Google is breathing a big sigh of relief today.

Why? A judge has ruled that the company will not be forced to sell Chrome or Android , two suggestions that were being pushed by the U.S. Department of Justice as a result of the search giant losing a major antitrust case last August brought against it by the government.

On Tuesday, Sept. 2, District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington rejected the DOJ's push to break up Google. Instead, Judge Mehta ruled that Google can no longer take part in exclusive deals regarding its search engine, such as the one that saw Google pay billions of dollars to Apple in order to maintain its search dominance on iOS devices.

In addition, the judge ruled that Google must also share some of its search data with competitors.

The judge's decision mar

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