galore here at HackerNoon as the top spots in this week's Tech Company Overview were dominated by megacorporations™. At this point, we're convinced that the rankings are just a pissing contest between billionaires to see who gets to be #1 (I mean, who want to be on the top of Hackernoon's Tech Company Overview list, amirite guys. Uh.. guys??). It's billionaire wouldn't Anyway.. While we expected to retain its #1 spot this week (uh, ), had other plans. With a 6% increase in trending interest, this week's reigning champion is none other than the daddy of all things e-commerce (but also like.. Cloud computing, eBooks, and uh.. ? Idk, I speak in a muffled voice around Alexa). Apple HELLO, the WWDC Conference Amazon Spying Way to go, Amazon! You're #1! And all you had to do was threaten to shut us down. HAHA. Just kidding you guys; we don't host HackerNoon on the Amazon Web Service™. But it's been a busy week for Amazon nonetheless; the company announced plans to its Kindle business from the Chinese market and the man who turned Amazon into a worldwide delivery behemoth is leaving after . And then a report by this past week on Amazon's ? Yeah. You bet the internet was buzzing with news. pull 23 years Politico lobbying efforts Switching gears, we predicted that may soon be out of the 'Top 5' because of a decline in interest. Nope. Not at all. I guess we owe Microsoft an apology because it's climbed all the way up to the #2 spot, baby! What an underdog 🥲. last week Microsoft There really wasn't much going on at Microsoft, or Windows, or Xbox this past week which would explain the measly 1.5% increase in trending interest — though the ranking is more indicative of how much others fell on the list rather than how much Microsoft gained. Nonetheless, there is some chatter on the internet about a and the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase on June 12. remastered Goldeneye 007 upcoming Last week's king, Apple, was usurped and pushed down to the #3 spot after a 9.6% decline in interest. The company kicks off its long-awaited annual Worldwide Developer Conference today and there's already stories about , , and a (oh, and . Let's not forget the Airpods!), but I guess none of that is interesting enough for the internet so… we're not going to bother talking about it either. headsets iPhones Mac variant Airpods Meanwhile, is doomed to remain the "Quad-chad" of the list because, you guessed it, it's still on the #4 spot. A global recession is (possibly?) afoot and companies who think it's cool to rake in millions of dollars based on are now scaling back on hiring and a bunch of other stuff. Coinbase bullsh*t projections So it's no surprise that Coinbase is hiring for both new and backfill roles for the foreseeable future and rescinding a number of accepted offers. The reason? "Current market conditions and ongoing business prioritization efforts." You know, the thing executives say to sound sOpHiStiCaTeD. 😎 pausing (Side note: while researching this article, we couldn't help but compare Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong with Superman's archnemesis Lex Luthor. But then we remembered that Jeff Bezos is pretty Luthor too, so, uh.. Is this a thing? Idk.) Oh, by the way, you ever hear that story about the kid who cried woof! 🐶 No, I mean, wolf (sorry!). Yeah, cause that's what happened at — #5 on our list this week. The internet's defacto god Elon Musk thought it would be funny if he told everyone he wanted to slash jobs and then go "lol jkjkjkjk" just a . What a chad. Tesla by 10% few days later Anywho, this was your Tech Company Overview. If you want to follow these rankings realtime, head on down and also consider hitting that Like, Subscribe, Follow and dropping a comment down below and if you want to support me on Patre.. Oh, what's that? Wrong platform? Sorry. It's hard juggling between jobs at HackerNoon and YouTube. here But seriously though, head on down to the link if you want to get the ranking sent directly into your inbox weekly (just hit subscribe!). Peace! ☮️