There's Rich, And Then There's Jeff Bezos Rich: Meet The World's Centibillionaires The Amazon CEO and four other billionaires are part of the world's most exclusive club in the midst of the pandemic: those whose fortunes exceed $100 billion. Jim Zarroli Play AudioListen 4 mins
Microsoft To Buy Bethesda In $7.5 Billion Deal, Acquiring Fallout, The Elder Scrolls The deal is set to be one of the largest ever acquisitions in the video game industry. Once the deal is finalized, Microsoft will own popular franchises such as Wolfenstein, Quake, and DOOM. Reese Oxner
Walmart Joins Microsoft In A Bid To Buy TikTok Walmart cited a potential boost from TikTok to its online presence, including the giant retailer's efforts to grow online advertising and a marketplace for third-party sellers. Alina Selyukh
Microsoft Consults With Trump About Ongoing Talks To Buy TikTok From Chinese Firm In its first public acknowledgement of a deal that could be worth in the billions of dollars, Microsoft said it is continuing talks with TikTok about a potential takeover of the hugely popular app. Bobby Allyn
Microsoft In Talks To Buy Teen Fav TikTok As Trump Ramps Up Pressure The talks comes just as the Trump administration considers taking action against TikTok, including banning the app which is owned ByteDance, a Chinese company. Bobby Allyn
Stay Home: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Tell Seattle Workers U.S. companies are trying to limit disruption from the coronavirus outbreak by curtailing travel and telling some employees to work from home. Several major tech firms are among the latest to act. Shannon Bond
Microsoft Pledges To Remove From The Atmosphere All The Carbon It's Ever Emitted The tech giant, which says it has been "carbon neutral" for years, is now vowing to go "carbon negative" — by cutting emissions, planting trees and investing in new carbon removal technology. Camila Domonoske
Amazon Appeals Pentagon's Choice Of Microsoft For $10 Billion Cloud Contract Amazon cited "unmistakable bias" as it prepares to challenge its loss in federal court. This starts a new chapter in the contentious battle over the biggest U.S. cloud-computing contract, called JEDI. Alina Selyukh
Pentagon Awards $10 Billion Contract To Microsoft Over Front-Runner Amazon "We're surprised about this conclusion. AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing," an Amazon Web Services spokesperson told NPR. The contract is for 10 years. Meg Anderson
Microsoft Says Iranians Tried To Hack U.S. Presidential Campaign Microsoft says a hacker group with ties to Iran has targeted a U.S. campaign, in the latest sign that foreign governments may try to influence the 2020 election. Shannon Bond
