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The complaint has a lot to do with Google's Chrome web browser and dominant position in the search market.

Google is facing a federal antitrust challenge. Microsoft endured similar scrutiny and came out in one piece.

The $2.7 billion levy could affect the conduct of other tech giants watching from the sidelines.

Meta has staked its entire AI strategy upon the open source route, allowing pretty much anyone access to its powerful large language models. Meanwhile, Google and OpenAI are keeping everything walled off.

A court ruled on Aug. 5 that the company has a monopoly in online search. A break up could be one of several ways forward, though it’s a pretty uncommon one.

The two companies' market dominance, and their anti-competitive playbooks, have similarities.

Instead, companies are opting to report other metrics of growth.

The company says this move will deliver faster results. It’s the latest in a string of changes to the world’s most dominant search engine.

But Google says it's increased search usage.

For better or worse, the email service has become a personal archive for many millions of users.