EU Slaps Google with $900M Fine | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews The EU just slapped Google with an $890 million fine for favoring its own apps on Search and the Play Store, part of a broader crackdown on big tech as gatekeepers. This follows a recent loss in a $4.5 billion Android antitrust case — Brussels is determined to ensure fair competition, not platform dominance. Google counters that the fine will degrade products and harm safety, claiming it’ll hurt users and European businesses. The showdown underscores the global tension between tech innovation and regulatory control. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/b1daa87dd02fe028