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Five things we learned at the US Google antitrust trial
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Five things we learned at the US Google antitrust trial

[ad_1] US government lawyers rested their case on Tuesday in the landmark antitrust trial against Google after five weeks of testimony that saw some of big tech's most senior executives take the stand.At the heart of the case is Google's search engine and whether the company has acted illegally to preserve its overwhelming dominance. Here are five things we have learned so far at the trial: - Apple makes billions on Google -Apple's intricate relationship with Google was the trial's main source of intrigue, as the US government contends that it is by paying billions of dollars to the iPhone maker every year that Google is able to maintain its monopoly.Exactly how much has yet to be made public, but according to some estimates mentioned in evidence, every year Google pays a total of ten b...