Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public claims that search traffic is booming — and a stunning admission as the Justice ...

Google submitted the filing ahead of another trial that will determine how it will address its monopoly in the advertising technology business. The US Department of Justice recommends that Google ...

Google kills* the open web. Amazon kills* The Trade Desk, which kills* the open web. GenAI kills* search, the open web, and ...

A recent analysis of AI Overviews web traffic from the Pew Research Center suggests AI Overviews results in a substantial ...

It’s been clear for some time that the “open web” as we’ve known it for years is in a tough spot, but Google has argued the opposite. In a court statement, though, Google’s own case argues that the ...

The rise of artificial intelligence services saved Google from a breakup in its search antitrust case earlier this month.

The judge overseeing an antitrust case over Google’s ad tech operations, Leonie Brinkema, signaled skepticism on Wednesday about whether Google should be forced to divest part of its ad tech business.

The DOJ’s ad tech remedies trial could crack open Google’s dominance of programmatic ads, reshaping transparency across the ...

In a major change in tune, Google has admitted that the “open web is already in rapid decline” — despite being adamant for months that the “web is thriving.” As first spotted by The Verge, the tech ...

Losing a major antitrust case in which it was found to be operating an illegal monopoly over internet searches doesn’t seem to have slaked Google’s greed for more control over search results. Even as ...

“The statement sharply contrasts Google’s recent narrative about the health of search on the web. Google has a clear incentive to make itself appear weaker or less monopolistic in the courtroom, but ...