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The North Carolina gaming powerhouse behind "Fortnite" is worth just shy of $30 billion, according to Epic Games' latest valuation.

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Facebook executives got 110% bonuses in the second half of 2020, according to a new SEC filing. The bonuses were partially tied to Facebooks "election integrity" efforts. CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesnt participate in the employee bonus program. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerbergs two lieutenants got a big pay day for their work around last years election: COO Sheryl Sandberg and CFO David Wehner got just shy of $1 million in bon...

Podcast monetization startup Glow, a spinout of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Labs, has been acquired by Libsyn, a podcast hosting network.

GameStop is looking for a new chief executive to replace George Sherman as it pivots from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce, according to three sources.

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"We do our banking on phones. We have our health data on phones," Tim Cook said before asking "why not" expand voting tech to smartphones.

Apple In another 10 years, though, Cook expects to have stepped down from his role. In a new interview, Cook said he didnt know whats next after Apple. Tim Cook became the CEO of Apple just shy of 10 years ago, following the death of cofounder Steve Jobs. And in another 10 years, Cook doesnt expect to still be at the company, he said in a new interview with The New York Times. "Ten more years? Probably not," Cook said. "I can tell you that I feel great right now. A...

Jarden bolsters equity research team Share Jarden Australia has made a new hire.  Street Talk understands Jarden has picked up CLSA equity analyst Ben Brownette to come on board as a senior industrials analyst in its local research team. Brownette has been at CLSA for the past two years, and prior to that worked at Deutsche Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He’s well known in the market for his coverage of big construction and engineering giants like LendLease, CIMIC and Downer. H...

The workers are also notorious for having eerily robotic speech patterns. "I can assure you that Im a real account," a recent response from one such worker said. "Im part of a program that lets me come on here & have conversations about what working for Amazon has been like for me. Id like to know why you feel we are treated/paid bad. Ive been so happy here & the pay/benefits are great." Theres a good reason for those speech patterns, according to a leaked Amazon document obtained by The Interc...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Apple CEO Tim Cook in Cupertino, California in September 2019. Christoph Dernbach/picture alliance via Getty Images Samsung warned investors that the worldwide microchip shortage is impacting production. A "serious imbalance" between supply and demand of the chips continues, Samsung executives said. Apple, which makes its o...