Google heads to court in a landmark trial that puts its search business in the crosshairs. Here's what's at stake.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai

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EU Designates the Big Six 'Gatekeepers' of Tech that Need to Bow to Regulations

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The European Union is now coming out and saying what they, and everybody else, already knows. The six big tech companies, including Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft, are the six big “gatekeepers” of our modern online ecosystem. These companies now have to make sure that all of the 22…

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Apple, Amazon, and Meta among 6 tech giants deemed 'gatekeepers' set to face strict competition rules under new EU law

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An illustration picture taken in London on December 18, 2020 shows the logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag displayed in the background.
Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft logos displayed in front of an EU flag.

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4 Big Tech giants have plowed over $1 trillion into stock buybacks in 10 years — more than Tesla or Meta's entire market value

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Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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Google Promises It Will Be More Open About Its Ads

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Google is pinky-swearing it will be more transparent in the future about how and why you keep seeing the same ads that seem to know you much better than you know yourself, though only if you live in the European Union.

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns $1 trillion of assets - more than Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta combined

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Warren Buffett.

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's hedge fund boosts Alphabet stake as AI hype rages on

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman.

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That's one way to draw people back to the office: Google hotel reportedly touts $99 special to 'make it easier for Googlers to transition to the hybrid workplace'

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Google opened its Bay View campus in May of 2022.
Google opened its Bay View campus in May of 2022.

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Alphabet sold almost 90% of its Robinhood stake last quarter

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet

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Dan Loeb hails AI as a decade-defining technology like the PC and Internet - and says a severe recession looks unlikely

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Dan Loeb.

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