Jeff Bezos

The world’s richest man now holds huge sway over its most powerful leader — and the US government

There was overreach after the #MeToo movement but the backlash against women we’re seeing now is ferocious

The digerati developed a monopoly on Americans’ attention, creating division, distrust and envy under the innocent guise of connecting us and making our lives better

Tech giant’s international operation in Cork believed to be largest taxpayer in Republic

Donald Trump and his coterie of wealthy business people likely means less support for global tax reform

Some employers that are mandating office returns favour retaining their big spaces, while others move to smaller but better-serviced properties

Nothing says ‘America first’ quite like Boeing aeroplanes, and Ryanair is one of the US aircraft maker’s best customers

New Glenn rocket was preparing to take off from Cape Canaveral to compete with SpaceX in the satellite launch market

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Incoming first lady will be an executive producer of the documentary released by Jeff Bezos-owned streamer

The streamer’s cut version of It’s a Wonderful Life is an abomination – but perhaps not a woke bowdlerisation of the original

Tech bros from Elon Musk to Sam Altman are looking to president-elect’s second term to unshackle them from regulatory restrictions

Unthinkable: Regulating generative AI is important in its own right, but it’s also a dummy run for the existential threat of artificial general intelligence. This will go beyond mimicking human intelligence to conquering it

This US election, compliance risks becoming a calculated bet on the rise of authoritarianism

Planet Business: Washington Post subscriber losses, the Philadelphia DA suing Musk over an ‘unlawful lottery’ and the end of the oily road for Starbucks’ Oleato coffees

Her campaign ads have tackled everything from women’s rights to Putin. Meanwhile, billionaires have blocked their newspapers from taking a stand

Amazon’s Kuiper has big plans but both groups face costly ongoing satellite replacement programmes

On The Grand Tour: One for the Road, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bow out of their Prime Video car show

Tech companies invest in renewable energy but cannot fully control how polluting their data centres are

Personnel drama at revered US newspaper has been playing out on its own pages for weeks

From plans to introduce a ‘third newsroom’ to its chief executive’s blunt language at a staff ‘town hall’ meeting, the latest moves by the Washington Post are less than inspiring

Enough by Luke Hildyard and Technocapitalism by Loretta Napoleoni

Timing of $4bn sale of stock in retail behemoth he founded - after move to Florida - will see him avoid capital gains tax

Amazon founder is moving his residency from Seattle

Former Daily Telegraph editor had been in the running to bid for British broadsheet

Plane maker and US start-up Voyager join race to build commercial alternatives before ISS is decommissioned

Jassy backs grocery business despite recently saying plans were on hold

Oxfam report on growing inequality details ‘rising wealth at the top and rising poverty for the rest’

Amazon and Axiom want to exploit space for human gain but danger from space junk lurks above Earth’s atmosphere

The year was dominated by rollercoaster news stories such as Elon Musk’s turbulent takeover of Twitter, the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and the numerous cryptocurrency scandals

Amazon founder had been criticised for not joining Giving Pledge campaign targeting billionaires

Reach of Twitter means we will all be affected by Elon Musk closing the deal as planned this week, even if we are not on the platform

‘My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral,’ Star Trek actor says in his new book

Rings of Power: My favourite subplot is the befuddled man finding himself among a bunch of whimsical, Irish-accented little people

An unholy alliance between Big Tech, Big Finance and the Chinese Communist Party has allowed the values of Silicon Valley to dominate the planet

What wealth can’t always buy is admiration. And that’s an area in which the tech titans have suffered major losses

We now understand the risks of having billionaires controlling communication channels

Old friends take their cue from Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee’s 1952 album Get On Board

Since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott has been ‘emptying the safe’

Twist to week-long saga has renewed speculation about the company’s future