Today's guest column is by professors John Cairney and Rick Burton.
A recent New York Times story about "robot athletes" caught our collective attention in September and got us thinking about how androids will influence the future of sport business. We're well acquainted with Battlebots and drone racing but hadn't dedicated many stray brain cells to the August 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games that were held in Beijing.
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Henry Cavill has found himself at the center of a very different kind of online frenzy. A new Googlebook commercial featuring the actor has sparked enthusiastic reactions from fans, with them quickly turning the ad into its own little event.
The excitement comes partly from how naturally Cavill fits the campaign. Google in its blog post, describes him as an "actor, producer and technology enthusiast" whose interests include gaming and "fantasy lore." The company says he also runs his own production company and uses Googlebook for personal projects tied to his creative ambitions.
Googlebook pairs high-end hardware with Gemini Intelligence and adds a grab bag of features, including Continue on phone syncing, Rambler for speech-to-text and Antigravity. Google has built the machine to play nicely with Android devices while still having enough muscle for demanding creative projects and professional workloads.
Cavill also offered a positive first impression after trying the device before its release. He said Google's pitch about its integrated tools intrigued him enough to request hands-on time with the product. After working with the team, he described it as having "the whispers of the next generation."
Online reactions focused on the actor as much as the new computer. One fan joked that "hiring Henry Cavill is cheating" because people would watch him simply set up a printer.

#henry #online #creative

On September 9, 2026, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone and the biggest change to the iPhone's design in nearly 20 years, at the first product launch event led by new CEO John Ternus since he succeeded Tim Cook on September 1. The book-style, passport-shaped device opens into a 7.6-inch display, Apple's largest ever, starts at $1,999 for the 256-gigabyte model and rises to $3,199 for 2 terabytes of storage. This makes it the most expensive iPhone Apple has ever sold, with availability set for October 23.
The iPhone Duo gives Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) a new premium growth opportunity in a mature smartphone market. Apple entered the foldable market with the $1,999 Duo. It creates a new high-end product category within its largest hardware franchise. ******* ysts expect Apple to take a real share of the foldable market. The firm's brand strength and large installed base could help speed up use of foldable smartphones.
The Duo creates a materially different iPhone experience that could encourage upgrades and attract Android users. The device opens to a 7.6-inch display, supports side-by-side multitasking, and offers a tablet-like experience in a pocketable design. Apple also shows the Duo's ******* anium frame, custom hinge, A20 Pro chip, and Apple Intelligence features. It gives customers several reasons to pay a substantial premium for the new form factor.
The launch solidifies Apple's hardware innovation strategy under new CEO John Ternus. The Duo represents Apple's most significant iPhone redesign since the iPhone X. It gives Ternus an opportunity to reignite enthusiasm around the company's hardware portfolio. The product also expands Apple's ability to monetize its ecosystem through higher-value hardware, services, and accessories as customers spend more time using a larger, more versatile iPhone.
The $1,999 starting price could keep the Duo a niche product. Reuters reported that the global foldable market could account for less than 3% of smartphone sales in 2026. ******* ysts expect only about 6 million Duo units as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) enters the category. Even strong market share would turn into a relatively small contribution compared with Apple's broader iPhone business.

#iphone #aapl

Interested in Qualcomm Incorporated? Here are five stocks we like better.
Qualcomm trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of just 22, well below rivals like NVIDIA, Broadcom, and AMD, despite its ties to the AI boom.
Analysts, including Rosenblatt Securities with a $235 price target, see upside from Qualcomm's expansion into AI data centers, automotive chips, and on-device AI processing.
Apple's shift to in-house modem chips and a sluggish Android market in China threaten to offset Qualcomm's diversification gains, keeping its consensus rating at Hold.
There's a certain irony in a stock that has just rallied hard still being written off, yet that's exactly where chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) finds itself right now. After a brutal 44% slide through much of the summer, its shares staged an impressive comeback, climbing around 30% since the start of August.

