Google Takes the EU to Court Over Search Data and Android AI Rules

Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Google is taking Brussels to court over orders to share search data and open Android to rival AI assistants, Apple has patched a zero-day flaw used in targeted attacks, and OpenAI's DevDay is under way in San Francisco. Here is what is going on in tech.

Google appeals EU orders on search data and Android AI

Google said on Tuesday it has filed appeals with the EU's General Court against two sets of Digital Markets Act measures the European Commission announced in July (WSJ, Reuters via Yahoo Finance, Euronews).

• The first order requires Google to share search data with rival search engines, including AI chatbots, starting in January 2027.
• The second requires Android to give competing AI assistants access to features that Gemini enjoys, such as voice activation and carrying out tasks inside other apps. Those changes are due by July 2027.
• The Commission says the measures are meant to 'rebalance the playing field' for rivals.
• A Commission spokeswoman said the EU will defend its decisions in court.

'We're appealing decisions that will force us to share people's private search history without sufficient anonymisation and weaken vital security protections on Android,' said Oliver Bethell, Google's senior director for competition. He added that sharing personal queries 'without adequate safeguards would cause irreversible harm to user privacy.'

Apple patches an actively exploited zero-day

• Apple has fixed CVE-2026-86950, a CoreGraphics flaw that it says may have been used in an 'extremely sophisticated' attack against specific targeted individuals (SecurityWeek, Help Net Security).
• The fix is in iOS 26.7.1, iPadOS 26.7.1, macOS Tahoe 26.7.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.8.1, released on 28 September.
• The flaw was reported by Meta's product security team. Devices already on iOS 27 and macOS 27 are not affected.

OpenAI DevDay kicks off

• OpenAI's annual developer conference opened in San Francisco with a keynote from chief executive Sam Altman at 10am PT (CNBC, The Verge).
• OpenAI has teased more than 20 launches, and Altman wrote that the company had 'found a new thing' (The Verge).
• The event follows Monday's decision not to release GPT-6.1 Astra after it failed to meet OpenAI's safety standards (CNBC).

We will cover the confirmed announcements once details are out.

Sources

• WSJ - Google appeals EU requests on Android AI access, search data sharing
• Reuters via Yahoo Finance - Google appeals EU Android AI access and search data orders
• Euronews - Google appeals EU data-sharing order, warns of 'irreversible harm'
• SecurityWeek - Apple patches zero-day linked to 'extremely sophisticated' attack
• Help Net Security - Apple squashes zero-day bug (CVE-2026-86950)
• CNBC - OpenAI DevDay 2026 live updates
• The Verge - OpenAI DevDay 2026: the biggest news and announcements