DOJ alleges Google destroyed hundreds of thousands of chats as antitrust case winds down

TechSpot— The DOJ alleges that Google instituted a policy encouraging employees to disable chat history and delete logs of discussions around sensitive business practices, such as revenue-sharing agreements and mobile app distribution deals. According to government lawyers, these conversations may have revealed Google's intent to illegally exclude rivals and maintain itsRead Entire Article

TheJournal.ie—Flooding in Afghanistan leaves hundreds dead and thousands of buildings destroyed. The Taliban said the government had ordered all available resources mobilised to rescue people.

NBC4 Washington—Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia. Google is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, the tech giant said Thursday in a court filing it wrote a multimillion-dollar check to the U.S. government that Google says moots the government’s best argument for demanding a jury trial.

The Independent—Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia. Google is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising