Technology

Amazon turned 25 years old this week. In its quarter century of existence, it has created roughly a trillion dollars in shareholder value. Amazon dominates e-commerce, has the biggest cloud-computing infrastructure offering and leads the market for home assistants with its Alexa technology. Additionally, it has a burgeoning online ad …

Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Corporate Affairs at Amazon James Carney speaks with EU officials on February 1, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Corbis News | Getty Images Just three weeks after Amazon abruptly dropped its plan for a second headquarters in New York City, CEO Jeff Bezos had …

An Amazon Prime package  Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Contributor Amazon shoppers that get same-day delivery are likely to spend and shop more on the e-commerce site compared to non-same-day delivery users, according to a recent survey by investment firm RBC Capital. The survey data shows why Amazon is heavily …

Indigo Agriculture, the Boston-based start-up that uses natural microbiology to revolutionize the way farmers grow crops, has unveiled a first-of-a-kind program to tackle climate change worldwide. The company launched the Terraton Initiative on Wednesday to accelerate carbon sequestration from agricultural soil on a massive scale. The goal: to capture 1 …

The Facebook logo is displayed during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Even though shares of Facebook have fallen sharply on headlines about regulatory scrutiny, Moffett Nathanson said the stock’s valuation is attractive given the health of its …

Pivotal Software CEO Rob Mee. Source: Pivotal Software Pivotal Software shares crashed on Wednesday, knocking off about half the company’s market value, after a light revenue forecast raised concerns that demand for its products is weakening. The stock plunged as much as 45% to a low of $10.10, pulling its market …

Tinder logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Dating app Tinder is rolling out a new feature that will let users choose up to three sexual orientations. Starting this month, the app will include a new “orientation” feature, which allows users …

Liam Griffin, CEO of Skyworks Solutions Adam Jeffery | CNBC The Trump Administration’s blacklisting of Huawei is punishing a number of U.S. technology companies that provide components to the Chinese networking giant. The latest to publicly acknowledge the problem is chipmaker Skyworks Solutions. Skyworks lowered its quarterly earnings and revenue forecast on …

FAANG stocks displayed at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC A group of Wall Street analysts are flagging the risk of more regulatory scrutiny for big technology companies. But for the most part, they have doubts that Facebook, Amazon or Google-parent company Alphabet would really get broken up. In notes …

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ben Silbermann, co-founder and chief executive officer of Pinterest Already, 2019 is on track to become the year that some of the most valuable VC-backed companies smash records set during the height of the dot-com era. Four companies in particular — Lyft, Uber, …