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Amazon says the coronavirus outbreak has caused a surge in online shopping, and now the online giant is adding 100,000 new full-time and part-time positions across the United States to keep up with the demand.

Just as Apple is forced to close retail stores around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been hit by a $1 billion blow to its finances.

One after the other, many gig companies have said in recent days that they will compensate workers diagnosed with coronavirus or placed under quarantine by public health authorities. Putting aside the fact a diagnosis may be difficult to prove given availability and criteria for a test, many workers can't afford to stop working, yet fear contracting the virus.

Google on Sunday announced a nationwide website dedicated to providing Americans with information about the novel coronavirus.

SpaceX's latest rocket launch was called off Sunday after computers detected an issue with engine power just moments before liftoff.

Tweets falsely claiming that New York City was going into lockdown as a result of the coronavirus swirled around Twitter Thursday evening. A "citywide quarantine" was about to come into place, one user falsely claimed.

Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma said he will donate 500,000 coronavirus testing kits and one million face masks to the United States.

Apple is shifting its annual Worldwide Developers Conference to an online format because of the coronavirus outbreak, it announced Friday.

For some families, observing the Jewish holiday of Purim this year was anything but traditional.

A popular video game has become home to a virtual library where players can lay eyes on censored news articles from around the world.

Robert Ross was sitting in his San Francisco home office in October 2018 when he noticed the bars on his phone had disappeared and he had no cell coverage. A few hours later, he had lost $1 million.

The US Department of Defense on Thursday said it wishes to re-evaluate its decision to award the Pentagon's multibillion-dollar cloud contract with Microsoft, signaling a potential victory for Amazon in its protest of the award.

Criminals are exploiting the public's fears about the coronavirus to try to break into their email, social media, and banking accounts, cybersecurity experts have warned.

A global network of researchers and journalists spanning 40 countries has issued more than 800 fact checks related to the coronavirus in just seven weeks, one of the coordinators of the effort told CNN Business.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is calling for the creation of safety regulations of partially automated driver assistance systems, like Tesla's Autopilot and GM's Super Cruise.

IBM is commercializing a new technology that makes it easier for computers to understand human communication.

Britain will start charging a tax on digital services in three weeks despite fierce opposition from Big Tech and the US government.

E3, America's biggest video game conference, has been canceled because of coronavirus concerns, its organizers announced Wednesday.

Verizon is launching a new mobile phone service using the 25-year-old Yahoo brand.

Big tech companies are asking more employees to work from home as the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread.