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Apple became the world’s most valuable company Friday, dethroning state oil giant Saudi Aramco, and Amazon founder-CEO Jeff Bezos saw his net worth surge as stocks jumped following a round of stellar tech earnings. Apple and Amazon (along with Facebook and Google parent Alphabet) all reported second-quarter numbers…

The current throwdown between Amazon and HBO Max got pulled into a tech titan hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday. A member of a House subcommittee wondered why the Jeff Bezos company couldn't rightfully be accused of a "structural conflict of interest" in negotiating terms as a video gatekeeper and a video competitor to…

UPDATED, 3:49 PM PT: The CEOs of Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon are testifying on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, in an unusual hearing that reflects the extent to which lawmakers have focused their scrutiny on tech platforms. Hollywood’s lobby in D.C. is mainly watching from the sidelines, even as it has a vested…

Fox News host Tucker Carlson seemed buoyant as he ended his show on Tuesday. But then, as he was handing the reins to Sean Hannity, Hannity started speaking. Carlson’s face did a quick dance as he began to realize that Hannity was criticizing his previous segment. Carlson’s mouth tightened. His eyes narrowed. He…

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos posted an email to Instagram Friday expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement in reply to an upset customer. The screenshot of an email from a customer said it was "disturbing" and "offensive" that Amazon posted a message on its website in solidarity with the movement. The customer’s…

The House Judiciary Committee is calling on Amazon founder and CEO to testify after a report that the online giant is exploiting third-party data to gain a competitive advantage for its own products. The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon scooped up data from independent sellers on its platform and then used it…

Amazon, whose operations have been put to an extreme test during the coronavirus outbreak, posted mixed first-quarter earnings after the close of trading Thursday. Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos issued a strikingly assertive statement along with the the company’s earnings. He said the tech giant is “not thinking small” as…

UPDATED with Bezos donation: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has committed to donate $100 million and Oprah Winfrey $1 million to support those facing food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bezos’ donation to Feeding America is the largest single gift in the charity’s history. “Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in…

"This isn't business as usual, and it's a time of great stress and uncertainty," Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said in distinct understatement today as the coronavirus saw more and more of America shutdown and confirmed domestic cases of the global pandemic neared 27,000. "It's also a moment in time when the work we're…

If you are on the Westside of Los Angeles today, you might want to use lunch to start that commute home early, because Donald Trump's whirlwind visit to town today is going to make a. parking lot out of the area very soon. With the former Celebrity Apprentice host expected to touch down at LAX around 3:25 p.m., the LAP…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took some time off from being ribbed at the Oscars and purchasing pricey real estate to do something really big — announcing a massive private venture in the form of a $10 billion fund to fight climate change. The mogul, the world’s richest human, announced Monday the launch of the Bezos…

Amazon has taken a vow to become carbon-neutral by 2040, 10 years earlier than the date specified by the Paris Climate Accord. CEO Jeff Bezos announced the new initiative, which it calls The Climate Pledge, as well as a set of related moves at a news conference Thursday (see a video clip below). The tech giant has…