A recent analysis of AI Overviews web traffic from the Pew Research Center suggests AI Overviews results in a substantial drop in web traffic. Google executives have disputed this, claiming the search ...

Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public claims that search traffic is booming — and a stunning admission as the Justice ...

Without a break up of its ad tech monopoly, the DOJ argues, Google will find another way to cheat.

As long as I've known it the internet has always been a rapidly changing phenomenon. From humble beginnings it has grown into a world-connecting platform by evolving to meet the needs of the public, ...

For nearly 30 years, Google organized the internet — now it’s dismantling it. In a desperate move to survive the rise of AI competitors like ChatGPT and Perplexity, Google has begun cannibalizing the ...

Google on Tuesday avoided a forced breakup of its online search monopoly after a federal judge rejected the harshest remedies proposed by the Justice Department — sparking furor from critics for the ...

Google wasn't around for the advent of the World Wide Web, but it successfully remade the web on its own terms. Today, any website that wants to be findable has to play by Google's rules, and after ...

This article is from the weekly Barron’s Tech email newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered directly to your inbox. Momentary Victory. Hi everyone. Alphabet shareholders are cheering this week’s ...