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36 states and Washington DC have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing it of violating antitrust laws by planning to charge developers a 30% fee on sales through its Android App Store. This case is similar to those filed by Epic Games against Google and Apple. Google claims the lawsuit is baseless and argues that the proposed changes would increase costs for app developers and compromise consumer security. Meanwhile, the EU has fined German carmakers $1 billion for colluding to falsify emissions data. Daimler, BMW, and Volkswagen were involved, but Daimler avoided fines by reporting the practice. This marks the first EU fine for collusion that hinders technological progress. The EU stated that such collusion would not be penalized if it genuinely improved vehicle efficiency. Additionally, Newsy offers free opinion-free headlines available for streaming.

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