Illustration: The Verge After winning a fight to get Google's search business declared an unlawful monopoly, the Department of Justice has released its initial proposal for how it's thinking about limiting Google's dominance - including breaking up the company.The government is asking Judge Amit Mehta for four different types of remedies to Google's anticompetitive power in search engines. They include behavioral remedies, or changes to business practices, as well as structural remedies, which would break up Google. And they're focused particularly on futureproofing the search industry for the rise of generative AI. While AI might not be a substitute for search engines, the DOJ warns, it will likely become an important feature of the evolving search... Continue reading...

Illustration: The Verge Google plans to buy electricity from next-generation nuclear reactors. It announced the deal yesterday, which it says is the world's first corporate agreement to purchase electricity from advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) that are still under development.Google inked the deal with engineering company Kairos Power, which plans to get its first SMR up and running by 2030. Google agreed to purchase electricity from multiple" reactors that would be built through 2035.Google needs a lot more clean energy to meet its climate goals while pursuing its AI ambitions. New nuclear technologies are still unproven at scale, but the hope is that they can provide carbon pollution-free electricity while solving some of the problems that come... Continue reading...