The European Commission fined Google over $1 billion for violating the European Union’s (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA) on July 23, marking the tech giant’s first penalty under the 2022 law, according to the European Commission.
Regulators issued two separate decisions: an approximately $530 million fine for giving Google’s own shopping, hotel, transport and sports listings more prominent placement in search results than competing services and around $495 million fine for restricting how app developers on Google Play could direct customers to cheaper offers outside the store.
The company now has until Sept. 21 to comply, 60 days since the fine was issued. If not, it will face periodic penalty payments...
The European Commission fined Google over $1 billion for violating the European Union’s (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA) on July 23, marking the tech giant’s first penalty under the...
The UC Irvine Office of Information Technology (OIT) posted a notice about a disruption to multiple campus websites today, July 31. According to the notice, outside internet access to...
State legislators approved a construction budget of $19 million to fund new infrastructure at Orange County’s first veterans’ cemetery on July 2. This project has been in the making...
College has become a four-year exercise in saying later. Later, after graduation. Later, after the internship. Later, after the first stable job, the better house, the clearer plan, the version of yourself who finally...
During the week of July 13, each defendant agency that terminated over a thousand research grants at the University of California (UC) submitted stipulations in a federal court filing admitting to using search terms,...
Poptropica. Club Penguin. Webkinz. These were the online spaces that defined childhood in the early 21st century. These digital spaces were designed for younger audiences, giving kids and younger teens a safe way to...
Over the past month, teams from around the globe have tested their mettle in exciting World Cup matches. Unfortunately, some fans have one major complaint: The supposedly meritocratic competition has been tainted by discrimination.
The...
Simone Weil, a 20th-century French philosopher, treated attention as a moral discipline that teaches people to encounter the world with humility. With the continuous use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by students, confusion is treated...
Albert Camus will often enter students’ lives incidentally through a classroom text or a casual recommendation.
Camus speaks to a stage of life when people are expected to explain themselves before they fully understand themselves....
The global pop girl group Katseye, created by HYBE x Geffen, released its single “Animal” on July 24. It is the second single following “Pinky Up” from the group’s...
Tyla, a popular African singer and two-time Grammy winner, came out with her second studio album entitled “A*POP” on July 24.
The album contains several hit singles that were released...
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup has been held every four years since 1930. Under the Olympics framework, FIFA is an international soccer competition where senior...
Ask 10 moviegoers what a good adaptation looks like, and you’ll get 10 different answers. That disagreement might explain why Hollywood keeps facing criticism from the audience no matter...
