US president and his family have monetised the White House more than any other occupants, normalising activities that once would have provoked heavy criticism and official investigations
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The backlash focused on the faux feminism in the marketing blitz, while genuine concerns about women in science vanished into a black hole
Bookshops offer something that an exclusively online retailer cannot, but they may need support to compete against a corporate giant
Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez and other celebrities boarding Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight feels like training for billionaires escaping Earth
Katy Perry among those on Blue Origin flight
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Jeff Bezos-controlled Amazon has taken creative control of the James Bond franchise under a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson
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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
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Donald Trump and his coterie of wealthy business people likely means less support for global tax reform
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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
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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
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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
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