Google has lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.

Apple and Google lost on appeal to the European Union’s highest court Tuesday in two cases requiring the tech giants to face billions of dollars in fines.  The decisions by the Court of Justice of

Alphabet unit Google won a legal challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine, while Qualcomm failed to repeal a penalty.

The talking iPhone and Pixel are back, as Google congratulates Apple on (finally) joining the RCS messaging party.

The Pixel 9 Pro's screen is brighter, with a touch higher resolution compared to the iPhone, although the real-world difference may be minimal. The iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro chip is far more powerful than the Tensor G4 chip in the Pixel 9 Pro.

This review is for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. It’s worth saying right off the bat that unlike last year, the two Pro models are identical in every way apart from size, battery life and price tag.