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Google is on the hot seat. Some want to break it up. Good luck

Google is in trouble on two major fronts: The Federal Trade Commission says Google has monopolized the internet search industry, and the Department of Justice says Google has monopolized the internet ad industry. There’s a third case in the U.S. relating to Google’s app store, brought by an app maker named Epic Games. In the search case, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the way Google runs its search business is illegal and monopolistic. He’s scheduled hearings on a solution for next spring and said he’ll issue a ruling next summer. The trial in the ad case began this month in Virginia.
https://qz.com/google-search-advertising-monopoly-antitrust-lawsuits-1851654770

YouTube starts showing ads when you pause a video on TV

Back in May 2024, Google announced that YouTube would be getting some new ad formats on TVs, including a format that would place ads on screen whenever the video was left paused. There was no timeline given for when this format would start rolling out, but it appears to be showing up for some users now.
https://9to5google.com/2024/09/11/youtube-pause-ad-tv-update/

DOJ Considering Breaking Up Google After Monopoly Ruling: Report

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering several different options after a federal judge ruled last week that Google has an illegal monopoly over internet search. The most drastic option, according to a report from Bloomberg, would include breaking up the company, though other options would include forcing Google to share data with its rivals or paying large fines.
https://gizmodo.com/doj-considering-breaking-up-google-after-monopoly-ruling-report-2000486766

Google adds new AI-powered features for photo editing and image generation

At Made by Google 2024 on Tuesday, the company launched its new Pixel 9 series of phones. These devices have a ton of AI-powered features apart from having Gemini as the default assistant.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/13/google-adds-new-ai-powered-features-for-photo-editing-and-image-generation/

Google Won’t Fully Ditch Third-Party Cookies in Chrome After All

After 4 years of promising to phase out third-party cookies, Google wants to give users a choice instead. "Instead of deprecating third-party cookies, we would introduce a new experience in Chrome that lets people make an informed choice that applies across their web browsing," writes Google VP Anthony Chavez in a blog post Monday. "They’d be able to adjust that choice at any time."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-wont-ditch-third-party-cookies-in-chrome-after-all

The biggest findings in the Google Search leak

One thing right off the bat: the Google Search algorithm has not leaked, and SEO experts don’t suddenly have all the answers. But the information that did leak this week — a collection of thousands of internal Google documents — is still huge. It’s an unprecedented look into Google’s inner workings that are typically closely guarded.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/31/24167119/google-search-algorithm-documents-leak-seo-chrome-clicks

Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search

Social media is abuzz with examples of Google’s new AI Overview product saying weird stuff, from telling users to put glue on their pizza to suggesting they eat rocks. The messy rollout means Google is racing to manually disable AI Overviews for specific searches as various memes get posted, which is why users are seeing so many of them disappear shortly after being posted to social networks.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai