Tech results: Amazon, Apple and Facebook earn record profits during pandemic

Amazon reveals bumper profits despite huge coronavirus costs Facebook sees user numbers and profits soar Alphabet experiences its first sales decline as advertising revenue growth slows Apple profits up despite production bottlenecks and shop closures The four companies' bosses are nursing their wounds after a bruising five hour monopoly hearing in Washington on Wednesday Silicon Valley giants Apple, Amazon and Facebook enjoyed a dramatic boom during the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic,