Google loses legal fight over 4.1 billion-euro EU antitrust fine

The European Commission’s top court has upheld Google’s fine of around 4.1 billion euros ($4.67 billion) over alleged anti-competitive practices. In 2018, the European Commission slapped Google with the record-breaking penalty on the grounds that it abused Android’s mobile dominance to give unfair advantage to its own apps via pre-installation deals with smartphone makers. Google…

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U.S. secures biggest World Cup win in a generation over Bosnia, faces Belgium without Balogun

Balogun’s cleat raked the back of a Bosnian opponent’s calf as both lunged for the ball, leading to a red card that Pochettino strongly disagreed with, saying Balogun never intended to injure his opponent. Pochettino wanted to appeal the card, until he was told it was not possible within FIFA rules. “He’s very disappointed,” Pochettino…

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Amazon designs AI chips for Echo, Fire TV devices

Amazon is focusing on building chips for its “critical” consumer devices, the company’s top hardware executive told CNBC. In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC’s “The Tech Download” podcast, Panos Panay, the head of devices and services at Amazon, discussed, for the first time, the company’s approach to semiconductors in its own hardware and how it’s…

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‘Two weeks after her death I got a call’: Thousands of Gaza patients still waiting for evacuation

The desperation of patients haunts Gaza’s hospitals – their exterior walls eaten away by gunfire and Israeli strikes, the health-care system inside them still unrepaired. Eight months after the ceasefire deal instructed that “full aid” be sent into the Gaza Strip, aid workers say the continued lack of essential medicines and equipment has meant doctors…

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