The US government is considering asking a federal judge to break up the search engine giant Google in a move to reshape how technology giants do business. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said the move may include structural requirements to prevent Google from maintaining its search monopoly.

Search engine giant Google threatened with break up by US government

Google has reached a deal with Canada to keep news stories in search results and to pay news publishers $74 million (C$100 million) annually. Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge made the announcement on Wednesday (Nov 29) which brings an end to a bitter fight between the two parties that ensued at the start of the year.

Google forced to cough up $74mn annually after reaching deal with Canada to keep news in search results

Alphabet’s Google paid $26.3 billion to be the default search engine on mobile phones and web browsers in 2021, according to American media reports. The figure was revealed on Friday (Oct 27) amid the ongoing once-in-a-generation antitrust fight over Google’s dominance of search and some parts of search advertising.

Google allegedly paid $26 billion to be default search engine on browsers, phones in 2021: Reports

Alphabet-owned Google rolled out its 'Perspectives' tab feature this week. The Perspective search feature displays various perspectives, including those from humans.

Google rolls out 'Perspectives' tab in major search-engine revamp

Alphabet's parent company, Google, continues to experience negative news as its shares dropped about 4% on Monday on reports that Samsung may switch Google's default search engine for its devices to Microsoft's Bing.

Samsung may make bing default search engine

Google, intensifying the race of AI among the tech giants, announced that it will be incorporating a conversational AI chat in its search engine. In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company's search engine will be supercharged with the recent advances made in conversational AI.

Google search to soon incorporate AI chat, says Sundar Pichai

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is integrating artificial intelligence into both its Edge Web browser and Bing search engine in an effort to regain market leadership in the consumer technology space.

Microsoft to revamp Bing, Edge with AI integration; eyes to regain lead in consumer tech

After the Indian Supreme Court refused to block an anti-trust ruling, Google on Wednesday announced that it will let Android users use third-party apps as default search engines in phones and tablet running their operating system (OS).

Google buckles under India’s anti-trust ruling, allows Android users to choose default search engine

There is a funny story on Mullah Nasruddin that comes to mind after the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) ruling on Alphabet Inc, owner of Google, which has been fined Rs 1338 crore ($162 million) on charges of using its Android platform monopoly to bundle its own apps on the ubiquitous smartphones that go with the operating system.

The Google Paradox: Why India's $162mn fine on search giant is flawed by misplaced priorities

Technology juggernaut Google made a startling decision to pay for improved Wikipedia services at a time when industry analysts think the market for encyclopaedia services may create a new growth narrative in the years to come.

Search giant Google ready to pay for enhanced Wikipedia services

In the world of tech markets, Apple and Google are the leading powers. The latter made its name dominated as the most used search engine as no other engine comes close to Google’s popularity.

Apple to launch its search engine and compete with Google: Reports

A regulator in Australia has said that it wants Google to give option to users to use search engine of their choice through a 'choice screen'. This is being looked at as a step to challenge Google's monopoly of the search market.

Australia wants Google to make alternative search engines available on smartphones

In a major policy shift, Google will allow its rivals to appear as default search engine options on Android phones for free in Europe, widening a pledge to EU antitrust regulators two years ago.

Google loosens its search engine grip on Android devices in Europe

Google has bowed to pressure from rivals and will let them compete for free to be the default search engine on Android devices in Europe, widening a pledge to EU antitrust regulators two years ago.

World Business Watch: Google loosens search engine grip on Android devices in Europe

Searching something on the internet is a daily occurrence for most people, most of them turn to Google for search results but one Berlin-based search engine company is planting trees.

Berlin-based search engine uses the money made to plant trees

Chinese search engine Sogou would be taken private by tech giant Tencent -- in a deal that values the US-listed firm at around $3.5 billion. Sohu.com, which is Sogou's parent company, said in a statement that the purchase price will be at $9 per share.

China search engine Sogou to be taken private by Tencent

US-based search engine giant Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June. "To give employees the ability to plan, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021 for roles that don't need to be in the office," Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said in an email to employees.

Google extends work from home for employees till June 30, 2021

Google currently has no plans to launch a search engine in China, its Indian-American CEO Sunder Pichai told lawmakers Tuesday as he dodged a series of questions from lawmakers who expressed concern over such a reported move by the internet giant.

Google has no plans to launch search engine in China: CEO Pichai to US panel

Google had asked artists to contribute and illustrate the reflections of their own personal experiences as women

Watch: Google celebrates International Women's Day with twelve doodles

Ukraine imposed sanctions on Yandex and other Russian Internet firms this month and blocked access to their websites to guard against cyber threats

Investigators search Ukrainian offices of Russia's Yandex

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