OpenAI would be interested in buying Google's Chrome if antitrust enforcers are successful in forcing the Alphabet GOOGL.O unit to sell the popular web browser as part of a bid to restore competition in search, an OpenAI executive testified on Tuesday at Google's antitrust trial in Washington. ChatGPT head of product Nick Turley made the statement while testifying at trial in Washington where U.S. Department of Justice seeks to require Google to undertake far-reaching measures restore competition in online search. The judge overseeing the trial found last year that Google...

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In another world, Capital One’s COF 1.47 %increase; green up pointing triangle $35 billion acquisition of Discover getting the go-ahead would be a bullish signal for mergers and acquisitions. But, given a lack of big deals so far this year, dealmakers have yet to make complete sense of the Trump administration’s stance on antitrust regulation.

The Indian decision comes amid a raft of antitrust accusations that have been levelled against the tech giant around the world. A sign outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on May 8, 2019. A sign outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on May 8, 2019. Paresh Dave/Reuters The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had accused the American company of abusing its Android operating system’s dominant position in the country’s smart TV market. The watchdog’s decision to settle with...

The remedy phase of Google's search antitrust trial is getting underway, and the government is seeking to force major changes. The next few weeks could reshape Google as a company and significantly alter the balance of power on the Internet, and both sides have a plan to get their way. With opening arguments beginning today, the US Justice Department will seek to convince the court that Google should be forced to divest Chrome, unbundle Android, and make other foundational changes. But Google will attempt to paint the government's position as...

Mark Zuckerberg’s private emails about Facebook’s purchase of Instagram more than a decade ago came back to haunt Meta at its historic antitrust trial this week – and the outcome of the case could ultimately hinge on whether a judge buys his attempts to explain them away, experts told The Post. The Federal Trade Commission presented a series of explosive private messages, including a 2012 exchange in which Zuckerberg said buying Instagram would “neutralize a competitor” — a turn of phrase that FTC lead attorney Daniel Matheson labeled a “smoking...

Of course Google has an unlawful monopoly on online ads, as a federal judge found yesterday, just like a different federal judge found last year that Google has an unlawful monopoly on online searching; everyone knows that “googling” means online search. A market economy only works if there is competition and choice and Google’s monopolist practices prevent them. And that’s illegal. Google’s control of the ads has turned the former garage start-up in to colossal worth close to $2 trillion. But that came at the expense of blocking out would-be...

Former Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg testified in a landmark antitrust case Wednesday that the company considered blocking advertisements from emerging competitors on Facebook. Sandberg was quizzed amid claims by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that the company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to squash competition and establish an illegal monopoly to maintain its dominance in the social media market. Facebook bought Instagram, a photo-sharing app with no ads, for $1 billion in 2012, while two years later, it purchased the messaging app WhatsApp for $22 billion.