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Alphabet's search and cloud arm; facing triple-stacked EU enforcement: DMA fine, search-data ruling, AI Act.

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Linked to one of the seven projects

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Chile data centres seek review waivers
#20 16 Sept
#16 16 Sept
#13 1 Sept
#14 20 Aug
#12 10 Aug

Powered Hamilton through its Gemini model

Media's AI Pivot: New York Post ships a Gemini assistant
#14 4 Aug
#14 2 Aug
#1 2 Aug
Sanctioned by←EAEU AI Act
“imposed gpai compliance obligations”
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#14 30 Jul
#14 27 Jul
#12 24 Jul
#13 22 Jul

Fined for Search self-preferencing and Play anti-steering

European Tech Sovereignty: Google fined €890m four days before EU deadline
#11 22 Jul
#13 15 Jul

Ordered to open Android and share Search data

European Tech Sovereignty: Brussels orders Google to open Android to AI rivals
#11 14 Jul
#10 13 Jul
#10 9 Jul
#9 9 Jul

Partnered with Formula E on the nominated Strategy Agent

Media's AI Pivot: IBC names its agentic-editing award nominees
#11 2 Jul

Lost its final appeal against the Android antitrust fine

European Tech Sovereignty: Google loses €4.1bn EU Android appeal
#8 25 Jun

Amazon lifts India bet to $48bn

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash
#9 24 Jun

Fought to keep Botetourt County water-draw records sealed

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Virginia forces water draw into daylight
#8 22 Jun
#8 22 Jun
#9 20 Jun
#8 4 Jun

Removed as default search engine from European Parliament devices

European Tech Sovereignty: Parliament drops Google for Qwant search
#7 3 Jun
#7 3 Jun

Published a $17m water-stewardship pledge targeting 19 billion gallons of annual replenishment by 2030

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Google prices its water ahead of rules
#7 3 Jun
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#6 28 May
#6 27 May
#6 25 May

Faced Commission confirmation of a high triple-digit million euro DMA fine under Article 6(5)

European Tech Sovereignty: Brussels readies record Google DMA fine
#3 19 May
#5 18 May

Mentioned in: GitHub's own code cloned via add-on

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences
#4 18 May
#4 11 May
#4 11 May
#4 8 May

Mentioned in: LiteLLM SQL injection hits in 36 hours

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences
#4 7 May
#3 7 May
#3 5 May
#7 1 May

Remained subject to an unissued record DMA fine and an imminent 27 July search-data sharing ruling

European Tech Sovereignty: Google fine stuck on von der Leyen's desk
#4 1 May
#2 30 Apr
#3 29 Apr
#3 28 Apr
#6 24 Apr
#2 22 Apr
#3 19 Apr
#2 17 Apr
#1 16 Apr
#3 16 Apr

Required to share anonymised search ranking, query, click, and view data with rivals on FRAND terms

European Tech Sovereignty: DMA clock starts toward six-day AI Act collision
#2 16 Apr
#2 16 Apr
Co issued preliminary dma compliance measures by←DCDG CNECT
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#2 16 Apr
Issued preliminary dma compliance measures by←DCDG COMP
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#2 16 Apr
#2 15 Apr
#2 15 Apr
#5 8 Apr
#5 8 Apr
Licensed by←AAnthropic
“granted restricted model access via glasswing”
AI: Jobs, Power & Money · source event
#1 28 Mar
#8 11 Mar
#1 1 Mar
#1 1 Mar

Completed its $32 billion acquisition of cloud security vendor Wiz in March 2026

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: Google closes $32bn Wiz deal; 38 M&A
#1 1 Mar
Acquired→WWiz
“completed acquisition”
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences · source event
#1 1 Mar
Criticised by←AMArthur Mensch
“proposed levy disproportionately affecting”
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#1 1 Feb
Reported on by←GGAIA-X
“admitted as member undermining sovereignty mandate”
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#1 1 Dec