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A Yelp splash page is displayed on a cell phone on November 14, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Yelp recently reported third quarter profit which was up more than 500 percent compared with a year earlier. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Yelp Sues Google Alleging Engine Monopoly

Yelp has officially filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company used its monopoly to dominate local search and advertising markets.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 09: The exterior of the new headquarters of Google is seen at 550 Washington Street in Hudson Square on January 09, 2024 in New York City. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the 1.3-million-square-foot project involved the restoration and expansion of the St. John’s Terminal building along the Hudson River waterfront. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Google Loses Historic Antitrust Lawsuit Over Its ‘Search Dominance’

A federal judge ruled on Monday that Google violated U.S. antitrust laws with its online search business, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat with the potential to reshape how millions of Americans get information online, and potentially ending the decades of dominance.

A man holds an iPhone 14 as Apple Inc's new models go on sale at an Apple store in Beijing, China, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/file photo

Apple antitrust suit mirrors strategy that beat Microsoft, but tech industry has changed

The U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft’s stranglehold on desktop software.