The model built by Bill Gates and Paul Allen remains decades later. What’s changed is how Microsoft responds to a flop.

Google's Demis Hassabis and Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman first met in London when the latter was still at school. Suleyman, the son of a taxi driver, and Hassabis, a chess child prodigy ...

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Microsoft spoofing the Google homepage is another tactic in its long history of tricks to confuse users & limit choice," Tabriz writes.

Google is alleging Microsoft has created ... it would be one of the largest acquisitions in gaming history. Microsoft has appealed the ruling.