The government’s plan to break up Google

The Verge's Lauren Feiner joins Nilay and David to talk about the US government's proposal in its search antitrust case against Google. They discuss the future of Chrome, what a white-label search engine might look like, and how a Trump administration might change the course of this case altogether. Then Nilay and David talk about the week in AI and gadget news, from the latest on Amazon's new Alexa to Google bailing on tablets all over again. Finally, in the lightning round, they discuss Comcast spinning off its cable channels and the latest in the Threads / Bluesky competition.

Further reading:

• DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
• Google responds to DOJ’s ‘extreme proposal.’
• Google workers to DOJ: we need protections to make your breakup effective
• Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial
• Amazon announces new Echo Show 21 and Echo Show 15 smart displays
• Google may be about to reboot its laptop and tablet hardware again
• Google reportedly cancels Pixel Tablet 2 and might quit the category — again
• Sonos’ smart TV plans might have found an OS
• Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud
• Comcast is spinning off its cable TV business
• Trump names Brendan Carr as his FCC leader
• Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps
• Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI
• Threads’ custom feeds are already rolling out
• Threads’ algorithm will focus more on the people you follow
• Bose acquires premium audio brand McIntosh

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