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As we are approaching the end of 2024, it’s always a good time to reflect, including on what you spent time looking up on the web this year. A Google search expert has the numbers.

Did Taylor Swift make the list? The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year — ranging from key news events, notably global elections, to the most popular songs, athletes and unforgettable pop-culture moments that people looked up worldwide.

Google says its latest technology is making inroads in helping ease the crunch around the holidays.

The Department of Justice is pushing a federal judge to make Google divest its Chrome internet browser as a remedy following the antitrust case.

Google has integrated its artificial intelligence platform Gemini into apps such as Maps and Waze to make it easier and more elaborate for users.

Google has integrated its artificial intelligence platform Gemini into apps such as Maps and Waze to make it easier and more elaborate for users. Scott McGrew reports.

$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 is the number a Moscow court wants the YouTube parent company to pay for blocking Russian media outlets. It is a sum “filled with symbolism,” the Kremlin told NBC News on Thursday.

A Russian court ordered Google to pay 20 decillion for removing Russian TV channels from YouTube after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire. The latest evidence of Google’s prosperity emerged Tuesday with the release of its corporate parent Alphabet Inc.’s results for the July-September period. Both Alphabet’s profit and revenue increased at a brisker pace than industry analysts predicted,...

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to break up Google after its ubiquitous search engine was declared an illegal monopoly, but it is just one of many possible remedies under review, according to a court filing. Scott Budman reports.

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to break up Google. Scott Budman reports.

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly. But it’s just one of many potential remedies under consideration.

It comes after a U.S. judge found Google guilty of holding a monopoly in general search.

Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information.

College classes are officially back in session, and with enrollment rebounding after the pandemic, a Google rep tells us how the tech giant is helping students hit the books with new tools.

Google has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.

An ongoing trial may determine whether Google holds an illegal monopoly on the technology used to buy and sell certain types of advertising on web pages.

One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant is defending against another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company. A judge heard opening statements Monday in the trial at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend Google built and maintains a monopoly over...

Fear of being robbed is leading some homeowners to turn their homes’ online profile into a blur.

If you want to protect your home in the digital era, your best tool might be an eraser. But we’re talking about a high-tech eraser. Business and tech reporter Scott Budman explains how some homeowners are using Silicon Valley technology to remove their homes from robber radar.