A federal judge orders Google to limit default search deals to one year, in an antitrust effort to open doors for rivals in search and generative AI.

A Google search executive on Thursday pushed back against fears that its AI-powered search will harm web publishers and its advertising business, calling the technology an “expansionary moment” for the internet.

A judge ruled that Google’s default search and AI contracts must be renewed every year, ending multi-year deals.

Google’s search dominance is getting its most serious shake-up in years. A US federal judge has ruled that the company’s default-search

Study Breaks Down Differences in Results Between AI Search Engines Like ChatGPT and Google New York City, United States – December 2, 2025 / Search Atlas / Analysis of 18,377 query pairs shows retrieval-based AI systems like Perplexity achieve 43% domain overlap with Google,

Google announced Project Suncatcher earlier this month. CEO Sundar Pichai now says it could begin building data centers in space as soon as 2027.

As Google’s proposed data center project in Botetourt County moves forward, environmental groups and local officials continue to debate the facility’s potential impact on the region’s resources, while residents have concerns.

Google launches Project Suncatcher space data centers by 2027 to power AI with orbital solar energy, facing physics constraints and competition from rivals.