The US Department of Justice contends that Google – a company whose very name is synonymous with scouring the internet – pays off tech companies to lock out rival search engines to smother ...

If he decides Google broke the law, another trial will determine how to rein in its market power. The company, based in Mountain View, California, could be stopped from paying Apple and other ...

Alphabet stock sank after senior Apple executive signaled that the iPhone maker was looking at search engine alternatives for its Safari web browser.

Google was spared the worst possible judgment in its landmark antitrust case Tuesday: A judge allowed it to keep Chrome and Android under its fold and continue to pay tech companies to promote its ...