Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Equity Interest Received, Fair Value

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Net Assets

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Liability Recognized For Future Obligations

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Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease From Disposal

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 45
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-Publisher FASB
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Divestiture - Gain on sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 19, 2021	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on business divestitures, net		$ 0	$ 1,684
Apparate \| Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Derecognition of ATG Business' non-controlling interests	$ 1,057
Liability recognized for future obligations	(315)
Net consideration received for sale of the ATG Business	2,019
Carrying value of net assets transferred	(375)
Gain (Loss) on business divestitures, net	1,644		$ 1,600
Aurora \| Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fair value of common shares received	1,277
Aurora \| Apparate \| Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fair value of common shares received	$ 1,300