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The trial is the first of two antitrust cases brought by the Justice Department against Google. Photo: Hasan Bratic/Zuma PressWASHINGTON—The historic antitrust case against Google will soon be in the hands of a judge who says he has no idea how he will rule. It will be many months before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta , who oversaw the nonjury trial in Washington, rules on the question at the heart of the Justice Department’s case: Did Alphabet -owned Google, which answers about 90% of all internet search queries worldwide, illegally cement its monopoly?

Persons: Hasan Bratic, Zuma Press WASHINGTON, Judge Amit Mehta Organizations: Justice Department, Google, Zuma Press, U.S Locations: Washington

☆ Google Antitrust Trial Exposes Deepening Rift With Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Miles Kruppa | Tom Dotan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella accused Google of blocking AI competitors. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesSatya Nadella wanted to make nice with longtime rival Google when he became chief executive of Microsoft almost a decade ago. Those days now feel like a distant memory. Google’s antitrust trial in Washington, D.C., has provided a stage for Microsoft to air long-simmering grievances about the search giant’s market dominance. It also has opened a window into the events that led to a straining of relations between the two companies, a dynamic that has grown increasingly tense during the boom in artificial intelligence.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Drew Angerer Organizations: Google, Microsoft, Washington , D.C Locations: Washington ,

☆ Google’s App Store Power Goes on Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Fortnite-maker Epic Games claims that Google used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. Photo: Epic GamesGoogle’s power in the digital economy will face another major legal test starting Monday in a case targeting its role as a gatekeeper on billions of mobile devices. A group of San Francisco jurors will begin hearing arguments from Fortnite-maker Epic Games that Google used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. The case forms the second part of Epic’s attack on the two largest mobile software providers after the game developer went up against Apple in a 2021 courtroom battle.

Organizations: Epic Games, Google, Epic, Apple Locations: San Francisco

☆ Google CEO Testifies About Search Dominance in U.S. Antitrust Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Miles Kruppa | Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai arriving at a federal courthouse in Washington on Monday. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/Associated PressWASHINGTON—Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai took the stand Monday in the tech giant’s antitrust trial, a pivotal moment in a case that could result in major changes to the company’s search engine. Google’s lawyers called Pichai as a witness as the trial entered its eighth week, seeking to undermine the Justice Department’s central argument that Google dominates internet search because of anticompetitive agreements that block rivals from gaining market share.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Jose Luis Magana, Department’s Organizations: Google, Associated Press WASHINGTON Locations: Washington

☆ Google CEO Defends Apple Search Partnership in Historic Antitrust Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Miles Kruppa | Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Since Lina Khan became Federal Trade Commission chair in 2021, she’s taken on Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, and that’s made her a lightning rod for controversy. WSJ breaks down the battles she’s picked and why she’s willing to lose. Photo illustration: Xingpei ShenWASHINGTON—Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai tried to beat back accusations of unfair dealings with fellow tech giant Apple as he testified in his company’s high-stakes antitrust trial. Pichai described a relationship with Apple filled with tension and “moments of mistrust” as government attorneys questioned him about negotiations with executives at the iPhone maker. Google and Apple have both made compromises to keep the partnership alive, Pichai said.

Persons: Lina Khan, she’s, that’s, Xingpei Shen, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, ” Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple Locations: Xingpei Shen WASHINGTON

☆ Google Commits $2 Billion in Funding to AI Startup Anthropic
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Berber Jin | Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Google has bet big on AI as it tries to catch up to Amazon and Microsoft in the lucrative cloud-computing market. Photo: john g mabanglo/EPA/ShutterstockGoogle agreed to invest up to $2 billion in Anthropic, building on its earlier investment in the artificial-intelligence company and adding fuel to the race between startups trying to achieve the next big breakthrough in the emerging technology. Google invested $500 million upfront into the OpenAI rival and agreed to add $1.5 billion more over time, people familiar with the matter said. The investment follows a separate commitment Amazon made last month to invest $4 billion in the company, which was founded by former OpenAI engineers in 2021 with the goal of developing rival generative AI models.