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Qualcomm (QCOM) grew revenue just 1.9% over the last twelve months, against a compound pace of about 6.2% a year over five years and 4.5% over three. The quarterly path is worse. Across the last four quarters, year-over-year growth slid from 10.0% to 5.0%, then to declines of 3.5% and 4.0%. That turn to shrinking quarterly sales is the risk to weigh.
Phones Still Bring In About Half The Sales
In fiscal Q3 2026, handset chip revenue was $5.1 billion, about half of the $9.9 billion total. The CEO says unprecedented memory prices, plus supply shortages driven by data center demand, are pulling revenue down across mobile and consumer electronics. Management puts the net effect at a 20% drop in its Android chip revenue in 2026 from 2025.
And Apple Revenue Is Exiting Faster Than Planned
Apple is the second drag. Citing its own supply constraints, Qualcomm said on its fiscal Q3 2026 call that it expects materially lower share in new iPhone launches than its prior 20% estimate. An ****** yst put fiscal 2026 Apple product revenue at about $7.5 billion, and management called that a fair range.

#revenue #Apple #fiscal #management

Here we go, folks! The Atlanta Braves went up to Philadelphia and got a split in a four-game series against the Phillies last week and now they'll have to hold serve against this same Philadelphia team a week later if they want to ensure that their hold on the NL East lead is as sturdy as possible as the calendar begins to wind down. Will Chris Sale continue to come up big for the Braves? Can Atlanta figure out a way to do some damage against Aaron Nola? Hopefully we'll be talking about a win for the Braves once the night is over!
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Alphabet (GOOGL) is the parent company of Google and one of the world's largest technology conglomerates. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Alphabet operates through three primary segments: Google Services, encompassing Search, YouTube, Android, and Chrome; Google Cloud, its rapidly scaling enterprise infrastructure business; and Other Bets, which includes the Waymo autonomous vehicle unit.
Under CEO Sundar Pichai, Alphabet has aggressively expanded its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities through Gemini models, custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), and AI-powered search features, positioning itself at the forefront of the generative AI race. With dominant digital advertising market share and accelerating cloud growth, the company remains a global technology bellwether.
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Qualcomm (QCOM) is down 32% over the past three months, and the cause is not a mystery. The smartphone market has contracted as memory prices climbed, and Apple is exiting faster than the company had guided. Management has a credible plan to replace that revenue. The harder question is what the replacement earns.
Qualcomm Is Losing Apple Faster Than It Planned To
By the company's own account, its share in the coming iPhone launch will be materially lower than the 20% it had previously estimated, and Apple product revenue is set to fall roughly 50% from the September quarter to the December quarter. Qualcomm's own supply constraints are part of the reason. A customer exit that was always coming has been pulled forward.
The bigger exposure is the phone business Apple sits inside. QCT handset revenue was $5.1 billion in fiscal Q3 2026, against $9.9 billion of revenue for the company as a whole, so handsets still account for roughly half of what Qualcomm sells. Management sizes the earnings hit from the weaker handset market at more than $1.50 a share for fiscal 2026, with QCT Android revenue down 20% year over year.
But Qualcomm Expects To Earn Less On Its Data Center Wins

#revenue

We're closing one of our most-requested cross-platform gaps.
Android now gets continuously-updating live updates on the lock screen as ongoing notifications, Android's equivalent of iOS Live Activities and Apple's Dynamic Island. For Fantasy on Android, this is the first time you'll get persistent, real-time updates as your matchup plays out.
Android live updates. (Photo by Carrie Anderson/Yahoo Sports)
iOS gets an upgrade, too. Live Activities on the Yahoo Sports app now include the drive chart, so you can follow every play of a drive in real time without ever leaving your lock screen.
iOS gets an upgrade, too. (Photo by Carrie Anderson/Yahoo Sports)

