A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit told Europe's top court on Tuesday, as it asked judges to scrap the EU decision.

Experts say that China’s AI development shows that regulation does not have to be a barrier for innovation. View on euronews

SEOs are reporting that it appears as though manual actions may have been applied to coupon sites for site reputation abuse.

Google looks to have expanded its enforcement of its site reputation abuse policy to European regions this week. Google began enforcement in the US back in May but Google seems to have issued a ton of these manual actions (manual penalties) to European based sites.

Google has begun its final attempt to overturn a €4.3 billion (about $4.4 billion) fine it received from the EU over its Android market dominance back in 2018. The antitrust decision was upheld in 2022 but reduced to €4.

LONDON: Christian Kroll has long worried about Europe’s dependence on US Big Tech, but now the head of German search engine Ecosia has a new tool to take on Google and Microsoft. Ecosia, which uses advertising profits from its 20 million users to plant ...

Ireland's protection commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek about data processing in relation to Irish users

European politicians and advocacy groups say the region’s legislation will not dismantle the monopolies of Big Tech companies.

A group of 18 former European heads of state have called on the European Commission to break up Google’s highly lucrative advertising-technology business, claiming it erodes Europe’s media ...

Unfettered free market capitalism and the reborn cult of individualism threaten the stability of Europe and the well-being of many

The Chinese AI model will have to provide information on the processing of EU data after politicians, NGOs and researchers expressed concerns about the safety of Europeans. View on euronews

The Chinese artificial intelligence application DeepSeek appeared to be unavailable in Apple and Google app stores in Italy on Wednesday. A notice displayed to customers on Apple's App Store said the app was "currently not available in the country or area you are in.