Google’s Chrome browser would be worth $20 billion on the open market if the Justice Department succeeds in convincing a federal judge to order divestment, according to a report. The DOJ will recommend in a Wednesday filing that US District Judge Amit Mehta order Chrome to be sold as part of a suite of changes … Read more
The Justice Department will ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolized the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system, the report said. … Read more
What’s crazier than (potentially) putting notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation’s health? Nominating GOP congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general of the United States, which Donald Trump did on Wednesday. And no, that is not the set up to a joke about Trump’s second-term advisers; it is something … Read more
TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. Originally Published: October 10, 2024 at 4:46 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s … Read more
Liberal MPs are calling for a committee investigation of Canadian connections to U.S. allegations that Russia has used state-run media, unwitting influencers and websites to spread disinformation. Last week, the U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment against two Russian nationals accusing them of setting up a conservative media outlet as a front for pro-Kremlin propaganda. … Read more
One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the company faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company — this time over its advertising technology. The U.S. Justice Department, joined by a coalition of states, and Google each made opening statements Monday to a federal judge who will decide whether the firm holds a monopoly over … Read more
The Kamala Harris campaign’s cozy ties with Big Tech have sparked worries that Google will be allowed to wiggle out of a proposed breakup of its search empire if she is elected president, The Post has learned. Harris is close to Paul Weiss – the white-shoe law firm leading Google’s defense in another major antitrust case targeting … Read more
The Justice Department is reportedly considering a push for a historic breakup of Google’s business empire after a federal judge ruled the Big Tech giant has an illegal monopoly over online search. DOJ attorneys could ask Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell portions of its business – with potential candidates for divestment including … Read more
Alphabet’s Google broke the law with monopolistic behaviour over online search and related advertising, a federal judge ruled on Monday, the first victory for U.S. antitrust authorities who have filed numerous lawsuits challenging Big Tech’s market dominance. The decision is a significant win for the U.S. Justice Department, which had sued the search engine giant … Read more
Alphabet’s Google broke the law with its monopoly over online searches and related ads, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in the US Justice Department’s first victory against a monopoly in more than 20 years. The decision is a significant win for the Justice Department, which had sued the search engine giant over its control … Read more
