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An overly concentrated market may be a bad thing for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) if earnings this week from Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), and Meta (META) reveal major increases in AI capital expenditures that show no signs of slowing anytime soon. 

Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia are among 25 tech organizations calling on U.S. policymakers to avoid placing “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models or “sweeping restrictions” on distillation

NvidiaNVDA, MicrosoftMSFT, Meta Platforms (META) and Palantir TechnologiesPLTRjoined more than 20 technology companies in urging U.S. policymakers to avoid imposing early restrictions on open-weight artificial intelligence models

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and more than 20 other technology companies are urging U.S. policymakers not to broadly restrict open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models, saying the technology is critical to maintaining America’s leadership in the global AI race

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir and more than 20 other companies released a letter on Friday urging policymakers to avoid “premature restrictions” on open-weight artificial intelligence models that would “stifle competition or drive innovation overseas.”

REDMOND, Wash., and SAN FRANCISCO — July 23, 2026 —Microsoft Corp. and Databricks on Wednesday announced an expansion of their decade-long strategic partnership, extending into the 2030s. Databricks will deepen its use of Azure Databricks to run core business operations and build its unified lakehouse, while leveraging Azure Cobalt, Microsoft’s next-generation Arm-based infrastructure, to improve…

Amazon and Microsoft have devised new ways to get people playing video games in the cloud

If you’ve got an S&P 500 index fund in your 401(k), about $4 out of every $100 in it is invested in Microsoft (1). You didn’t pick it; it came with the fund. So its stock price activity affects your retirement savings whether you follow the company or not

Microsoft is intensifying its competitive strategy against artificial intelligence startups OpenAI and Anthropic, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (July 15)

ST. PAUL, Minn. and REDMOND, Wash. — July 15, 2026 —3M (NYSE: MMM) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced a strategic partnership focused on AI data center infrastructure and enterprise transformation. Microsoft’s Azure cloud and AI infrastructure will become the first announced hyperscale cloud provider to deploy 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) technology. 3M will…