#live #time #lock

The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google's gargantuan advertising business across two separate antitrust lawsuits: one filed in 2020 focused on Google's dominance in search, and a second filed in 2023 that specifically targeted Google's ad-technology business. Both cases argued that the search giant's grip on the digital ad economy represents an illegal monopoly.
Courts have largely sided with the government in both cases. In 2024, a court determined that Google's search business, including its exceedingly lucrative search-ad operation, was an illegal monopoly, claiming that the tech giant had "exercised its monopoly power" to dominate the search industry and search ads. Last April, a second court case — this one focused specifically on Google's ad-tech business — also came to the same conclusion.
Following the 2024 ruling, Justice Department officials suggested a variety of ways Google's search business could be broken up, including divesting its Chrome browser and Android operating system. But in September 2025, the judge overseeing that case, Amit Mehta, rejected those divestiture requests, ruling that Google could keep both Chrome and Android. He did order the company to end exclusive default-placement deals and share certain search data with competitors (remedies that Google is currently appealing).
That same pattern held this week. In a ruling handed down on Wednesday, federal judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, who oversaw the ad-tech case, said that Google would be able to keep its advertising business. Instead of selling it, the search giant will instead be required to adjust its business practices to favor competitors, Brinkema said. The New York Times notes that the judge's ruling "did not provide specifics" as to how Google should go about doing that.
Brinkema's full written ruling will remain under seal for 14 days to allow those involved to issue necessary redactions. Her finding that Google had acted illegally in maintaining its ad-tech business dates back to April of last year; this week's decision addressed only the remedy.

#ruling #Tech

On September 1, Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) announced that its Electronics segment had expanded the No Roads platform with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, bringing familiar smartphone integration to boats, ATVs, and off-road rigs that never touch pavement. The announcement landed three weeks after Helios posted a second quarter in which that same Electronics segment expanded gross margin by more than 500 basis points, and it came alongside a raised full-year outlook. For a company known for hydraulic cylinders and industrial controls, chasing smartphone connectivity is a notable shift in emphasis.
No Roads was built jointly by Enovation Controls and i3 Product Development, pairing hardware built for rugged, integrated displays with i3's software and connected-product design work. Billy Aldridge, President of Electronics for Helios, described the Apple CarPlay and Android Auto rollout as a foundation for future connected capabilities rather than a standalone feature, and pointed to powersports, marine, overlanding, and specialty-vehicle OEMs as customers who now have a reason to look at Helios displays.
CEO Sean Bagan tied the move to a broader pattern of combining the company's operating units to build differentiated products, extending value to existing customers while pursuing new business in adjacent markets. The segment's own numbers back up that framing. Electronics sales climbed 19% in the second quarter of 2026 to $85.5 million, while gross margin expanded 530 basis points to 34.6%, pushing operating income up 90% to $11.2 million. That kind of margin expansion tends to show up when a business shifts from generic hardware toward harder-to-copy, differentiated products, which is exactly the case Helios is building for No Roads.
The company backed that story up at the corporate level too, raising its full-year 2026 sales outlook to $880 million to $900 million, up from a prior range of $840 million to $870 million, while cutting net debt to 1.4 times adjusted EBITDA from 2.6 times a year earlier.
Helios has not disclosed what No Roads, or the CarPlay and Android Auto features specifically, contribute to revenue, so the financial case for this rollout rests on management's framing rather than a number investors can independently verify. CFO Jeremy Evans tempered the company's own optimism when he flagged tougher year-over-year comparisons in the second half, along with geopolitical uncertainty, tariff dynamics, and broader inflationary pressures as ongoing headwinds.

#auto #expanded

It's such an exciting time here at SB Nation with our launch of a brand-new, free app!
You've probably seen the links at the bottom of your screen, with availability on both iOS and Android, but I want to explain a little about why the app is going to be a daily read for you. Firstly, the home screen, which is a rolling feed of everything you tell us you want to see. We understand fans, and that being hyper-focused on just your city is what a lot of you care about, so this strips out all the extra stuff to only show you what you want to see.
Conversely, some of you like a broader picture of the entire league. Here you can follow NFL as an entire community, where we'll break down stories with national significance and importantly, allow you to find like-minded, engaged sports fans who want to talk about the big stories in football every day. Community is at the heart of this, as we bring together our vast network of team sites and national coverage all into one place.
With the app you'll see fewer ads, which everyone loves, and it's also a snappier experience that makes swiping through all your favorite team sites a breeze. Easily one of my favorite features (and one I think you'll love too) are our "Game Chats." Here you'll automatically find live chats during every single game for the teams and leagues you follow, putting you in contact with every other fan in our network. We know open threads are a favorite part of everyone's team site, and they have been seamlessly integrated into the app to make it easy to jump in, fire off some comments, and get notified when another fan has replied to you. Celebrate together, cry together, experience together — that's the best part of sports.
For years the SB Nation motto has been "Come Fan With Us," and now with the SB Nation app that's going to be easier than ever.

