Economy

Google's future
Google wins in court - does not have to sell Chrome

IT giant Google wins against the US Department of Justice in an important court case about the company's dominant position in the search market. The ruling states that the company does not have to sell the Chrome browser or the Android operating system, Reuters reports.

The court also allows Google to continue making payments to Apple for making Google services available on iPhones and other Apple products without the user choosing to install them. However, Google is prohibited from signing exclusive agreements.

At the same time, Google will have to share information with competitors.

Google's parent company Alphabet is up about 8 percent in after-hours trading on Wall Street. Apple also rose about 3 percent in after-hours trading.

The future of Open AI
Open AI buys test startup for 10 billion

OpenAI is buying product development company Statsig for 1.1 billion dollars and paying with shares, the company writes in a press release. The price tag, which corresponds to just over 10 billion kronor, means that the purchase is one of the ChatGPT developer's largest to date.

Statsig's founder and CEO Vijaye Raji will also become technical director of applications at OpenAI.

The startup was founded in 2021 and develops tools that help software developers test and flag potential new features. Tools that have been used by employees at OpenAI, among others. 

Tesla's future
Musk: Most of the business will come from robots

Around 80 percent of Tesla's value will in the future be linked to the robot initiative Optimus. Tesla's Elon Musk claims this in a comment on X after the CEO updated Tesla's corporate manifesto, the company's so-called "master plan", which has changed several times in recent years.

Musk is thus increasingly downplaying the importance of Tesla's car business in favor of humanoid robots, a business that is still far from generating revenue, writes Bloomberg.

However, the new plan lacks concrete details, while Musk has so far been vague about the timetable for getting a boost in revenue linked to the robot business, writes the news agency.
The future of defense
FT: Britain in talks to build Swedish warship

The United Kingdom is in advanced negotiations to build warships for Denmark and Sweden, sources tell the Financial Times. Sweden is expected to order four ships.

An agreement with Denmark to build three of the listed defense company Babcock's Type-31 frigates is said to be "very close". Sweden is still choosing between manufacturers in the UK and a French alternative and a decision is expected by the end of the year, according to the sources.

The talks are about Babcock building Type-31 frigates in Rosyth, Scotland, for both countries. In Sweden's case, the option of a joint venture with Saab to build the new Swedish corvette in the Luleå class is also being discussed.