Search Engine Roundtable

Google Won't Be Broken Up In Monopoly Case But Required To Share Search Data

In short, Google won't be broken up (will keep Chrome, Android and Ads), it will have to share search data and it is barred from making exclusive search deals. Many were expecting the remedies to be a ...
Ars Technica

Judge: Google can keep Chrome, must share search data with “qualified competitors”

Google has avoided the worst-case scenario in the pivotal search antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice. More than a year ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a major victory ...
Android

Google doesn't have to sell Chrome, but it can't keep exclusivity deals

While Google won’t be forced to divest Chrome or Android, it can no longer sign exclusive deals for its products and must share search data with rivals, per a new ruling in its antitrust battle with ...
The Motley Fool

Perplexity Wants to Buy Google Chrome for $34.5 Billion, but That Won't Be Enough

Generative AI company Perplexity made a jaw-dropping offer to Alphabet (GOOG +1.62%) (GOOGL +1.56%) on Tuesday: It is willing to buy its Google Chrome browser for $34.5 billion. Even more amazing is ...
Hosted on MSN

Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same

Epic has won again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that Google’s app store and payments system have become illegal monopolies — and it’s ...
Los Angeles Times

Google won’t be forced to sell its Chrome browser, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Tuesday against the U.S. government’s proposal that Google should sell its Chrome web browser to restore competition in online search, saving the tech giant from having to spin ...