Four of the world's most powerful and controversial tech titans have rocketed by £2trillion in value since the start of the pandemic. Coronavirus has brought misery to families, driven many firms to the wall, seen unemployment surge, and pushed UK Government debt to a record high. Yet life has never been better for US giants Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet. Amazon highlighted the bonanza this week by revealing it raked in £92billion of sales in just three months – equivalent to £1billion a day. It came as billionaire founder Jeff Bezos made the shock announcement he was stepping down after 27 years – having seen his eye-watering fortune rocket by more than £50billion in the pandemic. What is your view? Have your say in the comments section Jeff Bezos said February 1, 2021, he would give up his role as chief executive of Amazon later this year ( Image: Getty) But while he is worth £140billion, the Mirror revealed how some children home schooling in this country are being forced to write their work on toilet paper because their families are so hard-up. The GMB union called Mr Bezos's change of role an "historic opportunity" for new… Read full this story
- China online quiz craze lures prize seekers, tech giants
- UK may use taxes to get tech giants to do more
- Currys PC World voucher codes: How to get £12 off when you spend £50 at the tech giant
- Tax penalties considered to force tech giants to cooperate with terrorism fight
- It's Amazon's Turn in the Tech Hot Seat
- Every iPhone X sold will make Samsung a lot of money
- Best Black Friday deals in the UK for 2017 including all the latest offers as they are announced
- Smartphones, games consoles, remote controls and even GLASSES will all be obsolete within 10 years, claim tech-mad geeks
- MPs say Facebook could take legal responsibility as a publisher post Brexit as US giant promises to pay more UK tax
- Alibaba, Tencent rally troops amid $10 billion retail battle
10 tech giants making a killing in lockdown - including 4 who've earned £2trillion have 325 words, post on www.mirror.co.uk at February 4, 2021. This is cached page on Bach Thien. If you want remove this page, please contact us.