As the world held its breath eve of FIFA World Cup 2022 final in between Argentina and France, alphabet inc‘s WELL Google Google search recorded the highest traffic ever for 25 years.

What happened: Google CEO Sundar Pichai gained weight Twitter to announce that football fans worldwide broke a record on the eve of the World Cup final.

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Pichai said it seems like the world is just looking for “one thing”. Lionel MessiArgentina won their third World Cup title by beating France in a thrilling final.

Google search isn’t the only place where records have been broken during the FIFA World Cup final.

Elon Musk, who took over Twitter in October and was present at the stadium to watch the match, explained that during one of France’s goals against Argentina, the microblogging site recorded 24,000 tweets per second – the “highest ever at a World Cup!”

The tech billionaire dubbed the finale a “duel in the desert” and agreed with millions of fans, who all said they couldn’t have asked for a better game.

This story was originally published on December 19, 2022.

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