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“It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.”

This ruling, however, has paved the way for that to possibly change in the future.

Safari browser

Google’s payments to make its search engine the default option on smartphones has been ruled illegal in the US.

Bing Chat running on the iPhone SE

Anything that weakens Google’s dominance gives Microsoft and its Bing search engine a win.

Google Chrome on PC

Bing search

June 2024; Richard Socher, Founder and CEO, You.com on FULL STK Stage during day two of Collision 2024 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada.

Microsoft Edge web browser app in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone.

Artificial Intelligence AI Assistant Apps - ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, Poe.

Microsoft Edge Vertical Tabs

Microsoft Edge Sidebar

Andrej Karpathy, Director of AI Tesla, a keynote speaker at the Train AI conference in 2018

Deprecation of uBlock Origin

Diablo 4 Season 7 Season of the Witch

Marathon gameplay reveal

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

MSI Claw 8 AI+ propped up next to an ROG Ally X on a table.