Google has long been involved with the Justice Department in the antitrust case.

When European regulators found similar problems, they asked Google to provide users with an alternative search engine, but not many were willing to replace it.

In the current environment, Alphabet itself is already a target of market regulation, and the acquisition of a network security giant like Wiz is likely to attract more scrutiny from antitrust authorities for its own business.

Google parent Alphabet is on track to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, with talks still ongoing.

Google parent Alphabet is in the midst of its biggest merger talks in history, with plans to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $23 billion, most of which will be paid in cash.

News that Alphabet may acquire HubSpot in an all-stock deal pushed the latter's shares up 8%.

Microsoft may exceed growth expectations; Alphabet's AI strategy aims to keep its market edge; earnings to influence quarter's stock performance.

Strong earnings from Alphabet and Microsoft in digital advertising, artificial intelligence and cloud computing; Snap's significant first-quarter user and revenue growth; and Google's first-ever dividend announcement also had a positive impact on its share price.

On July 25, local time, Google's parent company Alphabet released its second-quarter 2023 earnings report.。Performance data show that second-quarter revenue was 746.$04 billion, up 7%。Operating profit was 218.$3.8 billion, up 12.3%。Google's shares rise more than 7% in after-hours trading。