Google paid $26 billion in 2021 for default search engine status

Google paid  billion in 2021 for default search engine status

Vice president Prabhakar Raghavan testified Friday that Google paid $26.3 billion in 2021 for the purpose of maintaining default search engine status and acquiring traffic, Bloomberg reports. It’s likely the lion’s share of that sum went to Apple, which it has showered with exorbitant sums for many years in order to remain the default search …

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Google: Google vs the US government: What, why and all other details of one of the biggest court fight of the decade

Google: Google vs the US government: What, why and all other details of one of the biggest court fight of the decade

The US Justice Department and a coalition of state attorneys general on Tuesday (September 12) will begin one of the biggest-ever antitrust trial against Google. It will be Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades. Here’s a ready reckoner on the issue that answers all key issues: What is the US …

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Search to undergo a transformation of a lifetime as Amazon prepares its plans

Search to undergo a transformation of a lifetime as Amazon prepares its plans

Amazon is reportedly set to embark on a cutting-edge project involving AI. Recently, a job posting for a senior software development engineer revealed that Amazon is planning to revolutionize its search tool with a conversational AI experience. The post aimed to find a candidate who can help the company implement an interactive conversational experience to …

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