US government pushes to break up Google to fix search monopoly

US government pushes to break up Google to fix search monopoly

The US Justice Department has asked a federal court to force Google to sell Chrome,its popular web browser – a move that could reshape competition on the internet.

  • byDavid McCabe

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Why the world’s most valuable company is set to become even more powerful
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Why the world’s most valuable company is set to become even more powerful

Nvidia’s rise from obscurity to become a $5.5 trillion market-moving beast brings with it a lot of wild expectations.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google&Co

Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google&Co

The Biden administration has used antitrust legislation to target the technology giants,even seeking to break up Google. Trump’s nominees to key posts overseeing the tech sector won’t be much friendlier.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks in the frame for top ABC gig

Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks in the frame for top ABC gig

The media executive has been linked with the vacant managing director role at the national broadcaster.

  • byStephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers

The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers

Using the world’s biggest search platform to find information on scams can deliver victims straight into the arms of criminals.

  • byAisha Dow andCharlotte Grieve
‘Psychopaths are the best’:Confessions from inside the scam industry

‘Psychopaths are the best’:Confessions from inside the scam industry

From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery,the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.

  • byAisha Dow
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$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000:Russia fines Google more than world’s GDP

$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000:Russia fines Google more than world’s GDP

The judge described the legal battle as “a case in which there are many,many zeros”.

  • byMatthew Field
Google Search gets AI spin in Australia as chatbot comes alive
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Google Search gets AI spin in Australia as chatbot comes alive

The company says everything that made it the preferred search engine is still there and that it also has quick answers via the bot.

  • byTim Biggs
MPs back tax on tech giants

MPs back tax on tech giants

But Coalition members of a parliamentary inquiry labelled Labor “weak” for failing to force Meta,the owner of Facebook and Instagram,to renew deals with media businesses.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Hot chips:The split that sparked a $97 billion meltdown
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Hot chips:The split that sparked a $97 billion meltdown

It is an industry crucial to the 21st century,but two of its biggest players are going in opposite directions.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The best Apple,Google and Samsung phones of 2024

The best Apple,Google and Samsung phones of 2024

Want to know the best smartphones of 2024? We’ve done all the hard work for you.

  • byTim Biggs