Technology

Amazon selling its own COVID-19 test kits for $39.99

Results will be made available through Amazon's diagnostics website originally designed for the company's employees. Customers can login using the same credentials from their regular Amazon.com accounts.

Alphabet's Waymo raises $2.5B in fresh capital

Waymo co-CEOs Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov said the fresh capital will help Alphabet's autonomous vehicle unit advance its self-driving technology, Waymo Driver, and continue growing its team.

Cloud ramp up weighs on Oracle's profit view, shares fall

Oracle Corp on Tuesday forecast current-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates, as the business software maker ramps up investments in its cloud computing business to take on rivals including Microsoft and Amazon.com.

MacKenzie Scott, citing wealth gap, donates $2.7 billion

MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist known for her unexpected multi-billion dollar donations to charities and racial equity causes, announced Tuesday that she has given $2.7 billion to 286 organizations. It is the third round of no-strings-attached, major philanthropic gifts Scott has made, which together rival the charitable contributions made by the largest foundations.