Yahoo Is Ready to Buy Chrome Browser If Google Is Forced to Sell
Internet company Yahoo Inc. — backed by owner Apollo Global Management Inc. — would bid for the Chrome web browser if a federal court orders Google to divest it as a remedy for maintaining an illegal monopoly, a senior executive said.
Brian Provost, the general manager for Yahoo Search, testified Thursday during Google’s trial in Washington that his company estimates the browser would have a sale price in the tens of billions of dollars.
Google Held Monopoly Over Online Advertising Technology, Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled on Thursday Google violated antitrust laws to hold a monopoly over online advertising technology, a major loss for the company in its latest antitrust case as Google may soon be forced to sell its Chrome browser and other assets.
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 boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion.
The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia comes on the heels of a separate decision in August that concluded Google’s namesake search engine has been illegally leveraging its dominance to stifle competition and innovation.
Google operates illegal ad monopolies that ‘substantially harmed’ customers, judge rules
Google operates illegal monopolies over two separate markets related to digital advertising technology, a federal judge ruled on Thursday – dealing the Big Tech giant another historic antitrust loss that could result in a breakup of its online empire.
The bombshell ruling by US Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia determined that Google violated the Sherman Act by dominating the online publisher ad server market and the ad-exchange market that connects ad buyers to sellers.
Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds, allowing US to seek breakup
Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for U.S. antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products.
It’s Google’s turn to get thrashed by the GOP
Things are about to get uncomfortable in Washington for Google.
Top Republicans in Congress are leaning hard on the tech giant to make its content policies friendlier to the GOP, after winning that fight with social media companies Meta and X.
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz of Texas and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio are now putting pressure on Google and its parent company Alphabet, which owns both the internet’s dominant search engine and the popular YouTube video platform.
What Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition means for startups — and Trump
Just as 2025 was off to a slow start for M&A, Google announced its largest-ever acquisition.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, and Wiz confirmed Tuesday that they had reached an agreement on the $32 billion all-cash deal.
FBI issues warning to all Gmail users over attack hijacking accounts
The FBI is warning the more than 1.8 billion people who use Google's Gmail about a dangerous ransomware scheme that could hold your private data hostage.
This Tech Giant Just Did Away With DEI Initiatives
This week, Google became the latest tech giant to do away with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. In an email on Wednesday, Google informed employees that its diversity hiring targets would be done away with. This came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order demanding government contractors scrap these “woke” initiatives (via the Associated Press): Google’s parent company, Alphabet, also signaled the shift in its annual 10-K report it filed this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In it, Google removed a line included in previous annual...