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Although the trial is focused on Google's search engine, a government victory could have more sweeping consequences across the technology.

In 2007, as head of the team responsible for the Google Chrome browser, Sundar Pichai had warned about the “bad optics” of Google | World News

Alphabet Inc.: Pichai and Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney have been listed as witnesses in a trial scheduled to start Nov. 6 in San Francisco federal court over whether Google Play policies are unlawful and thwart competition, according to court filings. The high-stakes fight kicked off after Epic sued Alphabet’s Google in 2020 claiming that its app store’s distribution, payment and fee policies are unlawful.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is set to be called by Epic Games Inc. to testify in antitrust trial over Google Play policies

Sundar Pichai has been listed as witnesses in a trial scheduled to start Nov. 6 in San Francisco federal court over whether Google Play policies are unlawful.

The Justice Department has accused Google of manipulating online auctions-- a multibillion dollar industry dominated by Google.

The US Justice Department's once-in-a-generation antitrust fight with Alphabet's Google gets some star power on Monday when Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella takes the witness stand.

Nadella said that Microsoft, itself a tech powerhouse, had sought to make its Bing search engine the default on Apple smartphones but was rebuffed.

Google first became the default option in the Safari browser in 2002. That deal has been revised several times. Cue said the contract was extended in 2021, after the Justice Department filed its initial case against Googles search dominance the year before.

Apple and Google have a provision in their agreement that they will "support and defend" the deal against government scrutiny: Apple executive.