Blood in the Machine: The Podcast
Jul 3, 2026 · 54 min · 11 segments
While Google seems dead set on making their users hate their product, the courts in Europe are taking issue with their anti-competitive business practices. Meanwhile, the Summer of Ludd kicks off in…
Brian MerchantHost
Paris MarxGuest
So Swedish court has ordered Google to pay $1.5 billion worth of damages in an antitrust case to the Swedish tech company Klarna.
Courts found that Google had systematically favored its own services over Klarna's price runner competitor and ordered the search giant to pay what is in Sweden the largest ever sum in damages.
One, it reflects the growing sort of antitrust fervor, both in the EU and at home in the United States, where talk of regulating big tech continues today.
This also comes on the heels of another major recent ruling in Europe, this time in Germany, where a regional court found that Google is liable for the information provided by its AI overview feature, a ruling that could have significant ramifications, given that the feature has been found to provide false information about 10% of the time.
Protesters showed up by the hundreds in Vancouver, Canada, to oppose the federal government's plans to build two new AI data centers and expand an existing one.
The change is happening so quickly without any explanation why.
So that's why I'm here.
I think we all have to be concerned and worried and be here.
As we discussed last week, opposition to data centers is one of the fastest growing and most bipartisan political movements in the United States.
And now we have strong evidence that that movement is growing internationally as well.
announced AI strategy with plans for widespread adoption and a raft of new data centers across the country.
And they're staging a bunch of performances, talks, meetings, plays, you name it.
And in fact, we will have... an organizer from Summer of Lud on the show to discuss why it's been happening and what's next for the movement, if all goes according to plan, so stay tuned for that.
So Swedish court has ordered Google to pay $1.5 billion worth of damages in an antitrust case to the Swedish tech company Klarna.
Courts found that Google had systematically favored its own services over Klarna's price runner competitor and ordered the search giant to pay what is in Sweden the largest ever sum in damages.
One, it reflects the growing sort of antitrust fervor, both in the EU and at home in the United States, where talk of regulating big tech continues today.
This also comes on the heels of another major recent ruling in Europe, this time in Germany, where a regional court found that Google is liable for the information provided by its AI overview feature, a ruling that could have significant ramifications, given that the feature has been found to provide false information about 10% of the time.
Protesters showed up by the hundreds in Vancouver, Canada, to oppose the federal government's plans to build two new AI data centers and expand an existing one.
The change is happening so quickly without any explanation why.
So that's why I'm here.
I think we all have to be concerned and worried and be here.
As we discussed last week, opposition to data centers is one of the fastest growing and most bipartisan political movements in the United States.
And now we have strong evidence that that movement is growing internationally as well.
announced AI strategy with plans for widespread adoption and a raft of new data centers across the country.
And they're staging a bunch of performances, talks, meetings, plays, you name it.
And in fact, we will have... an organizer from Summer of Lud on the show to discuss why it's been happening and what's next for the movement, if all goes according to plan, so stay tuned for that.
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