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Citizens' $515 price target for Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) may look like a stretch, sitting at a street-high above the $425 average. However, this aggressive target is based on something concrete, representing approximately 32 times its 2027 estimated GAAP earnings per share for the company.
Analyst Andrew Boone reiterated the target on August 26, along with a Market Outperform rating. As per the firm, the rating depends on Alphabet's consumer distribution across search, YouTube and Android platforms, with growth of Google Cloud Platform and the company's leading profit margins acting as supporting factors.
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While online advertising makes up a major part of Google's revenue, Google Cloud is becoming a major part of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s business. Google Cloud's growth rate surged to 82% growth in Q2 2026, outpacing even Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
This growth rate was a sequential acceleration from the 63% growth rate reported in the first quarter and the 48% growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2025; largely driven by massive enterprise demand for artificial intelligence.

#rate #alphabet #cloud #rating

Opera Limited (NASDAQ:OPRA) moved its second-quarter earnings release from August 25 to August 19, focusing attention on whether another guidance increase is coming. First-quarter revenue rose 23% to $175.8 million, while adjusted EBITDA increased 30% to $42.0 million. Both exceeded the company's guidance, and the shares gained 5.3% following the report.
The financial momentum has been accompanied by faster adoption in valuable Western markets. Opera Limited (NASDAQ:OPRA) said combined MAUs for its Android and iOS browsers increased 66% year over year in the U.K. and 40% in the U.S. during the second quarter. Its built-in AI can search, answer questions, and generate content without requiring users to leave the browser.
The question is whether Opera Limited (NASDAQ:OPRA) is building a durable AI-browser franchise or simply finding better ways to monetize traffic through advertising and search partners.
Opera Limited (NASDAQ:OPRA) entered the second quarter with encouraging operating leverage. Average monthly active users reached 288 million in the first quarter, up four million sequentially, while annualized revenue per user increased 25% year over year to $2.43. Adjusted EBITDA grew faster than revenue, and free cash flow from operations nearly tripled to $35.5 million.
Opera Limited (NASDAQ:OPRA) also raised its full-year outlook after exceeding first-quarter guidance. The company projected revenue of $727 million to $740 million and adjusted EBITDA of $170 million to $174 million. Its second-quarter forecast called for revenue growth of 23% to 25% and adjusted EBITDA of $40 million to $42 million, equivalent to a 23% margin at the midpoints.

#quarter #limited #ebitda #adjusted

Two established fan favorites look to reassert their standing at the top of a talent-laden women's atomweight MMA division at ONE SAMURAI 4.
Itsuki "Android 18" Hirata and Jihin "Shadow Cat" Radzuan will settle unfinished business when they meet in a pivotal atomweight MMA rematch, which emanates live from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, **** an, on Saturday, October 17.
Hirata originally burst onto the global stage with real fanfare, backing up her widespread popularity with formidable judo skills. The 27-year-old ignited her promotional tenure with a flawless 4-0 run that featured three finishes.
However, that momentum came to a screeching halt when her path first crossed with Jihin's at the historic ONE X in 2022.
Entering the highly anticipated bout as the clear favorite, the Tokyo native found her signature hip throws repeatedly neutralized by the resilient Malaysian underdog. Jihin executed clever escapes and expertly timed strikes to control the exchanges, ultimately leaving Hirata trailing on the judges' scorecards to secure a split-decision upset.

