Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) could face another monster EU antitrust fine, this time for using its Android operating system to unfairly freeze out its rivals, according to a Reuters report. Unnamed sources cited by Reuters say that the fine will likely top the €2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) knuckle-rapper Google was given last year for what was deemed to be unfairly promoting its own shopping-comparison services in its search results. (See Eurobites: EU Fines Google $2.7B Over Shopping Shenanigans.)

Ikea, the Sweden-based purveyor of flat-pack furniture, meatballs and more, has entered the smart speaker game, teaming up with Sonos to present the Symfonisk, a prototype speaker that doubles up as a shelf -- its dimensions have been set so that it fits into a number of products available in Ikea's furniture range, including the legendary Billy bookcase. According to Wired, Symfonisk is just the first in a series of products that Sonos and Ikea are planning.

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has ordered Yahoo to beef up its privacy settings, saying that the online company's data processing operations currently fail to meet EU standards. As Reuters reports, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) suffered a massive data breach in 2014, with at least 500 million of its accounts being hacked. Ireland's DPC has a major say on all matters Yahoo because Yahoo's European headquarters are in Dublin.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading