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Google has turned to Europe's highest court to try and get it to overturn a massive antitrust fine levied against it 6 years ago. The 2.4 billion euro penalty handed in 2017 over its shopping service was the first of three major fines that cost the internet giant more than 8 billion euros. Plus, faced with skyrocketing costs of living, Spain's youth are struggling to become financially independent... the average age to leave their parents' home has now gone above 30.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Wednesday, where he was due to announce more than a billion dollars in fresh aid to Ukraine.
Christie's is showing an exhibition of the late Microsoft co-founder's billion-dollar art collection ahead of its sale in mid-November in New York. All proceeds are going to philanthropic projects.
After five years of construction, Google opened its new Bay View Campus to workers this week. Scaled with solar panels, the building stands at 1.1 million square feet, next to corporate housing and the Googleplex. The company is currently embracing a hybrid model between work-from-home and in the office but expects its new campus to quickly fill by a growing workforce.
The European Commission argued Google had abused its dominant search engine to favour Google Shopping and squeeze out rival services.