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Alphabet's Google Gemini 3.0 could make Google Cloud more attractive to customers than ever. Amazon's investments in agentic AI should begin to bear fruit in 2026.

Among all the mega-cap tech stocks in the U.S. market I've largely ignored for most of the past year, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the first company that comes to mind.

Apple's App Store is a huge and increasingly important money maker Lawsuits and regulatory challenges have tried to change the way the store works for years Now that might — might — finally be happening. If it does, it's a big deal.

Wall Street has leaned heavily on mega cap dominance. That could be changing.

Tech job seekers faced a tough market in 2025 amid layoffs and slow hiring. Cuts at Big Tech firms like Amazon and Microsoft helped fuel fierce competition.

Apple's fiercely loyal customer base gives it a built-in market for any new devices it might launch in the future. MercadoLibre is positioned to grow rapidly in the Latin America e-commerce and fintech markets.

Nvidia has been one of the key beneficiaries of the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), but some investors are looking to the next generation of winners. Among the "Magnificent Seven" stocks, Apple has been the laggard over the past three years, as it has yet to communicate a clear AI strategy.

A federal appeals court handed Apple a victory and a loss in the company's long-running legal battle with Epic Games.