Amazon is trying to defend its kingdom against cheap Chinese rivals, and it thinks it has a plan

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Amazon's market capitalization passed $2 trillion for the first time on Wednesday, joining the ranks of other tech colossuses like Microsoft and Apple.

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Xi Jinping admits China is 'relatively weak' on innovation and needs more talent to dominate the tech 'battlefield'

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening session of the CPPCC, or Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, at the Great Hall of the People on March 4, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is urging the country's scientists to innovate in the tech sector to face off against the West.

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Elon Musk is reigniting his space feud with Jeff Bezos: 'Sue Origin'

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"Sue Origin," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (right) said in reference to Jeff Bezos' (left) rocket company, Blue Origin in an X post on Tuesday.

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OpenAI's CTO treats creativity like a problem to be solved — and that itself is the problem

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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati weighed in on AI-driven job loss, saying AI will eliminate some creative jobs — but those jobs "shouldn't have been there in the first place."

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Walmart says this store manager could earn half a million dollars this year — and he doesn't have a college degree

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The checkout queue in Walmart.

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Elon Musk starts new beef with Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy, says the 'Star Wars' chief is 'more deadly than the Death Star'

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Elon Musk (left) and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy (right).

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Taylor Swift brought a tuxedo-clad Travis Kelce to the stage during London Eras Tour show

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Taylor Swift is joined onstage by Travis Kelce during The Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium in London.

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Prosecutors recommend DOJ file criminal charges against Boeing: report

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Prosecutors have recommended that the DOJ file federal criminal charges against Boeing for violating the terms of a 2021 settlement related to two fatal crashes, Reuters reported.

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Clarence Thomas' originalist interpretations go too far, even for fellow conservatives

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Clarence Thomas' lone dissent in an 8-1 SCOTUS decision about disarming domestic abusers hinged on an originalist interpretation of the law that one legal expert told BI was "absurd."

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman takes aim at venture capitalist David Sacks for his support of Donald Trump

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Earlier this month, David Sacks posted an open letter on Twitter in support of Donald Trump, which LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, in a scathing public rebuttal, took apart line by line.

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