In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet -owned Google broke a search record thanks to the World Cup international soccer to...
In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet -owned Google broke a search record thanks to the World Cup international soccer tournament. During the knockout World Cup round Tuesday, Argentina's national team mounted a late comeback where Cristian Romero scored a goal then Lionel Messi equalized with his own goal in the 83rd minute for the win. "Google Search broke all prior usage records and saw its highest usage in history right after Argentina scored their winning goal in yesterday's match" wrote Nick Fox, head of Google's Knowledge and Information unit Wednesday. A company spokesperson did not share specific numbers but told CNBC "we saw the most queries per second happen right after the winning goal." The milestone comes as the company tries to prove its traditional search engine can keep its relevance in the age of AI, where chatbots have become more prevalent. Google still controls 90% of the search market, its stock price has more than doubled in the past year and revenue growth in the first quarter was the fastest for any period since 2022. Google said its top searched query after the game was "argentina vs egypt." Globally, the company also saw people searching for things like "argentina x colombia" and "how many world cup goals does messi have." Additional queries included "what is it called when a player hits another player in game" and "is it messi's last world cup." Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
Some parts of Australia remain without rail services Thursday, after a Telstra Group Ltd. network outage knocked out mobile and data services across the country the day before. Australian Rail Track Corp., which operates the freight and passenger rail network across five states, said the outage continued to affect the National Train Communications System, which uses Telstra’s 4G network to communi...
Some parts of Australia remain without rail services Thursday, after a Telstra Group Ltd. network outage knocked out mobile and data services across the country the day before. Australian Rail Track Corp., which operates the freight and passenger rail network across five states, said the outage continued to affect the National Train Communications System, which uses Telstra’s 4G network to communicate with train drivers. Passenger services remain paused. “Recovery will take time and services will resume in a controlled and phased manner as communications are confirmed and all operational safety checks are completed,” ARTC said in a statement . “Services are currently unable to operate due to the national Telstra outage affecting the network,” Victoria state regional transport operator V/Line said on its website as of 9:30 a.m. Sydney time. “There is no estimated time for rectification at this stage. Passengers are advised to defer travel where possible.” Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells confirmed Thursday that Telstra was working through a “secondary issue,” overnight on Wednesday, in which some calls were going straight to message and some Triple Zero calls were not going through. “It has been largely resolved, but there are still residual problems, so Telstra’s going to provide a further update to their customers about that this morning,” Wells told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Chief Executive Vicki Brady has cut a family vacation abroad short and will return home this week, the Australian Financial Review reported . Telstra shares were flat in early Sydney trading on Thursday, after falling 3% on Wednesday. Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Cynthia Gebert said the outage had a significant impact on people’s daily lives, including lost income and disruptions to travel. “What we really want to see is that we get to the bottom of what’s actually been causing this issue so we can prevent it happening again,” she said in an interview on Nine’s Toda...