Alphabet: revenue soars for Google owner as Covid lockdown boom continues

Tech firm beat Wall Street forecasts with $55bn in revenue, even as it faced antitrust lawsuitsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGoogle’s parent company, Alphabet, more than doubled its profits to a record $17.9bn (£12.9bn) in the first quarter, as the lockdown-enforced surge in the use of digital services fuels an advertising boom for the Silicon Valley giant.The company, which revealed in filings last week that Google UK’s staff earned an avera