Google's voice assistant may be subject to new EU antitrust investigation

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Google's voice assistant may be subject to new EU antitrust investigation
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Google's voice assistant may be subject to new EU antitrust investigation

The company could face financial penalties of $18 billion

Google may be facing a renewed EU antitrust probe over the dominance of its voice assistant on Android devices. Sam Wilkin, managing editor of regulatory news service MLex, tweeted that EU Commi...

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