Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Google is facing a massive consumer lawsuit in the UK over the fees it charges through the Google Play Store.

The case, which began in London this week, represents around 20 million consumers who bought apps, made in-app purchases or paid for subscriptions through Google Play between 2015 and July 2026.

Lawyers for the claim say Google abused its dominant position by charging commissions of up to 30%, with developers allegedly passing those costs on to consumers.

Google denies wrongdoing and says its Android ecosystem faces plenty of competition.

This isn't really about downloading an app.

It's about who pays when a giant technology platform takes a cut.

We usually see the price of an app or subscription and think that's the cost.

But behind that price can be a whole chain of platform fees, developer costs and commissions.

And now a court is being asked to decide whether Google's role in that system crossed the line.

Your app bill may have a much bigger technology story hiding behind it.

Credit-scoring company FICO says it plans to eliminate approximately 15% of its positions as part of a restructuring involving AI-driven product development.

The company says the changes are designed to simplify its structure, optimize processes and integrate AI into how it develops products.

Employees began receiving notifications about the cuts this week, with the restructuring expected to be substantially completed by the end of fiscal 2027.

This is the part of the AI story that doesn't come with a shiny product launch.

People's jobs are becoming part of the AI investment equation.

Companies aren't only asking what AI can create.

They're asking which tasks can be automated, which teams can become smaller and where money can be redirected toward AI.

The big question now isn't simply:

“Will AI change jobs?”

It's:

“How many jobs will change before companies figure out what the new ones look like?”

The AI boom is running into a very old-fashioned limitation:

Electricity.

Morgan Stanley says growing power constraints at US data centers could delay some AI deployments. Nvidia and Broadcom are relatively protected, but suppliers of memory, optical and other components could feel the impact if projects are delayed.

Morgan Stanley has estimated that US data-center developers could face a 34% net power shortfall through 2028, equivalent to about 32 gigawatts, after accounting for additional generation measures.

We keep talking about AI as if the only limit is how smart the computers can become.

But computers need somewhere to run.

And somewhere to run means buildings, chips, cooling systems, networks — and enormous amounts of electricity.

So the AI race is becoming an infrastructure race too.

The next big AI breakthrough might not be a smarter chatbot.

It might be finding enough power to keep the machines running.

Today's three stories look completely different.

⚖️ Google: Who pays for the digital platforms we depend on?

💼 FICO: What happens to jobs as companies reorganize around AI?

⚡ AI infrastructure: What happens when technology grows faster than the physical systems supporting it?

Put them together and there's a bigger story:

It's already changing the price of things, the structure of companies and the infrastructure around us.

Look at one app or subscription you paid for recently.

Ask yourself:

Who actually gets my money?

The developer?

The platform?

The payment processor?

Or all three?

You don't need to understand the entire technology stack.

Just start noticing what happens behind the price tag.

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