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Google ordered to pay $13.5 billion in Swedish antitrust ruling over shopping search bias

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

A Stockholm court handed down one of the largest antitrust judgments against Google on Wednesday, ordering the company to pay 143 billion Swedish kronor — roughly $13.5 billion — to PriceRunner, a price comparison platform owned by the buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna.

Austria Pushes EU to Bring Anthropic to Europe as US Tightens AI Model Access

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

The US-China AI rivalry has a new front: Europe. Austria wants the European Union to recruit Anthropic and give it a base inside the bloc — a direct response to Washington restricting non-Americans from using the company’s most advanced models.

Anthropic Regains US Government Access for Mythos 5 AI Model After Export Control Standoff

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

The US government imposed export controls on Anthropic two weeks ago, forcing the company to pull its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models from all customers. Now, parts of that ban are being rolled back.

Shanghai AI Crackdown Phase One: 18,000+ Violating Accounts and 14,000+ AI Agents Removed

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:47:00 +0800

Shanghai’s Cyberspace Administration announced the conclusion of Phase One of the “Qinglang · Rectifying AI Application Chaos” special campaign, reporting substantial enforcement actions across 17 major platforms including MiniMax, Qwen, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, and Pinduoduo.

Rokid Founder Responds to Smart Glasses Privacy Controversy: 'We Are Actively Engaging Regulators to Shape Legislation'

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:50:00 +0800

At the Rokid Open Day 2026 Global Ecosystem and Developer Conference today, Rokid founder Zhu Mingming addressed the recent controversy over a passenger allegedly using Rokid smart glasses to secretly photograph a Spring Airlines flight attendant, sparking widespread public concern about smart glasses being used as covert recording devices.