New York, Feb 25, 2026, 16:52 — After-hours Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares slipped $3.17, or roughly 1%, to $313.03 in Wednesday’s after-hours session, after swinging between $310.02 and $319.27 earlier. According to a source familiar with the matter, Google is preparing to test changes to its search results in Europe, where top-ranked competing “vertical” search providers—think hotel, flight, and restaurant sites—would appear by default, starting with hotel-related searches before moving into flights and others. The European Commission wouldn’t comment. Since 2017, Google has racked up 9.71 billion euros in EU antitrust fines; under the Digital Markets Act, penalties could reach up to 10% of global annual revenue.
