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The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to revive Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, leaving a lower court's June ruling in place while the administration's appeal continues.
The European Commission fined Google 890 million euros ($1 billion) for self-preferencing its own services in Search and restricting how app developers steer users to cheaper purchase options on Google Play — the company's first penalty under the DMA, with a 60-day deadline to fix both violations.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing state permits for new large-scale data centers for up to one year, citing energy and environmental concerns.
Apple filed suit against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming the AI lab's Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan — a 24-year Apple veteran — systematically funneled confidential design files, component specs, and unannounced product details to his new employer.
The EU General Court rejected all three of Apple's challenges to its Digital Markets Act gatekeeper designation, upholding mandatory compliance with rules on rival app stores and developer payment steering.
The Wall Street Journal says SpaceX showed pre-IPO investors a slim, handset-like device running xAI's Grok on a proprietary OS with Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware. Musk calls the report "utterly false."
Spotify says bot streams pushed Malcolm Todd's 'Earrings' to No. 1 to cash in on a $3 million Kalshi market betting on the most-streamed US song of June.
Paxton's office says StubHub canceled some FIFA World Cup 2026 orders hours before kickoff and is probing whether the platform sold tickets it never had.
The Court of Justice of the European Union rejected Google's final appeal, closing an eight-year legal battle over anticompetitive Android bundling practices and confirming one of the largest antitrust penalties ever levied against a tech company.
The EU Council has formally adopted the Digital Omnibus package, the most significant set of amendments to the EU AI Act since it entered force in 2024. High-risk AI compliance deadlines are extended by up to 16 months, and a new ban on AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery takes effect by December 2026.
In a Truth Social post, President Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on goods from any nation implementing digital services taxes targeting American tech companies — escalating a trade fight that already has the EU, UK, France, Italy, and Spain in his crosshairs, with a July 4 trade-deal deadline looming.
Google's parent company becomes the fifth major tech firm in the 30-stock blue-chip index, with S&P Global citing Alphabet's AI, cloud, and advertising exposure as key drivers.