#jihin

It's a big day for The Crawfish Boxes. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it's the best way to follow the Astros.
You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android.
A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition of the Feed. Today, we want to give you even more community tools and fewer ads with this app. It will make starting and joining conversations here as simple as posting to your favorite social media platform.
You can check out the video below showing off some of the useful features of the app, and we'll dig into them below.
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On this week's Out of the Blue podcast, the boys continue their 2026 Michigan football preview! Jared and Andrew take a 20,000-foot view of Michigan's Week 7-9 opponents: Indiana, Rutgers and Michigan State. Next, they kick off their defensive preview, discussing linebackers, corners and safeties.
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#michigan #preview #week

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Aug 4 (Reuters) - Spotify said higher marketing and development costs would hurt its profit in the current quarter as the Swedish music-streaming giant bets heavily on features powered by ‌AI to attract users.
The company also projected third-quarter monthly active users below Wall Street estimates on ‌Tuesday, blaming the weakness on product changes in emerging markets such as India and Indonesia that may help Spotify in raising prices.
"So examples would be sign-up changes, deprecation of old lower-end Android devices, carefully introducing some friction in the ad load with respect to increasing ad load and some limitations on our free tier as well," Co-CEO Alex Norström told Reuters.
Price hikes have become central in recent years to Spotify's push to prove it can convert its huge user base ‌into meaningful profit. The company has in ⁠recent months also leaned on AI to fend off startups built around the technology, such as Suno.

#reuters #users #company

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) is entering a new phase of growth as two major catalysts—the expansion of its Samsung partnership and its push into AI infrastructure— begin reshaping the company's long-term outlook.
Its expanded collaboration with Samsung paves the way for Snapdragon platforms to power Samsung's latest Galaxy smartphones, smart watches, and future AI-powered smart glasses. The collaboration reinforces Qualcomm's dominance in premium Android smartphones, validates its leadership in on-device AI, and creates opportunities to expand Snapdragon into new categories such as AI PCs, XR devices, and connected technologies.
Securing Snapdragon chips for more Galaxy flagship models will provide Qualcomm with higher premium chipset shipments, stronger QCT segment revenue, and greater visibility into future earnings.
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While smartphones remain Qualcomm's largest business, management is increasingly focused on reducing its dependence on the cyclical handset market by expanding into AI infrastructure.

#Smartphones #qualcomm #infrastructure #premium

Amkor Technology (AMKR) reported its second-quarter results on July 27. By almost every measure, the quarter was a record. Revenue reached $1.90 billion, up roughly 26% from a year earlier. The company beat the high end of its own guidance. Earnings of $0.70 a share came in far ahead of the $0.48 that ***** ysts expected. EBITDA of $400 million also comfortably beat the estimates. The growth came from computing and the automotive and industrial markets. Both of these achieved quarterly records on AI data center demand. Margins also widened for a clear reason. Over the past two quarters, average factory utilization climbed from the 50s into the 70s, with several platforms now even running at full capacity.
Despite such a strong performance, the stock fell 6.54% after the report. The reason was the outlook, not the quarter. Amkor guided third-quarter revenue to about $2 billion at the midpoint, just below Wall Street's $2.09 billion consensus. The outlook had another weak spot. Communications revenue is set to fall in the next quarter, with Android sales already down 20% due to memory supply constraints. The stock had more than doubled since late March, hitting a 52-week high of $96.68 on June 22. At that level, expectations were high enough that a soft guidance number was all it took.
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July 23 (Reuters) - European regulators have launched a series of antitrust, privacy and online-safety investigations into major technology companies in recent ‌years.Below are some of the most significant cases:
GOOGLE The European Commission said ‌on July 23 it fined Google a total of 890 million euros ($1 billion) for breaching European Union rules aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.
Europe's top court this month largely upheld EU findings that Google used Android to shut out rivals, maintaining a 4.1 billion euro antitrust penalty.
The Commission is also investigating whether ‌Google's use of publishers' content ⁠and YouTube material for artificial intelligence purposes breaches competition rules.
APPLE The European Commission fined Apple 500 million euros in 2025 ⁠under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

