I visited the Manhattan Classic Car Club along the Hudson River last Friday. But I wasn’t there to gawk at the lime green Lamborghini or vintage orange Bronco. I was there to check out a very sensible red Chevy Equinox. With the help of that Chevy, a team from Amazon put together a demonstration of …

More of your money is going digital. No, that doesn’t mean cash is dying — physical cash transactions still make up about 85 percent of retail payments worldwide. But it does mean paying bills, managing our money and buying stuff will be easier when currency is stored digitally. Now playing: Watch this: Mobile payments are a mess. Here’s why 4:32 …

On this podcast, we talk about: Amazon’s CEO for the first time reveals that his company has over 100 million Prime members. Qualcomm’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of NXP continues to face challenges amid US-China trade issues. Amazon unveils a new way to make your own custom Alexa skills. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the …

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos revealed Wednesday that its Prime membership service has over 100 million paid customers worldwide. The company hasn’t previously offered a specific number about its Prime members, instead keeping the size of one of its most important businesses a secret until now. Amazon has previously said it has tens of millions of Prime members in …

Amazon and Best Buy want to sell you your next smart TV. The companies, which are two of the biggest electronics retailers in the US, on Wednesday revealed a new multiyear partnership to sell the next generation of TVs running Amazon’s Fire TV operating system to customers in the US and Canada. Best Buy will be the exclusive seller for more …

Here’s what we’re talking about on Wednesday’s 3:59: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing before the Senate on Tuesday. Questions to Zuckerberg show many senators don’t get Facebook. Zuckerberg needs to rebuild trust. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook’s CEO Zuckerberg runs circles around the Senate… 4:50 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …

Here’s what we’re talking about in this podcast: Facebook starts telling its users if they were affected by the Cambridge Analytica breach. Plus, on Tuesday and Wednesday CEO Mark Zuckerberg will give testimony to Congress about the scandal.   Oregon passes a law to protect net neutrality rules. Verizon reports that ransomware attacks doubled in 2017. Now playing: Watch this: …

StubHub has hired Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as its new president, the company said Thursday. Singh Cassidy will start May 2 in her new position leading the eBay-owned ticket marketplace. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has actively promoted women’s inclusion in tech leaderhip, Singh Cassidy founded the startup TheBoardlist, which works to place more women on corporate boards.   She’ll report directly to …

Thousands of Google employees have signed a petition calling for the company to end its work with the Pentagon on artificial intelligence and image recognition tech that could be used for drone strikes. The letter, signed by 3,100 employees, was sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The signers were speaking out against Project Maven, …

Apple is reportedly in the early stages of developing two features for future iPhones: touchless gesture controls and curved screens. Bloomberg reported Wednesday on the new tech, but said those features won’t be coming to iPhones for at least two years, and that’s if Apple decides to move forward with either idea. Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment …