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Google's flagship AI model missed its promised June rollout after coding performance fell short internally, and Alphabet shares dropped 4.4% on the report, erasing about $200 billion in market value.

Apple filed suit in federal court accusing OpenAI's hardware chief and a former engineer of stealing trade secrets as part of a scheme it calls 'rotten to its core.'

Google's appellate brief, filed May 22, contests both the 2024 monopoly finding and a remedies order requiring data-sharing with rivals including OpenAI.

Amazon's cloud division hit a $150 billion annualized run rate at 28% growth, while AI services crossed $15 billion and custom chips topped $20 billion.

Microsoft will notify roughly 8,750 US employees on May 7, 2026 that they qualify for the company's first voluntary retirement offer, a Rule-of-70 program for senior directors and below.

At Cloud Next 2026, Google unveiled the TPU 8t and TPU 8i, its first-ever split TPU line, with Anthropic as anchor customer for up to one million chips across 2026 and 3.5 gigawatts in 2027.

Apple's board unanimously named Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus as CEO effective September 1, 2026, with Tim Cook moving to Executive Chairman after a tenure that grew Apple's market cap from $350 billion to $4 trillion.

Apple asks the Supreme Court to review a contempt ruling and injunction scope in its Epic Games case, while the Ninth Circuit grants a stay on fee calculations.

Judge Brinkema's ad tech remedy decision is expected any day, while the DOJ appeals Judge Mehta's search ruling and the EU enforces its own fine

The 2026 Farm Bill would subsidize 90 percent of precision agriculture adoption costs and let the tech industry set standards, drawing criticism over corporate control of farming.

All six DMA gatekeepers filed annual compliance reports on March 9 as the Commission prepares its first formal review of the regulation, with AI designation and transatlantic tensions at stake.

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI pledge to fund their own power generation for AI data centers, but experts question enforceability as moratorium bills spread across U.S. states.