#Antitrust #million

One of the most hotly anticipated events leading up to the start of the new season returns to the Allianz Stadium. Before the official start of the 2026/27season, the Juventus Men's First Team will face Juventus Next Gen in the now-traditional intra-club friendly—a special opportunity to see the Bianconeri and the Club’s young talents in action. The match is scheduled for Monday, August 17, at 18:00 CEST and will serve as the final test before the start of the league season.
Ticket sales will begin on Friday, July 24, at 12 CEST for available seats, starting at €5.
In addition, special rates starting at €1 are available for all affiliated fans: 2026/27 season ticket holders, Juventus Members, members of the Official Fan Clubs, and Juventus Card holders will be able to purchase up to four tickets for their fellow Bianconeri fans as well.
This match will feature a major innovation for all fans attending the Allianz Stadium: for the first time ever, 100% of tickets will be digital, and all you’ll need to enter the stadium is your smartphone.
All tickets for the match can be loaded onto the Allianz Stadium app or simply added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet (Android) on your NFC-enabled smartphone.

#season #tickets #bianconeri #cest

Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META) and Amazon (AMZN) are each shelling out hundreds of billions to establish themselves as AI winners. ***** ysts at Wedbush Securities say Google and Amazon stocks are better picks in that race than Meta.
Wedbush ***** yst Ygal Arounian ***** umed coverage of the three internet-focused cloud hyperscalers with a new research note for clients Thursday. Google and Amazon were started at outperform ratings, while Meta got a neutral grade.
For Alphabet, the outperform call reflects "our view that Google has built the best-positioned full-stack AI franchise in our coverage," the Wedbush note said. Google was Wedbush's top mega-capitalization pick.
Arounian pointed to Google's wide distribution through its search, Android and YouTube products. That distribution is paired with Google's custom Gemini AI model and a full cloud infrastructure business with custom processors.
"Alphabet has become the clear leader in our view within the AI race offering a full-stack monetization opportunity around its AI spend," Arounian wrote.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of billionaire David Abrams' top stock picks with upside potential. Alphabet shares have more than doubled in the past year, and ******* ysts see the stock rising more from the current level. Alphabet is a big favorite of elite investors, as the stock is backed by 265 hedge funds.
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On July 2, the EU's top court upheld the $4.7 billion antitrust fine against Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). The fine is linked to how Google handled Android licensing after regulators accused the company of abusing its market power. Alphabet had fought hard to overturn the fine but lost the battle.
While Alphabet has lost the fight against the EU's Android fine, the company's prospects remain bright. On June 30, Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Alphabet shares to $415 from $375 and kept an Overweight rating on the stock. The brokerage commented that Alphabet is one of the best-positioned AI companies around, noting the company's expanding AI compute capacity and surging demand for AI resources.
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is a global technology conglomerate. It is the parent of Google, a leading provider of internet search, online advertising, and cloud computing services. Alphabet is involved in life sciences through Verily and provides robotaxi services through Waymo.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares traded about 1% lower on Thursday after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld a €4.1 billion ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine against Google over its Android mobile operating system.
The ruling marks the end of Google's legal challenge against the European Commission's 2018 decision, which found the company had abused the dominant position of Android by using pre-installation agreements with smartphone manufacturers to favor its own apps and services.
In a statement, the ECJ said it had dismissed the appeal brought by Google and Alphabet, confirming the penalty as revised by the General Court.
"The Court of Justice dismisses the appeal brought by Google and Alphabet against that judgment of the General Court, thereby confirming the penalty imposed on them, as revised by the General Court, for their anticompetitive practices relating to the Android operating system," the court said.
The original fine of €4.34 billion was reduced to €4.1 billion by the EU's General Court in 2022. Thursday's ruling is final and leaves Google with no further avenue of appeal within the EU court system.

