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The European Union has ordered Google to open both Android and Search to rival AI assistants and search engines, marking one of the most significant antitrust rulings in recent memory. The decision could fundamentally reshape how billions of people discover information on their phones and through the web.
Shifting from regulation to raw investment, TSMC has committed another one hundred billion dollars to Arizona, adding at least four more cutting-edge fabrication plants to its growing American footprint. That brings the chipmaker's total announced US investment to two hundred sixty-five billion dollars, with capital expenditure for two thousand twenty-six potentially hitting sixty-four billion — a staggering bet on domestic semiconductor supply chains.
And in a move that signals Uber's continuing ambition beyond ride-hailing, the company has agreed to acquire Germany's Delivery Hero in a fourteen point eight billion dollar deal. The acquisition would dramatically expand Uber's global food and delivery network, folding in one of Europe's largest delivery platforms and deepening the company's presence across dozens of markets worldwide.
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