What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits

If government regulators prevail in the biggest US antitrust trial in a quarter century, it's likely to unleash drastic changes designed to undermine the dominance of the Google search engine that defines the internet for billions of people. — AP Photo/Peter Morgan

If government regulators prevail against Google in the biggest US antitrust trial in a quarter century, it's likely to unleash drastic changes that will undermine the dominance of a search engine that defines the internet for billions of people.

As the 10-week trial probing Google's business practices nears its midway point, it's still too early to tell if US District Judge Amit Mehta will side with the Justice Department and try to handcuff one of the world's most dominant tech companies.