Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 25. Today we are covering:

* UK regulators may force Google to open search engine to more competition as AI threat grows

* Meta's largest AI competitors are fighting for users inside its most popular chatbot app: WhatsApp

* What if computer history were a romantic comedy?

* Microsoft makes Windows 10 extended security updates free, but there's a catch

* Carmakers push back against Apple's takeover of the dashboard

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