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The European Union has handed Alphabet a one billion dollar fine over Google Play and search violations, continuing the bloc's long-running effort to rein in the company's market dominance. It's a familiar pattern — Brussels acts, Google appeals, and the legal clock stretches on for years.
On the security front, researchers are raising alarms about a macOS vulnerability that lets downloaded apps be quietly swapped out for malicious versions after their first run. Apple's Gatekeeper system, designed to catch exactly this kind of threat, apparently doesn't re-verify apps once they've been opened — and Apple, for now, seems unmoved.
And in a story that touches the justice system directly, a judge in a drug-related death case has flagged what appear to be AI-generated errors in an official court transcript submitted by a stenographer. The judge put court reporters on notice that AI assistance in legal proceedings carries very real consequences when accuracy is not just expected — it's required by law.
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