Magnificent 7 Weekly Briefing

Google faced major legal and AI rollouts, Tesla secured robotaxi permits but had a recall, Apple lost a $634M patent suit, Microsoft finalized its $69B acquisition, and more.

  • Google faced regulatory pressures globally, concluding a data probe in Italy, battling the U.S. government over online advertising, and facing a massive court order in Germany. 1234567
  • Google launched its latest AI model, Gemini 3, and made substantial infrastructure commitments, announcing billions in new data center investments across the U.S. and India. 89101112131415161718192021
  • Tesla secured autonomous rideshare approval in three U.S. states but recalled over 10,000 wall batteries for fire risk and settled another Autopilot crash lawsuit. 222324252627282930313233343536373839
  • Apple lost a patent infringement case to Masimo, resulting in a $634 million judgment and potential Watch ban, while the company intensified its CEO succession planning for Tim Cook. 4041424344454647
  • Microsoft completed the $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and announced a $10 billion AI infrastructure investment in Portugal, even as executives warned about potential AI superintelligence risks. 484950515253545556
  • Nvidia reported Q3 fiscal 2026 record results and cemented strategic partnerships with Microsoft and Anthropic, focusing on scaling AI architecture and compute power. 5758596061
  • Amazon unveiled plans for a $3 billion data center campus in Mississippi, and Meta completed the massive 2Africa subsea cable to connect over 33 countries. 626364656667

Sources

  1. Italy closes Google probe over unfair use of personal data after remedies adopted reuters.com
  2. Google and US government battle over the future of internet advertising apnews.com
  3. Google Faces $666 Million Hit in German Court finance.yahoo.com
  4. Europe to look at Google news 'relegation' global.chinadaily.com.cn
  5. Apple, Google, Meta Illegal Gambling Lawsuit Moves to Next Stage sportsline.com
  6. Google asks court to dismiss conservative influencer's AI defamation lawsuit channelnewsasia.com
  7. Google offers a “less disruptive” fix to EU ad-tech showdown searchengineland.com
  8. Google launches Gemini 3, embeds AI model into search immediately reuters.com
  9. Google launches Gemini 3 as latest move in AI race upi.com
  10. Google Gemini 3 spotted on AI Studio ahead of imminent release bleepingcomputer.com
  11. Google DeepMind opens AI research lab in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia channelnewsasia.com
  12. Google DeepMind Hires Former CTO of Boston Dynamics as the Company Pushes Deeper Into Robotics wired.com
  13. Google Updates “Nano Banana” Image Editing Model theinformation.com
  14. Google announces the JAX AI Stack Google
  15. Google Search is now using AI to create interactive UI to answer your questions bleepingcomputer.com
  16. Google to Build Two Data Centers in Muskogee County as Part of $9B Oklahoma Investment newson6.com
  17. Google Invests $40B in AI Data Centers in Texas aibusiness.com
  18. Google to Lift India Data Hub Plan Above $15 Billion bloomberg.com
  19. US, Taipei laud opening of Google's new Taiwan AI engineering centre reuters.com
  20. Here are the plans for Google's Chesterfield data center campus axios.com
  21. On tiny Christmas Island, Google spurs renewable energy push for Indian Ocean data hub tech.yahoo.com
  22. Tesla's robotaxi clears a key hurdle in Nevada businessinsider.com
  23. Tesla Robotaxis Are Hitting the Streets in a New State pcmag.com
  24. Tesla Gets Approval for Autonomous Rideshare Service in Arizona bloomberg.com
  25. Tesla lands approval for Robotaxi operation in third U.S. state teslarati.com
  26. Tesla settles another lawsuit over Autopilot crash, 4th since losing first trial electrek.co
  27. Tesla recalls more than 10,000 batteries over dangerous fire risk mlive.com
  28. Tesla recalls wall batteries for fire hazard; 22 incidents reported usatoday.com
  29. Tesla hits the brakes as lawyers seek to share Autopilot information with each other reuters.com
  30. Tesla is battling with Waymo and Uber to shape California s new robotaxi rules finance.yahoo.com
  31. Tesla reports 4 Austin robotaxi crashes in September as it preps to remove safety monitors statesman.com
  32. Tesla is getting better about reporting FSD crash data — but the numbers are still misleading theverge.com
  33. Elon Musk Can't Legally Sell The Tesla Cybercab As Promised forbes.com
  34. Tesla hit with another lawsuit after fatal Cybertruck crash: Catastrophic design defects yahoo.com
  35. Tesla instructs suppliers to avoid China-made parts for cars produced in the US to diversify its supply chain paultan.org
  36. Tesla requires US supply chains to strip out China-made components – report finance.yahoo.com
  37. Tesla requires suppliers to avoid China-made parts for US cars, WSJ reports reuters.com
  38. Forget Musk's latest pay package, his last one could wipe out years of Tesla profits reuters.com
  39. Tesla’s tax deal under review as Travis County cites missing information finance.yahoo.com
  40. Jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M for patent infringement techcrunch.com
  41. Apple Watch faces ban after Masimo lawsuit loss — what you need to know yahoo.com
  42. Apple intensifies succession planning for CEO Tim Cook, FT reports reuters.com
  43. Tim Cook likely to step down next year: Meet the top contender for Apple’s CEO role financialexpress.com
  44. Is Apple’s Tim Cook about to retire? theweek.com
  45. Key Manager: Apple COO Jeff Williams Officially Retired heise.de
  46. Apple Questions Funding Behind UK iCloud Lawsuit macrumors.com
  47. Apple attacks Which s lawsuit backer in $2 billion UK App Store hearing appleinsider.com
  48. Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard in $69 Billion Deal avclub.com
  49. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Unveils Its $10 Billion Investment Plan for AI Infrastructure in a Data Center in Portugal finance.yahoo.com
  50. Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data arstechnica.com
  51. Microsoft To Lay Off 1900 Employees, Roughly 8% of Their Entire Gaming Division avclub.com
  52. Microsoft announces strategic partnerships with NVIDIA and Anthropic Microsoft
  53. Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman Warns AI Superintelligence Could Slip Beyond Human Control thehansindia.com
  54. Microsoft Executives Discuss How AI Will Change Windows, Programming -- and... tech.slashdot.org
  55. Satya Nadella says Microsoft will shift from 'per user' to 'per agent' pricing as AI takes over More work moneycontrol.com
  56. Microsoft Has Largest Multi-site AI Data Center at 2 Gigawatts nextbigfuture.com
  57. Nvidia reports Q3 fiscal 2026 record results Nvidia
  58. Nvidia announces strategic partnership with Microsoft and Anthropic Nvidia
  59. Nvidia expands collaboration with Microsoft Nvidia
  60. NVIDIA announces new supercomputers with RIKEN Nvidia
  61. Nvidia highlights DSX-powered Vera Rubin-ready AI factories Nvidia
  62. Amazon plans to invest $3 billion in Mississippi Amazon
  63. Amazon showcases OCC's AWS GenAI implementation Amazon
  64. Amazon and HUMAIN expand AI partnership Amazon
  65. Amazon announces multi-year AI collaboration with Box Amazon
  66. Meta announces completion of the 2Africa subsea cable Meta
  67. Meta and Google delay undersea cables over security concerns engadget.com
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