaging with concerned regulators and had no plans to exit the ad-tech business Alphabet Inc’s Google has offered concessions to avoid a potential U.S. antitrust lawsuit alleging that the company abuses its clout in […]
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