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The attorneys general said some sellers on Craigslist and Facebook are jacking up prices on hand sanitizer by as much as 10 times the normal cost.

'Stop Price Gouging,' 33 Attorneys General Tell Amazon, Walmart, Others

The top state law enforcement officials also told Craigslist, eBay and Facebook that they have "an ethical obligation" to root out spiking prices on hand sanitizers and other high-demand products.

Viewers To Decide If Amazon's Sample Shows Make The Cut

Amazon is piloting 14 possible shows for its streaming video service. The audience will vote on which shows it likes best. TV critic Eric Deggans says the process and the shows would like to be breaking ground for a new media — but they aren't.

Social Media Buzz: Internet Reacts To Amazon Buying Whole Foods

The top Google search trending Friday morning was the news that Amazon is buying Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion.

When It Comes to Clothes, Amazon Is Not The First Choice For Online Shoppers

A new NPR poll shows clothes and shoes are the main things Americans buy online. Regular Amazon shoppers say they often go elsewhere to buy clothes and shoes, but some of them don't realize that they are in fact shopping at Amazon, which owns Zappos, and a few smaller labels Lark & Ro.

An employee walks through an aisle at Amazon.com's 1.2 million-square foot fulfillment center in Phoenix, Ariz., in November 2012.

One-Stop Shop: Jeff Bezos Wants You To Buy 'Everything' On Amazon

In his new book, The Everything Store, journalist Brad Stone says Amazon "ended up forever changing the way we shop and read." He says CEO Jeff Bezos started out selling books, but always had the intention of turning the online market into a company that sold everything.

The ACC is choosing new locations for neutral-site championships because of North Carolina's controversial law known as HB2. Here, Clemson fans tailgate outside Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, prior to last December's NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference championship college football game.

ACC Takes Its Biggest Championships Out Of North Carolina, Its Home State

The decision covers eight neutral-site championships in sports ranging from women's soccer to swimming and diving and from football to golf and baseball.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (from left), Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have been in the spotlight over the market power that their giant companies have.

How Are Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google Monopolies? House Report Counts The Ways

House Democrats recommend Congress look at ways to force the companies to split off some of their businesses, saying the tech giants have exploited their power to benefit themselves and hurt rivals.

How Will Amazon's Fire Impact Apple?

On Wednesday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the release of a tablet device called Fire. Michele Norris will talk with NPR's Laura Sydell about what this means for Amazon, Apple and consumers.

Artificial intelligence web crawlers are running amok

Artificial intelligence tech companies are refusing to abide by internet protocol when it comes to scraping data. Their ravenous scavenging behavior is upending the basic rules of the internet.

Web3, short for web 3.0, is a vision of the future of the Internet in which people operate on decentralized, quasi-anonymous platforms, rather than depend on tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter.

People are talking about Web3. Is it the Internet of the future or just a buzzword?

In the Web3 vision of the internet's future, tech giants like Facebook and Google aren't as critical. The internet instead is a peer-to-peer experience built on what's known as the blockchain.

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