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New merchants who want to sell their wares on Amazon will be subject to a video call to verify their identity, the company said Sunday. The plan — meant to counter fraud while in-person meetings are impossible during the coronavirus pandemic — is Amazon’s latest effort to police conterfeits and allegedly unsafe products on its …

Katy Perry isn’t letting coronavirus stop her from having fun. The “Teenage Dream” singer, 35, stayed on theme while taping the first at-home episode of “American Idol” on Sunday by dressing up as a huge bottle of hand sanitizer. Perry explained her over-the-top costume by joking that she wanted to be “as safe as possible,” …

Apple is reportedly delaying the manufacturing ramp-up of this year’s crop of new iPhones by a full month. The holdup comes as the coronavirus pandemic has weakened global consumer demand and thrown a wrench into manufacturing operations across Asia, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited anonymous sources. Apple still plans to release four …

US stocks jumped Monday as investors cheered signs that parts of Europe and the US are starting to thaw their economies after freezing them to fight the coronavirus. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 156.07 points, or 0.6 percent, at the open as European countries and US states began to loosen lockdown …

A tiny fraction of the publicly traded companies that got coronavirus loans have pledged to give them back — despite urging from the feds and a public outcry, records show. Just 13 public firms that received a combined $98.5 million through the federal Paycheck Protection Program — which was meant to help Main Street merchants …

First it was the autograph. Then it was the selfie. Now Page Six is told that the ultimate fan trophy is getting celebrities to drop in on their Zoom happy hours. Industry insiders say that stars are being inundated with requests from quarantined admirers who want them to surprise their friends — and we’re told …

The US Treasury Department is cracking down with possible criminal charges against wealthy homeowners with a staff of nannies, housekeepers and chefs who unscrupulously applied for small business bailout loans. Sources exclusively tell Page Six that some moneyed owners of New York and Hamptons homes with a large staff, who previously registered their household under …

Tesla has asked some employees at its California factory to return to work before the end of a lockdown order that shut down the plant last month, according to reports. Elon Musk’s electric-car maker told some paint and stamping operations workers to report to the Fremont, California factory on Wednesday — four days before the …

Self-isolating has people turning to their own devices for everything — even surgery. After recently injuring his arm, Dax Shepard chose to remove pins from his hand while his wife, Kristen Bell, recorded the ordeal. Bell shared the video of her 45-year-old husband to Instagram. In the clip, Shepard apparently was on the phone with …

Hollywood studios are quietly turning to video-game technology as they look to get production shoots delayed by the coronavirus back on schedule, The Post has learned. Armed with virtual-reality tools created by companies like Fortnite creator Epic Games and Pokemon Go’s Unity Technologies, special-effects gurus are creating computer-generated virtual sets for upcoming films and series …