17 h. ago Alphabet shares slide as Apple seeks AI alternatives to Google search

Senior executive says tech group is looking at start-up options for iPhone and Safari browser

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1 week ago People in stitches over vintage TV clip from 2000 gushing over 'the new internet' and 'very fast' Google search engine

A short snippet from noughties BBC show, The Kit, shows British TV presenters, Gia Milinovich and Tom Lanham debating the 'essential' websites that people used 'almost every day'.

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1 week ago Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company | Courtney C Radsch

Two recent US cases have found the search giant is functioning as an illegal monopoly. This should be a turning pointIn less than a year, US courts have ruled that the world’s most powerful tech company broke the law – twice.In August, a federal judge in Washington ruled that Google illegally maintained its search monopoly by locking up defaults on browsers and devices. In April, a federal judge in Virginia found that Google illegally monopolized the digital advertising market, manipulating auctions, restricting and stifling competitors. These two rulings, the most significant antitrust wins against a tech giant in decades, should be a turning point in the digital economy.Dr Courtney C Radsch is director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Google's digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box

Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion

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3 w. ago Google sued for £5bn in UK over allegations of shutting out rivals

Class action argues US tech firm charged more for advertising on its preinstalled apps than it could in fair marketGoogle is being sued in the UK for up to £5bn in damages over allegations it shut out rivals in the internet search market and abused this dominance to overcharge businesses for advertisements. A class action filed at the competition appeal tribunal on Tuesday argues that the US technology company has taken actions that enable it to charge higher prices for the promotions that appear in search inquiries than it otherwise could in a fair market. It alleged that Google, which is owned by the US tech company Alphabet, contracted phone makers to preinstall the Google search app and Chrome browser on Android devices and paid Apple to make it the default search engine on iPhones, with the intention of shutting out competition. The claim is filed by the competition law expert Or Brook on behalf of thousands of businesses and alleges Google ensured its search engine had better ...

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3 w. ago How Wingstop UK founder who grew up in Wingstop UK founder, 35, reveals the one 'life

Now living in Dubai, Tom Grogan told The Times this week how a quick Google search sparked an idea that saw him snapping up a business that he knew nothing about.

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