On Monday a US federal judge ruled Google has violated antitrust laws, saying the organization. is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. Google disputes the ruling. Its president of global affairs, Kent Walker, said “this decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn’t be allowed to make it easily available”.

Google has been ruled an illegal monopoly – the internet may never be the same

Tom's Guide

Apple’s latest scary attack ad takes a rather blatant shot at Google’s browser for the ton of tracking cookies it uses — claiming that Safari is “a browser that’s actually private.”

Apple tells over a billion iPhone users to stop using Chrome — here’s Google’s response

The U.S. Department of Justice and 11 states first sued Google on October 20, 2020, alleging Sherman Act violations via Google’s practice of entering into agreements to secure distribution in “nearly all desktop and mobile devices in the United States.” In December of 2020, 38 states filed suit, adopting and supplementing the claims made in the first suit, and the cases were consolidated. The proceedings concluded in March 2023 and featured “[m]illions of pages” exchanging hands, “petabytes of data” from Google, and the deposition of “dozens of witnesses,” according to the opinion.

D.C. Court Deems Google Search and Text Ad Services Monopolistic

The Passwords app is an excellent addition to the Apple ecosystem. It's perfect for those who own multiple Apple devices. It's completely free, unlike third-party options like 1Password or LastPass, but it lacks a few features. While you can view your saved passwords on a Windows PC, better options are...

I've Switched to Apple's Password Manager, and I'm Never Going Back

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A federal judge ruled against tech giant Google in a major antitrust case on Monday. The ruling says the company acted illegally to maintain a monopoly of its search engine. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins to unpack the decision.

Google maintained illegal search engine monopoly, judge rules

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

CBS Pittsburgh

Google's ubiquitous search engine illegally exploits its preeminence to crush rivals and put a lid on innovation, a federal judge found on Monday in a ruling that deals a serious blow to the Alphabet-owned platform and delivers a major win for the Justice Department as it looks to strengthen high-tech industry competition. "This victory against Google is a historic win for the American people," said Attorney General Merrick Garland. "No company — no matter how large or influential — is above the law. The Justice Department will continue to vigorously enforce our antitrust laws."White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre similarly called...

"Google is a monopolist," judge says in ruling against tech titan

Apple is rolling out the early version of the feature this week through new developer betas of iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. Users can access the Distraction Control tool from the Page Menu in the Smart Search field. They then select the item on the website they want to remove. Safari will remember to remove the elements the next time they visit the site. The choice doesn’t currently sync across hardware, however, so users will have to hide the elements on each new device.

Apple’s new Safari feature removes distracting items from websites

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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A district court judge has decided that Google has a monopoly in the search market. That ruling could provide a boost to the number two search engine.
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Google Ruling Could Give Huge Boost to Microsoft Bing

Windows Central

A developer recently experimented with running Windows 11 on the iPhone 15 Pro using Tiny11 Core and a PC emulator but reported lengthy boot time, degraded user experience, and bad resolution.

Microsoft's 'strategic mistake' killed the Windows 11 mobile dream, but a daring developer is running it on an iPhone 15 Pro

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Today’s ruling by a federal judge that Google is engaging in an illegal search engine monopoly reminds me of a quote from HBO’s The Wire.
It’s during that iconic scene from the show’s first season, when D’Angelo teaches Bodie and Wallace how to play chess. As he’s explaining what all the pieces do, how they move, and why, there’s a point when D’Angelo shares an important insight about one particular kind of piece: “See, the king stay the king.” In other words, he’s saying that everything but the pawns remains what they are in the long run — a metaphor, obviously,...

What the bombshell Google antitrust ruling means for Apple

The opinion in the Google search antitrust case, published Monday, is extremely long. Because this was a bench trial, Judge Amit Mehta was on the hook to make factual findings as well as legal findings. So, there are over a hundred pages of findings of fact and even more of conclusions of law, adding up to a 286-page document replete with footnotes, redactions, and even an illustrative graphic of a search result for “golf-shorts” (which, apparently, came up a lot at trial).

‘There’s no price’ Microsoft could pay Apple to use Bing: all the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling

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Google is a monopoly that illegally maintained its stranglehold on the search world, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major antitrust case.

A federal judge ruled Google is a monopoly. What happens now?

Google's story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth. The once-beloved startup—with its unofficial "Don't Be Evil" motto—has instead become a major Internet monopolist, as a federal judge ruled on Monday, dominating the market for online search. Google is also well-known for its data-harvesting practices, for constantly killing off products, and for facilitating the rise of brain-cell-destroying YouTubers who make me Fear for Today's Youth. (Maybe that last one is just me?)

Does everyone hate Google now?

YouTube is growing slower than expected. It is a warning to Amazon Prime and Netflix about demand for ad-supported content.
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YouTube Results a Warning to Netflix and Amazon

The Independent

 A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors. But how do you go about creating alternatives to a search engine that's synonymous with internet exploration?It's a process that may take years to unfold as Google appeals the landmark decision issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta.And with that kind of time frame looming, the forces of technological upheaval may make the exercise moot. The rise of artificial intelligence may reshape the landscape more quickly and profoundly than any judge ever could. The way consumers navigate the internet is more likely to...

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search

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Google knows that losing its default position on the iPhone could have catastrophic consequences.

There's a $30 billion reason the Google antitrust ruling will have the search giant very worried right now

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"While our systems work very well most of the time, you can find predictions that may be unexpected or imperfect, and bugs will occur," Google said.

Fact Check: Google Acknowledges 'Bugs' for Trump Assassination Attempt Search Predictions, Politicians' Names

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Google antitrust verdict leaves Apple with “inconvenient alternatives”

The landmark antitrust ruling against Google on Monday is shaking up one of the longest-standing partnerships in tech. At the heart of the case are billions...

Google antitrust verdict leaves Apple with “inconvenient alternatives”

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