Google fined $4.7B EU Android
Google lost its final appeal against a $4.7 billion EU antitrust fine related to its Android operating system, meaning it must now pay the full amount.
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TWiT 1091: But You Didn't Move the Bodies - Surprising Supreme Court Move on Geofence Warrants
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Jul 6, 2026
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Enterprise AI Job Reality Check: Where Agentic AI Is Working and Where It Isn't
At 1:49:30 · chapter starts 1:48:10
Drawing on her coverage of contact center platforms at NoJitter, Lisa offers a grounded counterpoint to both AI hype and doom. AI is genuinely good at structured, routine customer queries: forgotten passwords, statement copies, balance lookups. Where it excels is not in replacing agents but in briefing them instantly — by the time a frustrated human reaches a live agent, the AI has already assembled their history, the query context, and suggested resolutions. The risk, she cautions, is burnout: when AI handles all the simple calls, human agents face an unrelenting stream of the hardest, angriest interactions. The panel also debates the ethics of companies not disclosing when a customer is talking to an AI, with broad consensus that transparency — and the right to reach a human — will eventually become a social expectation if not a legal requirement.
Klarna wins $1.97B from Google
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