Magnificent 7 Weekly Briefing

Microsoft made massive AI investments and raised cloud prices; Google faced new EU antitrust probes and settled a lawsuit; and Tesla reported steep sales drops, and more.

  • Microsoft announced massive AI infrastructure investments across several regions, including a $23 billion plan, with a substantial portion dedicated to India ($17.5 billion) and additional funding for Canada, while simultaneously raising Commercial Cloud prices for enterprise users in 2026. 12345678
  • Google faced fresh antitrust scrutiny in Europe over its use of online content for AI and imposing restrictions on web publishers; the company also reached a $700 million settlement regarding the Google Play Store. 9101112
  • Tesla experienced significant market issues, including a 23% drop in U.S. sales in November and a major recall of Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, though it delivered its first Semi truck to DHL and opened a new facility in India. 1314151617
  • The AI competition sparked a series of executive departures across Apple, Meta, and Tesla, and saw Google launch its deepest AI research agent alongside the release of Gemini 3, while NVIDIA infrastructure continued to power leading models. 1819202122
  • Apple successfully overturned parts of the court order in the Epic Games antitrust lawsuit and warned users in over 150 countries about state-linked cyber attacks, concurrent with an outage impacting Apple TV and Apple Music. 232425
  • Amazon committed a $35 billion investment in India by 2030, aiming to create 1 million jobs, and announced two new Tomb Raider games set for release in 2026 and 2027. 2627
  • Other notable developments included Microsoft patching multiple zero-day security flaws, Google launching its quantum processor collaboration with the NQCC, and Meta appointing a new Head of Public Policy for India. 282930313233

Sources

  1. Microsoft adjusts Commercial Cloud prices Microsoft
  2. Microsoft announces plans to invest $23B in AI development cybernews.com
  3. Microsoft 365 Commercial Prices to Hike up to 14% in 2026 as AI Costs Hit Enterprise winbuzzer.com
  4. Microsoft Unveils Biggest AI Investment Plan to Challenge Amazon, Google finance.yahoo.com
  5. Microsoft invests US$17.5 billion in India for AI infrastructure Microsoft
  6. Microsoft unveils US$23 billion in new AI investments with big focus on India straitstimes.com
  7. Microsoft to invest $17.5 billion in India, CEO Nadella says reuters.com
  8. Microsoft to invest more than $5 billion in Canada over next two years reuters.com
  9. Exclusive-Google faces EU fine next year for favouring own services, sources say yahoo.com
  10. Google Play Store Customers Could Receive Settlement Money | Z100 Portland 1190kex.iheart.com
  11. Google facing a new antitrust probe in Europe over content it uses for AI apnews.com
  12. Google Zero is under investigation by the EU theverge.com
  13. Tesla Sales Fell 23% benzinga.com
  14. Tesla Issues Major Recall for Model 3 and Model Y After Reports of Sudden Power Loss mensjournal.com
  15. DHL Receives First Tesla Semi, Expands Zero-Emission Fleet Strategy act-news.com
  16. Tesla opens its first integrated facility in India electrive.com
  17. Elon Musk's Tesla Delivers First Semi Truck To DHL, Volume Production Set For 2026 benzinga.com
  18. Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2 techcrunch.com
  19. Model builders rely on NVIDIA infrastructure Nvidia
  20. Musical Chairs: AI Race Led To Key Executive Changes At Apple, Tesla And Meta In 2025 forbes.com
  21. Google launches Gemini 3 Google
  22. Apple's UI executive poached by Meta, and three other executives leave in Apple AI exodus techradar.com
  23. US appeals court partly reverses sanctions against Apple in Epic Games antitrust lawsuit reuters.com
  24. Apple TV and Apple Music are down for some users engadget.com
  25. Apple and Google sound global alarm as state-linked cyber attacks target users in 150 countries moneycontrol.com
  26. Amazon Game Studios announces two new Tomb Raider games Amazon
  27. Amazon announces $35 billion investment in India by 2030 Amazon
  28. Google collaborates with NQCC on Willow quantum processor Google
  29. Meta appoints Aman Jain Head of Public Policy for India Meta
  30. Microsoft fixes critical Office zero-day security flaw. Update ASAP! pcworld.com
  31. Microsoft Issues Security Fixes for 56 Flaws, Including Active Exploit and Two Zero-Days thehackernews.com
  32. Microsoft Fixes Exploited Zero Day in Light Patch Tuesday darkreading.com
  33. Microsoft Patches 57 Vulnerabilities, Three Zero-Days securityweek.com
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