Operating Expenses - Components of Operating Expenses (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
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| Salaries, commissions and allowances | $ 2,426 | $ 2,415 |
| Share-based payments | 111 | 87 |
| Post-employment benefits | 133 | 121 |
| Total staff costs | 2,670 | 2,623 |
| Goods and services | 1,514 | 1,502 |
| Content | 295 | 289 |
| Telecommunications | 47 | 39 |
| Facilities | 34 | 35 |
| Fair value adjustments | 18 | (17) |
| Total operating expenses | $ 4,578 | $ 4,471 |
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- Definition Third-party purchased content. No definition available.
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- Definition Facilities expenses. No definition available.
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- Definition Gains or losses due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on intercompany balances that arise in the ordinary course of business. No definition available.
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- Definition Professional fees, consulting and outsourcing services, contractors, selling and marketing, and other general and administrative costs. No definition available.
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- Definition Operating expense, excluding depreciation, amortization, and other No definition available.
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- Definition Operating Expenses 1 [abstract] No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of post-employment benefit expense relating to all benefit plans. No definition available.
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