By Foo Yun Chee and Sudip Kar-Gupta
BRUSSELS, July 2 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google on Thursday lost its long-running fight against a record EU antitrust fine for using its Android mobile operating system to ‌block rivals, a court ruling which is seen as likely to boost Europe's crackdown on Big Tech.
The ‌European Commission, the bloc's antitrust regulator, has fined Google billions of euros over several antitrust violations in the last 15 years, but the cases dragged through the courts as the search giant filed appeals.
The Android fine was imposed in 2018, a year after the Commission fined Google €2.42 billion ($2.77 billion) for using its shopping comparison service to gain an unfair advantage over smaller rivals. Google lost an appeal against that in 2021.
The appeal for this case lasted longer.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is one of the top trending US stocks to buy now. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced on June 22 an expanded partnership between Google Cloud and Nokia, aimed at integrating Google's Gemini models into Nokia's network software suite, the Nokia ******* urance Center. Management stated that by developing six AI agents built with Gemini, which is the most capable family of multimodal models by Google, Nokia will advance its capacity to help telecommunication providers resolve network issues quickly, reduce operational costs, and step towards fully automated, self-driving operations.
In a separate development, Reuters reported on June 17 that Britain's competition watchdog ‌has ordered Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google to provide greater transparency on the workings of its search ranking, which is a part of the new rules that aim to secure a "fairer deal" for businesses and address the concerns ******* ociated with the company's dominance in the sector. It further reported that according to the Competition and Markets Authority's statement on Wednesday, Google's organic search results must be ranked using objective criteria, along with the introduction of clearer complaint processes, increased transparency over ranking, and allowing the transfer of their search data to authorized third parties.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is a holding company with segments including Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment operates various services and products, including Android, Google Maps, Google Play, Chrome, Search, and YouTube.
While we acknowledge the potential of GOOG as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.
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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is one of the best trending AI stocks to watch in 2026. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) reported on June 22 that Google DeepMind and A24 are announcing a first-of-its-kind partnership focused on research, which pairs "a world-leading research lab with the industry's most filmmaker-forward studio to help artists develop new workflows and techniques". The collaboration ensures that the "tools of the future are shaped by the creators who use them", and creates a deep research and development collaboration between A24 and Google DeepMind spanning multiple projects over time. Management further stated that the hands-on collaboration offers Google DeepMind invaluable feedback and guidance from leading artists.
The same day, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) also announced an expanded partnership between Google Cloud and Nokia, aimed at integrating Google's Gemini models into Nokia's network software suite, the Nokia ****** urance Center. Management stated that by developing six AI agents built with Gemini, which is the most capable family of multimodal models by Google, Nokia will advance its capacity to help telecommunication providers resolve network issues quickly, reduce operational costs, and step towards fully automated, self-driving operations.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is a holding company with segments including Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment operates various services and products, including Android, Google Maps, Google Play, Chrome, Search, and YouTube.
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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is one of the safe stocks for beginners to buy in 2026. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced on June 24 that computer use is now a built-in tool that is supported in Gemini 3.5 Flash, delivering its best performance yet for agentic computer use tasks. Computer use was previously only available as a standalone Gemini 2.5 computer use model, but is now integrated natively in the main Gemini Flash model. Management further stated that with built-in computer use capability, 3.5 Flash can now be used by developers to reliably build custom agents capable of reasoning, seeing, and taking action across mobile, browser, and desktop environments.
In a separate development, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced on June 22 an expanded partnership between Google Cloud and Nokia, aimed at integrating Google's Gemini models into Nokia's network software suite, the Nokia ***** urance Center. Management stated that by developing six AI agents built with Gemini, which is the most capable family of multimodal models by Google, Nokia will advance its capacity to help telecommunication providers resolve network issues quickly, reduce operational costs, and step towards fully automated, self-driving operations.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is a holding company with segments including Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment operates various services and products, including Android, Google Maps, Google Play, Chrome, Search, and YouTube.
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DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) is among the Best Healthcare Stocks.
On June 23, DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) announced that the FDA cleared growing use of its Stelo Glucose Biosensor beyond adults for children ages 2 and older who do not use insulin.
President and CEO Jake Leach said, "Glucose matters for everyone." The company plans to broaden access to glucose biosensing while making preventive, customized care more accessible through a redesigned Stelo app.
DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) said the updated app will begin rolling out in America in July for Apple iPhone and Android users, providing easier-to-understand glucose insights linked to food, activity, sleep, and stress.
The corporation also said it plans to launch Stelo in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea beginning later this year and continuing into 2027.