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Here's your TAMB Tech Minute for Thursday, November the 14th.

I'm James Rundle for the Wall Street Journal. The European Commission has fined meta platforms roughly $843 million, saying its advertising practices undermined competition in the block.

The European Union's anti-trust arm said that the social media giant's practice of linking its marketplace

ads platform to Facebook gave it an unfair advantage over competitors, particularly through the data

it collects. Meta said it would appeal the fine. It denied using competitors' data in a way

that disadvantages them and said the company imposes safeguards. Meta resolved a similar investigation from antitrust authorities in the UK last year

by agreeing to change how it uses advertisers data.

UK Consumer Protection Group, which, says it's suing Apple for the equivalent of $3.8 billion.

It's claiming the company breaches competition law by tying users to its

iCloud service. The lawsuit, filed with a British antitrust court, is seeking compensation

for customers who have used iCloud since 2015. Apple said that its users aren't forced to use

iCloud and that it would contest the claims. And Cisco Systems reported lower revenue and profit in its first quarter.

The networking equipment company posted a profit of $2.7 billion down from $3.6 billion

for the same period last year. Revenue fell 5.6% to $13.84 billion but beat analyst expectations.

The company said in August that it would cut around

6,000 jobs, which expects to cost up to $1 billion in severance and related charges.

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