SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

05:02 AM EDT, 04/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Blackberry's (BB) QNX division and WeRide ( WRD ) are working on the advancement and deployment of software-defined vehicles for automotive original equipment manufacturers and suppliers, the companies said late Tuesday. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. Under the collaboration, WeRide ( WRD ) is using QNX for its WePilot advanced...

BERLIN, April 9 (Reuters) - Germany's Federal Cartel Office has closed proceedings into Google's automotive services after the U.S. tech giant committed to remedies addressing its concerns over competition, the regulator said on Wednesday. I am delighted that we have been able to reach an agreement with Google and thus achieve immediate positive effects for the economic sectors affected. Google's...

BERLIN (Reuters) -The Volkswagen Group's sales of battery-electric cars more than doubled in Europe in the first quarter but fell by over a third in China, data showed on Wednesday, in a sign of the automaker's diverging fortunes in the electric car market. While Europe's EV demand is picking back up after years of slow growth, China's electric car market...