Elon Musk, the outspoken and envelope-pushing founder and CEO of Tesla, overtook Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the world's wealthiest person, US media reported Thursday.

Elon Musk becomes world's richest person: Reports

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is close to surpassing Amazon.com Inc's billionaire Chief Executive Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person. Electric carmaker Tesla closed trading on Wednesday with a market value topping $700 billion for the first time.

Elon Musk is close to surpassing Jeff Bezos as world's richest person

Dozens of people have sued Amazon's Ring smart cameras over ''horrific'' invasions of privacy such as receiving threats and racial slurs. A new class-action lawsuit, which consolidates various cases recorded as of late, affirms that careless safety efforts at Ring, which is possessed by Amazon, permitted programmers to assume control over their gadgets.

Dozens sue Amazon's Ring smart cameras over 'horrific' invasions of privacy

MacKenzie Scott, a venture philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, said Tuesday she has given $4.2 billion to groups helping the vulnerable as the pandemic hits lives like "a wrecking ball.

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donates $4.2 billion in four months

The European Union charged Amazon with damaging retail competition, alleging on Tuesday that the US company uses its size, power, and data to gain an unfair advantage over smaller merchants that sell on its online platform.

Europe charges Amazon with using dominance and data to squeeze rivals

With only four days to go for the US election 2020, President Donald Trump's differences with rival presidential candidate Joe Biden extend far beyond planet Earth.

US election 2020: Why are the polls crucial for NASA's moonshot, Boeing, Bezos and Musk

West Texas is not quite like the moon. But it can serve as a handy stand-in. Last week, Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, launched, and landed, its small New Shepard rocket and capsule for the 13th time as part of tests to verify safety before any passengers climb aboard.

Jeff Bezos’ company is carrying scientific cargo to space. It’s not Amazon

Back in 2015, students in Maggie Samudio’s second-grade class at Cumberland Elementary School in West Lafayette, Indiana, were contemplating an offbeat science question: If a firefly went to space, would it still be able to light up as it floated in zero gravity?

How a 2nd-grade class sent a science experiment to space

The wealth of the world's billionaires has reached a new high amid the coronavirus crisis according to a latest report by Swiss bank a report by UBS. The report found that billionaires did ''extremely well'' as a rally in stock prices and gains in technology and healthcare helped the wealth of the world's richest break the $10 trillion mark.

Wealth of billionaires rises to $10.2 trillion amid coronavirus crisis

Amazon's founder and CEO and world's richest man Jeff Bezos has become wealthier than he has ever been. He has become the first billionaire in modern history to cross the $200 billion net worth.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes first billionaire in modern history to cross the $200 billion net worth: Report

Jeff Wilke, a veteran Amazon executive, is set to retire from the company early next year. He has been with the company since 1999. Wilke's surprise departure comes as demand for Amazon deliveries has surged during the pandemic.

Possible successor to Jeff Bezos quits Amazon

Major news publishers are seeking more favorable terms from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on commissions the iPhone maker collects from them on payments made through its app store, according to a letter posted by a trade body on Thursday.

News publishers push back against Apple over app store terms

Facebook's executives are fielding questions from the US Federal Trade Commission on an antitrust fact-finding mission. CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered FTC queries under oath remotely over the course of two days this week, news website Politico reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the case.

Facebook says it's fielding questions by US regulators

The world's richest man Jeff Bezos is being compared to the ruler of an autocracy and the ones making the accusation are his employees at Amazon.

Amazon employees protest against Jeff Bezos over reduced benefits

The world's richest man Jeff Bezos is being compared to the ruler of an autocracy and the ones making the accusation are his employees at Amazon. Reducing employee benefits while getting rich during the pandemic, Amazon is fiercely cracking down on workers who ask such questions and to make Jeff Bezos listen to the demands protesters are banging on his door in New York.

'Tax Bezos': Amazon employees protest against Jeff Bezos over reduced benefits

Jeff Bezos is very rich, so is Bill Gates and so is Mark Zuckerberg. But can you really assess how rich they are. There can be no definite parameter, you say. "Researchers" have, however, devised a way -- knowing how long it would take him to, for example, earn your entire years’ salary, tackle your entire student debt or pay off your mortgage.

Use this calculator to assess how rich billionaires really are

Four of the most powerful men in the tech world faced some major heat in an unprecedented anti-trust hearing. When US lawmakers brought up China - Bezos, Pichai, and Cook stayed quiet. But, Zuckerberg talked. WION's Palki Sharma brings you the highlights of the hearing.

Gravitas: Big tech CEOs evade questions on China

Social media giant Twitter on Friday explained how Bitcoin scammers hijacked celebrity accounts of Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos and Kim Kardashian two weeks ago. The tech firm revealed that hackers responsible for the recent high-profile breach used a phone to fool the social media company's employees into giving them access.

Twitter reveals how Bitcoin scammers hijacked celebrity accounts

Four most powerful men in the tech world will answer pointed questions from the US lawmakers in a crucial anti-trust hearing. Watch report.

Big Tech CEO's divided on China technology heft | US Congress | World News

Key moments of antitrust hearing: Bezos' snack, 'Put your mask on'

Amazon.com Inc's chief executive, Jeff Bezos, escaped questioning for about an hour in a high-profile US House of Representatives antitrust hearing on Wednesday in what may have been the result of a tech glitch.

Bad audio, problems with video; Did glitch help Bezos escape early questions in Washington hearing?

WION Fineprint: US tech giants gird for tough hearing, Antitrust hearing in US

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, 48, has donated nearly $1.7 billion to various social causes linked to gender, race and equality. Also Read: One day gain in net value: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes $13 billion "I gave each a contribution and encouraged them to spend it on whatever they believe best serves their efforts," MacKenzie said, adding, "every one of them is tackling complex challenges that will require sustained effort over many years, while simultaneously addressing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jeff Bezos ex-wife MacKenzie Scott gives nearly $1.7 billion of Amazon fortune to social causes

Several high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on July 15 by attackers who used the accounts with millions of followers to spread a cryptocurrency scam. watch report.

Bitcoin scammers hack Twitter | Prominent US personalities hacked

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