Alphabet

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics!! https://blog.google/inside-google/company-a...

This week the European Union hits Google with an epic $3 billion fine and ordered them to modify their ad-tech business practices. According to EU antitrust commissioner Teresa Ribera, the fine is for abusing their market dominance by favoring their own ad exchanges. The commission claims Google's actions hurt competition, and are demanding the company create a more level playing field. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202... The news comes right after a US judge decided not to break up Google's search business, even though the DOJ alleged anticompetitive harms. The commission had previously warned that only a "mandatory divestment" would solve the problem, which is what the DOJ is also considering in a separate ad tech case. Can't wait to see what happens next. The ad tech space could be changing fundamentally right beneath us, and with it, the internet itself.

Google just dodged the biggest bullet it has faced in years, and now the stock is popping off. The DOJ wanted to chop the company into little pieces of Chrome, Search, Cloud, Android, etc. but Judge Mehta just gave them a small slap on the wrist instead. The end result? Google still gets to funnel billions into Apple to remain as the iPhone's default search engine, which means the money printing machine keeps on printing. Challengers OpenAI and Perplexity are still in the running, but with Google's product lineup still fully intact, they still have plenty of time to figure out how the fuck to make money from Gemini. RIP bears and any hope of anti-trust. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/alphabet-po...

As part of a company wide focus on efficiency, Google has reduced the number of managers overseeing small teams by 35% to decrease bureaucracy. I mean, if you can cut 35% of your managers without repercussion, wtf were they doing day to day in the first place? https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/google-exec...