Category: Search Engines

U.S. Considers Breaking Up Google to Address Search Monopoly

The Justice Department and state attorneys general are discussing various scenarios to remedy Google’s dominance in online search, including a breakup of the company.
How to Spot 3 Common Travel Scams and Avoid Them

Our columnist addresses a case of wire fraud, a credit card scheme and a dubious website — just three examples of the types of reader woe that regularly surface in the Tripped Up inbox.
How Google’s Antitrust Defeat Might Transform Big Tech

The search giant is likely to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that it abuses its monopoly in the lucrative online business. But the industry could still see major changes.
How the Google Antitrust Ruling May Influence Tech Competition

Nearly a quarter-century after Microsoft lost a similar case, a judge’s decision that Google abused a monopoly in internet search is likely to have major ripple effects.
‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case

The ruling on Google’s search dominance was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant.
How Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Became Tech’s Steely Eyed A.I. Gambler

Microsoft’s all-in moment on artificial intelligence has been defined by billions in spending and a C.E.O. counting on technology with huge potential and huge risks.
Abortion Groups Say Tech Companies Suppress Posts and Accounts

The groups say they are increasingly confused and frustrated by how major technology platforms moderate posts about abortion services.
As China’s Internet Disappears, ‘We Lose Parts of Our Collective Memory’

The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased.
Google Rolls Back A.I. Search Feature After Flubs and Flaws

Google appears to have turned off its new A.I. Overviews for a number of searches as it works to minimize errors.
Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling

Since Google overhauled its search engine, publishers have tried to assess the danger to their brittle business models while calling for government intervention.
Can Google Give A.I. Answers Without Breaking the Web?

Publishers have long worried that artificial intelligence would drive readers away from their sites. They’re about to find out if those fears are warranted.
Why Google Employees Aren’t Reacting to US Antitrust Trial

They shrugged off concerns about the company’s fate ahead of closing arguments in the Justice Department’s lawsuit this week.