Persons: Amazon Organizations: Google, Microsoft Locations: Anthropic

☆ Google Ad Growth Accelerates as Economic Outlook Improves
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported third-quarter revenue of $77 billion. Photo: Alain Apaydin/Abaca/Zuma PressGoogle’s business grew faster than it has in more than a year, a signal that online advertising buyers are gaining confidence in the improving economic outlook. Google’s parent company Alphabet reported third-quarter revenue of $77 billion Tuesday, up 11% from the same period last year. The results marked the third consecutive quarter of accelerating growth for the search giant following an economic slowdown that briefly caused a rare drop in the company’s advertising sales.

Persons: Alain Apaydin, Abaca Organizations: Zuma Press

☆ Google’s Cloud Sales Disappoint as Advertising Rebounds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported third-quarter revenue of $77 billion. Photo: Alain Apaydin/Abaca/Zuma PressGoogle reported its strongest business growth in more than a year but disappointed investors with relatively weak cloud-computing sales, delivering a mixed picture as it continues to wrestle with competitors developing artificial-intelligence tools. Google’s parent company Alphabet reported third-quarter revenue of $77 billion Tuesday, up 11% from the same period last year. The results marked the third consecutive quarter of accelerating growth for the search giant following an economic slowdown that briefly caused a rare drop in the company’s advertising sales.

Persons: Alain Apaydin, Abaca Organizations: Zuma Press Google

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet, is expected to be called as a witness by the company’s lawyers later in the trial. Photo: Tom Williams/Zuma PressWASHINGTON—The landmark antitrust case against Google hit a milestone this week when the Justice Department’s last scheduled witness concluded his testimony late Tuesday. Here are some key moments so far from the public parts of the nonjury trial, which began Sept. 12 and is estimated to end in late November. Before he was Google CEO, Sundar Pichai fretted about the ‘optics’ of its default search-engine agreement with AppleYears before he became Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai raised concerns about the deal at the heart of the case: the company’s contract with Apple that makes Google the default search engine on Apple’s Safari web browser.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Tom Williams, Zuma Press WASHINGTON, Department’s, Sundar Organizations: Google, Zuma Press, Apple

☆ Microsoft CEO Says Google’s Agreements With Apple Unfairly Harmed Bing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Jan Wolfe | Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Secrecy of Google Antitrust Trial Leads to Blame Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Jan Wolfe | Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Google Trial Spills Details on Search Engine’s Deals With Apple, Samsung
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Google’s Antitrust Trial Gets Under Way in Washington
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Miles Kruppa | Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Google’s Antitrust Trial to Set ‘Future of the Internet,’ DOJ Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Miles Kruppa | Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Google’s Defense in Landmark Antitrust Case Hinges on Lawyers Who Took on Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Miles Kruppa | Dave Michaels | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Aaron TilleyAaron Tilley is a reporter covering all things Apple in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. He previously served as the Microsoft and enterprise technology reporter at the Journal. Aaron joined the Journal from the technology news outlet the Information, where he wrote about Apple and the semiconductor industry. He started his journalism career at Forbes as an online producer before becoming a staff writer covering technology. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in International Studies.

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☆ Google Chases Microsoft, Amazon Cloud Market Share With AI Tools
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Google Parent’s Cost Cuts Hit Verily as Other Bets Group Feels Pressure to Stem Losses
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How Frank Sinatra and Yo Gotti Are Influencing the Future of Music on YouTube
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Miles Kruppa | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Canada Wildfire: Military Joins Firefighting Efforts as Thousands Evacuated
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

What It's Like Inside One of San Francisco’s Self-Driving Taxis? More autonomous taxis are about to hit the roads of San Francisco. But will residents of the country’s tech capital be quick to hitch a ride in a driverless car? WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa rode around two autonomous vehicles and joins host Zoe Thomas to tell us about his experience. Photograph: Poppy Lynch