Britain's competition regulator launched an investigation into Apple and Google's mobile ecosystems to assess whether they're in breach of strict new tech laws.

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. were hit with UK antitrust investigations over concerns their dominance in mobile services is distorting the market and putting up barriers to entry for competitors.

The country's antitrust regulator said it would investigate whether Apple and Google have strategic market status in their mobile ecosystems, including operating systems, app stores and mobile browsers.

Google has agreed to acquire a part of HTC's extended reality (XR) business for $250 million, expanding its push into virtual and augmented reality The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive IP rights.

Google is paying HTC $250 million in cash for a deal that will give the bigger company's plans for Android XR a boost. Under the terms of their agreement, some members of the HTC Vive engineering team will be joining Google,

Taiwan's HTC said on Thursday it will sell part of its unit for extended reality (XR) headsets and glasses to Google for $250 million and transfer some of its employees to the U.S. company. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of this year,

Google is updating Circle to Search to make it easier for users to find information and get things done. The feature allows people to search from anywhere on their phone by using gestures like circling,

As consumers stare down the launch of the Galaxy S25 series, Google is announcing a new update its search software on Android. There are two major updates that will arrive on the