Here's your TnB Tech Minute for Tuesday, September 10th.

I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

Apple and Google have both lost efforts to overturn multi-billion dollar rulings against them in the European Union.

It marks a win for the bloc's regulators who are trying to rein in alleged abuses by Big

Tech.

The EU's highest court upheld an order for Ireland to recoup taxes from

Apple, up to 14.4 billion dollars plus interest. The decision stemmed from a 2016 order from the European Commission at the EU's executive arm.

The Commission said Ireland had violated EU state aid rules by allowing Apple to pay substantially less tax than it owed.

Both Apple and the Irish government appealed that decision.

The EU competition chief called the ruling a quote big win for European citizens.

Apple said it was disappointed with the decision and that it always pays all the taxes it owes.

Meanwhile, the EU's top court upheld an antitrust fine against Google over how its comparison

shopping service fares in search results.

The alphabet-owned company was ordered to pay $2.7 billion.

The service, formerly known as Google Shopping, allows consumers to compare products and prices

and find deals from online retailers. But in 2017 the European Commission

said Google abused its position in the market by promoting the service in

search results and demoting those of competitors. And Sony says it will launch a new version of its PlayStation 5 console for the holiday

shopping season.

The PS5 Pro offers faster rendering enhanced details and other upgrades from the original that

debuted in 2020.

Sony says it will launch in November for around $700.

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