Google (GOOGL) suffered one of its biggest setbacks on Wednesday when a top European court fined it 4.125 billion euros ($4.13 billion) for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals, offering a precedent for other regulators to ratchet up pressure. The unit of US tech giant Alphabet had challenged an earlier ruling, but the decision was broadly upheld by the Europe’s second-highest court in Wednesday’s… Source link

European Commission Vice President Margrethe?Vestager speaks during an interview with Reuters in Brussels, Belgium, March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna?Geron/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LUXEMBOURG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google on Wednesday suffered its second setback in less than a year as Europe’s top court agreed with EU antitrust regulators that it had abused its dominance but trimmed the fine by 5% because of a disagreement on… Source link

Unicode Consortium, an organization maintaining the official emojis catalog for smartphones, published the Unicode 15.0 standard on Tuesday with 31 new emojis including a pushing hand, a shaking face (or I’m SHOOK), a moose, a goose, the long-awaited pink heart, and a Wi-Fi/wireless sign. We first saw some of the illustrations of these 31 emojis — one of the lowest number of additions in the past few years — back in July. Now that they are approved, phone… Source link

The Yandex.Maps development team announced the expansion of cartographic capabilities and incorporated smart voice commands for drivers in the service. Image source: Yandex press service. The new feature is available for Yandex.Maps. It tracks the location of the car and explains to the drivers how many lane to go in at difficult interchanges. These tips help traffickers change lanes in advance and not miss their turn, especially in metropolitan areas. A miss can significantly… Source link

This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Russian tech giant Yandex (YNDX.O) on Wednesday said it had launched food delivery service Yandex Eats in Armenia, delivering on a promise to develop its e-commerce offering after selling some other business lines to rival VK (VKCOq.L). Yandex last month agreed to sell its news aggregator, content platform Zen and homepage yandex.ru to state-controlled VK… Source link

A 3D printed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – South Korea levied millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Meta Platforms (META.O)for privacy law violations, authorities said on Wednesday, as Meta considers fighting the decision in court. In a statement, the… Source link

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West on Tuesday with 21 games left to play. Mookie Betts made sure that they did so in style. The five-time Dodgers Gold Glove winner robbed a would-be hit with a catch-of-the-year candidate in the Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. With no outs in the seventh inning, outfielder Jake McCarthy skied a Clayton Kershaw pitch down the right-field line that looked destined for extra bases. Betts had other ideas. He sprinted from right-center… Source link

There certainly were contentious issues with arbitrator Sue L. Robinson’s decision in the Deshaun Watson case last month. But one thing Robinson got absolutely correct was how she noted that the NFL’s inconsistencies played a role in how she came to her conclusion on Watson’s six-game punishment (which has since been changed to 11 games after appeal). The inconsistency of sanctions continues to baffle observers, and not just how players are dealt with. And it’s not just the NFL. We saw it again… Source link

Dwyane Wade is out at TNT. The Miami Heat icon is leaving the network after three seasons of working on its NBA studio shows, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports. The decision was Wade’s, according to the report. TNT offered him a new contract, but he declined in order to pursue other business interests. Per the report, his exit is not related to the recent cost-reduction maneuvers by parent company Warner Bros. Discovery that’s initiated layoffs and the purge of content from media… Source link

A woman passes the logo from the web search engine provider Google during the digital society festival ‘re:publica’, at the Arena Berlin in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register OAKLAND, Calif., Sept 13 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face all but one antitrust allegation about its online advertising business brought in a lawsuit by attorneys general for Texas and 16 other states or territories, a… Source link