Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of ...

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Is the web thriving or faltering? Google has an unexpected take in a new legal filing. Google is heading back to court soon in hopes of convincing a judge that it should not have to split up its ad ...

Google is asserting that web traffic is not suffering because of AI tools and that its search engine directs visitors to an unprecedented array of websites. But last week, Google contradicted this ...

Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public claims that search traffic is booming — and a stunning admission as the Justice ...

Google and the DOJ will be back in a DC federal court in April for the remedies trial. Google and the DOJ will be back in a DC federal court in April for the remedies trial. is a senior policy ...

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, May 8, 2025, during a hearing on American AI competitiveness. (Screenshot via U.S. Senate livestream) A U.S.

When the U.S. Department of Justice originally brought — and then won — its case against Google, arguing that the tech behemoth monopolized the search engine market, the focus was on, well … search.