Google is barred from exclusive search engine contracts but does not have to break up, judge rules in monopoly case
It was the culmination of a landmark antitrust case that imposed sweeping remedies aimed at restoring competition in online search.
Idris Elba passionately kisses wife Sabrina as his co-star Rebecca Ferguson and her husband Rory Dote pack on the PDA at A House Of Dynamite premiere in Venice
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National League match abandoned after horror collision involving player on loan from Premier League club
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Coleen Rooney unbuttons her jeans as she flashes her stomach after leaving Indian restaurant with husband Wayne during lunch outing in Manchester
Coleen Rooney was spotted leaving an Indian restaurant with unbuttoned blue jeans with her husband Wayne in Manchester on Tuesday.
US Open thrown into chaos as Marketa Vondrousova withdraws two hours before quarterfinal... leaving $500-a-seat ticket holders devastated
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Bruce Willis is 'going downhill fast': Agonizing dementia update from family friends who share 'dire' fly-on-wall account of actor's life in care
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Donald Trump reacts to viral social media speculation he was 'dead' over Labor Day holiday
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Sales of energy drinks to under-16s will be BANNED in new bid to improve concentration in schools
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EastEnders viewers left sobbing as Kat and Zoe Slater are reunited on-screen for the first time in 20 YEARS - and fear for their lives after dramatic shooting in tense cliffhanger
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Farmer left fearing for his life after arsonists target him and his Filipino tenants in 'racist hate campaign'
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Eerie photos inside Bryan Kohberger's apartment reveal birthday cards he received days after Idaho murders
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Google Gets To Keep Chrome But Is Barred From Exclusive Search Deals, Judge Rules
A federal judge spared Google from the harshest penalties in its antitrust case. The search giant can keep Chrome and avoid breaking up Android, but it has been barred from exclusive contracts and ordered to limit data sharing with rivals. CNBC reports: U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled against the most severe consequences that were proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice, including selling off its Chrome browser, which provides data that helps its advertising business deliver targeted ads. "Google will not be required to divest Chrome; nor will the court include a contingent divestiture of the Android operating system in the final judgment," the decision stated. "Plaintiffs overreached in seeking forced divesture of these key assets, which Google did not use to effect any illegal restraints."
The company can make payments to preload products, but it cannot have exclusive contracts, the decision stated. The DOJ asked Google to stop the practice of "compelled syndication," which refers to the practice of making certain deals with companies to ensure its search engine remains the default choice in browsers and smartphones. [...] The judge ordered the parties to meet by September 10th for the final judgement.
"Google will not be barred from making payments or offering other consideration to distribution partners for preloading or placement of Google Search, Chrome, or its GenAI products. Cutting off payments from Google almost certainly will impose substantial -- in some cases, crippling -- downstream harms to distribution partners, related markets, and consumers, which counsels against a broad payment ban." [...] Google said it will appeal the ruling, which would delay any potential penalties. Mehta ruled Tuesday that Google will have to make available certain search index data and user interaction data though "not ads data." The court narrowed the datasets Google will be required to share and said they must occur on "ordinary commercial terms that are consistent with Google's current syndication services."
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Nervy bond markets spike as PM hires high-tax fanatics. Threat of ID cards for all. Hard Left Rayner's ambition is the talk of Westminster. And armed police arrest Father Ted writer for Tweets, leaving millions asking: When DID Britain become North Korea?
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Trump says he's ordering troops into 'hellholes' Chicago and Baltimore as tensions with local Democrat officials escalate
National Guard troops will be heading to Chicago - but President Donald Trump won't say when they will deploy.
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Pressure is mounting on Green Party's new leader to sack his deputy for defending Hamas's attack on Israel
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Noel Fielding makes triumphant return to TV on The Great British Bake Off after he quit Dick Turpin series amid health woes
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How big will this Drift get? Cloudflare cops to Salesloft Drift breach
Show of hands: who WASN'T targeted?
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