Google can keep Chrome but needs to give up some data, judge rules in antitrust case

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shakeup of Google's search engine in an attempt to curb the power of an illegal monopoly, but spared it from orders to break up the company and other restraints. The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will likely ripple across the technological landscape at a time when the industry is being reshaped by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence — including conversational "answer engines" as companies like ChatGPT and Perplexity try to upend Google's long-held position as the internet's...