CVS has appointed a new C-suite executive who will oversee the CIO and other tech leaders at the company, The Wall Street Journal reported July 8.

Amazon's chief medical officer for new products Vin Gupta, MD, is in the lead to be the FDA's principal medical adviser, Politico reported July 5. 

Amazon, Microsoft and Google accounted for 65 percent of the $53 billion in global cloud-service spending in the first quarter of 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported July 5. 

Google is in talks to purchase the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, a move that could transform the city's downtown area, according to a report by commercial real estate information company CoStar.

Charlie Bell helped shape Amazon's cloud-computing service into the giant it has become today — and now leads a huge cybersecurity division for rival Microsoft, according to a recent Wall Street Journal story.

Walmart has built custom software that allows it to run its back end operations across any cloud system, saving the company thousands of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported 23. 

Google Cloud has received cloud assurance certification from global consulting firm USDM Life Sciences, meaning the technology has successfully satisfied 34 worldwide health authorities' nonfunctional requirements and supporting functional requirements. 

Big Tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Apple have continued making headway into the healthcare industry through partnerships with health systems and other organizations.

Amazon named Doug Herrington as CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. 

Amazon has been advertising job openings at its various healthcare businesses. Here are nine healthcare-related jobs the tech giant recently posted:

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is looking to reverse the company's e-commerce plans put in place by Jeff Bezos as Amazon experienced one of its worst financial performances, The Wall Street Journal reported June 16. 

Walgreens partnered with health data company Pluto Health to launch a clinical trial business that aims to eliminate patient recruitment, diversity and enrollment challenges. 

Sesame, a direct-pay digital healthcare marketplace, has raised $27 million in series B funding led by GV, Alphabet's venture capital arm.

The FDA has cleared a technology that allows Parkinson's patients to be remotely monitored via their Apple Watches.

Google suspended an engineer who claimed that the company's AI chatbot had sentience, The Wall Street Journal reported June 12.

Google will pay $118 million and open up some practices to independent review to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of consistently underpaying women, Fortune reported June 13.

Microsoft said it will increase pay transparency and ban most noncompete agreements in a series of moves aimed at improving workplace culture.

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are seven open positions as of June 13:

Amazon continues to command the cloud computing market, but Microsoft is gaining ground, a June 2 report by IT consultant Gartner found.

From inking new cloud partnerships with large health systems to launching a healthcare accelerator program, Amazon is continuing to increase its healthcare presence.