Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced in October that it would make a shift into the virtual world. This shift brought change to the careers of its 68,000 employees, The New York Times reported Jan. 31.

Google Cloud rearranged its leadership of sales and partnerships operations amid heightened competition from Amazon's and Microsoft's cloud infrastructures, CNBC reported Jan. 28.

Apple recorded a record-breaking quarterly revenue of almost $124 billion, CNBC reported Jan. 28.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said a humanoid AI robot was the most important product his company hopes to develop this year, CNBC reported Jan. 27.

The co-founder and CEO of Microsoft-backed OpenAI, an artificial intelligence lab, mocked the startup funding process by tweeting that the lab raised $250 million in a series A funding round after six other rounds, CNBC reported Jan. 27.

Google Cloud is putting together a team of blockchain experts to create a business around blockchain applications for healthcare, retail and various other industries, CNBC reported Jan. 27.

As an early investor in commercial genetic testing company 23andMe, Google bet on an experiment that has since paid off, CNBC reported Jan. 25. 

Uber Health, the healthcare arm of the rideshare giant, has hired its first chief medical officer. 

Karen Lynch, chief executive officer of CVS Health, described what CVS has been doing to disrupt the traditional landscape of the healthcare industry to The New York Times on Jan. 21.

After three rejected bids, London-based Unilever is throwing in the towel, stating that it will not raise its $68 billion offer to purchase GSK Consumer Healthcare, the joint venture between GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 19.

Apple recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are seven open positions, as of Jan. 19:

After three rejected bids, London-based Unilever said it is still interested in purchasing GSK Consumer Healthcare, which is a joint venture between GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer and makes popular products such as Advil and ChapStick, The New York Times reported Jan. 18.

Apple has been issuing significant stock bonuses to some engineers to retain talent as tech rival Meta becomes competition.

Amazon tapped Neil Lindsay to oversee its healthcare efforts as it continues to expand its telehealth, online pharmacy and diagnostics units, among other healthcare initiatives, CNBC reported Dec. 15. 

Google made several moves in 2021 to shake up and strengthen its healthcare presence, from restructuring its health unit to inking a slew of partnerships with hospitals and health systems. 

CVS Health and Microsoft established a strategic partnership focused on digital health and personalized care, the two companies said Dec. 2.

The personalized medicine-focused telehealth startup Hims & Hers has partnered with Uber, allowing customers to order products through the UberEats app, the company announced Nov. 29. 

Best Buy closed its acquisition of remote care monitoring platform Current Health for about $400 million, company CEO Corie Barry said during its third-quarter earnings call Nov. 23. 

National pharmacies, retail health clinics, physician practices and trial tech companies are emerging as significant disruptors to the traditional clinical trial delivery model, according to a November PwC report. 

Amazon Cloud CEO Adam Selipsky said the company is going to develop more products catered to specific industries, such as healthcare and telecommunications, to avoid getting too comfortable in broader cloud offerings, Bloomberg reported Nov. 17.