A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully dominating web search on smartphones, but said the consumers should get another chance after a Washington, D.C. court separately ruled the tech giant spent billions to create an illegal monopoly. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco on Friday dismissed the consumers’ antitrust lawsuit against Google, finding they had not provided enough factual evidence showing any harm from the Alphabet unit’s market dominance.
Google on Thursday said will be launching to six new countries, including India «over the next several weeks.» The search giant launched in Search in May, starting with the US, to help people quickly discover information on the web. «After extensive testing and positive feedback, including in the US and globally, we’re bringing the helpfulness of AI Overviews to six new countries: India, United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil – along with local language support in each country», Hema Budaraju, senior director, product management, Search said in a blog post.
