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guard your card.com. Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, March 19th. I'm Victoria

Craig for the Wall Street Journal. The European Commission

has fired its latest salvo in a long-running battle with U.S. tech titans over fair competition,

raising the stakes in a standoff with President Trump who has said he's willing to use tariffs

to retaliate against any antitrust fines. A European set of rules called the Digital Markets Act designates

Apple, Google, and others as gatekeepers that are not allowed to play favorites with their

own services versus third parties on their own platforms or devices. The Commission today said

it's concerned Google's search results and terms for app developers break the rules by giving

its own services like Google shopping and hotel booking the upper hand. Regulators also said

Apple should do more to make its devices more compatible with other companies' products,

like headphones, VR headsets, and smartwatches. Apple said the rules, quote, wrap us in red tape,

slow down innovation for users in Europe, and force the company to give away new features for

free to other companies that are not obligated to do the same. Google said the rules are hurting

consumers and businesses. Elsewhere, gaming and continued investment in artificial intelligence helped

Chinese tech giant Tencent nearly double its profit in the final quarter of 2024. The company

said ramped up spending on AI will help it better compete with its domestic rivals, including

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