WIRE — The European Union has fined tech giant Google €890 million ($1 billion) for violating competition rules, marking the first penalty issued under the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA). The European Commission announced the penalty after finding that Google favored its own vertical services—such as shopping, hotel bookings, and transport—over those of competing businesses on
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