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Politics Apr 21

Google faces off against U.S. government attempt to break up company in search monopoly case

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Economy May 02

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Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google on search engine dominance

Google reaped an operating profit of nearly $96 billion last year, mostly by selling digital ads — a market that it also dominates largely because it controls about 90 percent of the U.S. internet search market.

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Nation Sep 12

Google’s search dominance faces big antitrust challenge in landmark trial

The Justice Department filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google nearly three years ago during the Trump administration, charging that the company has used its internet search dominance to gain an unfair advantage against competitors.

By Paul Wiseman, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Nation Apr 16

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Is Google’s search engine dominance hurting EU consumers?

In response to the EU’s charges that Google uses its search engine dominance to favor Google Shopping, the company said shopping results have not harmed the competition nor innovation. Gwen Ifill talks to the European Union’s Commissioner for Competition Margrethe…

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Science Oct 15

Researchers hope search engine will shed light on dark data

As much as 90 percent of information on the Internet is “dark” — locked away in clunky or outdated formats that makes it difficult, sometimes impossible, to access. Kenton McHenry gets frustrated just talking about what he had to go…

By Laura Santhanam

Mar 01

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Google’s New Privacy Policy: Invasive, Innovative or Both?

Google's sweeping new privacy policy took effect Thursday, stirring concern among many state attorneys general who have called it an invasion of privacy. The company said the move would allow it to personalize information for customers and streamline privacy measures.

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Google’s Motorola Deal Promises to Shake Up Mobile Technology Industry

Google announced plans this week to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. In recent years the Internet giant has made big plays in the smartphone market through its Android platform. Jeffrey Brown discusses the ramifications of the pending deal with…

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Google’s Effects on Memory

Psychologist Betsy Sparrow tells Hari Sreenivasan about her newest research.

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Nov 18

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Author Auletta Dissects Global Impact of Google

Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Ken Auletta about his new book on Internet powerhouse Google called 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.'…

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Microsoft, Yahoo Pair up With Sights on Google

After years of courting, Microsoft announced Wednesday that it finally inked a deal with Yahoo in hopes that a partnership could help topple Google from being the Internet search and advertising leader.

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