A U.S. federal judge ruled Monday that Google paying Apple billions to be the default search engine on iPhone and other devices is a violation of antitrust law. He said it makes Google a monopolist.

Documents in the antitrust case against Google revealed that the price it pays to be Apple's default search engine has increased over the years.

It's hard to imagine life without Google. The internet as we know it is built around search engines, and Google is the biggest of them all. In 2024, Google was the primary search engine for 76% of ...

Earlier this week, a federal court ruled that Google's lucrative default search engine deal with Apple violates antitrust law. Google plans to appeal the decision and the court hasn't provided insight ...

DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine that offers a unique alternative to traditional search engines by not tracking your searches or serving targeted ads. To make the most of its features, ...

AI services like Perplexity or OpenAI's SearchGPT could be search engine options in a future version of Safari, Bloomberg reports. The tentative plans were shared by Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice ...

AI-based search options may be coming to Safari across Apple’s platforms. At least, that’s what Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior VP of services, testified in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet ...

Google's dominance in the search market has drawn scrutiny from the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The high-profile case has put the competitive yet co-dependent relationship between the two tech ...

At least one Apple executive expects AI-powered alternatives to Google's search engine will eventually be offered to users of Apple's web browser. Introducing these alternatives and severing consumers ...

Apple's stock price surged overnight following the Google antitrust ruling, with investors happy that Apple's lucrative Safari default search engine payments will continue without issue. Apple's share ...

Why Consider Changing Your Default Search Engine? Safari on iPhones defaults to Google as its primary search engine, a reliable and widely used tool. However, Google may not meet the needs of users ...

Earlier this week, OpenAI’s official ChatGPT app for iPhone and iPad was updated with a native Safari extension that lets you forward any search query from Safari’s address bar to ChatGPT Search. It’s ...