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,...

10:55 AM EDT, 07/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- WidePoint ( WYY ) said Monday it was awarded a four-year contract under the Navy Spiral 4 contract vehicle to support the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. The company will provide secure communication and device management solutions, beginning with the provisioning of 106 iPhones and MiFi devices during the base period. The subsequent...

10:45 AM EDT, 07/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with comment from a spokesperson for the Office of the Inspector General in the last paragraph) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has asked the central bank's inspector general to review its $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project, Axios reported Monday, citing a source. A referral has been made and we respectfully decline further...

July 14 (Reuters) - Business social network LinkedIn has agreed to make temporary changes to its contracting practices to settle a lawsuit by U.S. users who claimed it schemed to prevent potential rivals from entering the market. The preliminary class action settlement, which does not include a financial payment, was filed on Friday in the federal court in San Francisco...