The world this weekPhotograph: Jason Henry/The New York Times/Redux/EyevineSep 4th 2025|4 min readGoogle breathed a sigh of relief after the judge who last year ruled that the company was an illegal monopolist decided that it would not have to break itself up. Instead it must share search data with smaller companies. The Justice Department had called for much harsher remedies, such as for Google to sell its Chrome browser, in what was the biggest tech antitrust case since a trial involving Microsoft in the early 2000s. The decision may influence other efforts to rein in big tech. The judge suggested that new competition to internet search from the likes of ChatGPT had “changed the course” of the case.Explore moreThis article appeared in the The world this week section of the print edition under the headline “Business”From the September 6th 2025 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contents⇒Explore the editionReuse this content