📰 Potential Court Fight: The Justice Department plans to ask a judge to force Google's parent company to sell Chrome, its popular internet browser, following a ruling that found the company created an illegal monopoly on search engines.

📊 Market Impact: Chrome accounts for more than 50% of the browser market. If Google is forced to sell, the integration with its default search engine will be lost, requiring users to visit google.com directly.

📉 Consequences for Google: Selling Chrome could significantly impact Google by limiting access to critical user data for advertising, especially as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into search.

⚖️ Timeline: The judge will not make an official decision until August of next year, and could choose a different course than the DOJ's recommendations.

🤔 Political Context: President-elect Trump will take office before the decision, and he has expressed skepticism about breaking up Google, adding uncertainty to the outcome.