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The United States is suing Google for its dominance of the online advertising market, announces Attorney General Merrick Garland from the US Justice Department in Washington, DC. "We allege that Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful conduct to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies," he tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE
Google has insisted it isn't trying to kill ad blockers.
Lawyers for Google arrive at court in Alexandria, Virginia, for an antitrust trial. The company faces its second major antitrust trial in less than a year, with the US government accusing the tech giant of dominating online advertising and stifling competition. IMAGES
Pictures of people working in shops and restaurants in Caracas as a widespread blackout hit Venezuela, including the capital Caracas, from dawn in what the authorities are blaming on "sabotage" and an attempted coup, a month after the disputed re-election of Nicolas Maduro. IMAGES
Images of Caracas residents as a blackout leaves most of Venezuela without power in what authorities blamed on sabotage of the national electrical grid -- the latest crisis to hit the oil-rich country after a disputed presidential election. IMAGES
The massive IT outage, caused when systems running Microsoft Windows crashed, have disrupted air travel around the world including the United States. In Milawaukee, crowds of travelers stand in long lines as they wait to get flight information. IMAGES