ABCNEWS - EU hits Google with $1 billion fine over its Play app store and search
The European Union has fined Google $1 billion for breaking digital antitrust regulations
ABCNEWS - Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1M on Polymarket
A Google staffer fraudulently made more than $1 million by using inside information to place Polymarket bets on what users were searching for on Google, authorities say.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - Data center accused of muddying Georgia county's drinking water
Since the Meta-operated project began, residents say their water has become undrinkable.
NPR (Chloe Veltman) - From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year
Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism.
NYTIMES (Adeel Hassan) - ‘Nobody Owns Us’: How Plans for a Google Data Center Roiled an Oklahoma Town
The volunteer fire department serving a rural area near Sand Springs declined a $250,000 donation from the tech giant. Now some residents are suing to block the proposed development.
AXIOS (Sami Sparber) - Why people are buying iPods again
Grab your corded headphones: People are snapping up Apple's retired MP3 players for nostalgia and a break from smartphones . The big picture: For younger generations especially, the comeback is part of a broader return to offline devices and hobbies , driven by digital burnout. By the numbers: Search interest for the original iPod and the iPod Nano spiked last year — even though Apple discontinued the product line in 2022, according to Google Trends data . - eBay searches jumped for the iPod Classic (+25%) and iPod Nano (+20%) between January and October 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, per internal data shared with Axios. - Apple did not respond to requests for comment. How it works: Older tech tends to be…