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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

Trump’s not the tech bros’ puppet master. He may be the puppet

The three wise men – Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg – have turned up at the birth of the new Trump presidency, bearing a gift more valuable than gold: the ability to sway reality.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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What to do with all those stocking fillers?

Dreading useless, deadweight Christmas gifts? They have some value, after all

There’s some science to gift-giving. Just don’t discard the human connection with the wrapping paper.

  • Max Jeganathan
Molly, a seven-year-old labrador therapy dog takes a rest during her work shift soothing anxious children at a vaccination clinic in England.

The companies making the office a little more cavood-adorable

Leaving the pampered pooch at home with post-COVID-19 separation anxiety has become one of the stumbling blocks to getting people back to the office.

  • Carolyn Cummins
George Baur was vocal in defending the biodiversity of rainforests.

‘Conscience’ of forestry industry defended rain forest biodiversity

George Baur was deeply involved in formulating and implementing the Forestry Commission’s environmental policies.

  • Louise Baur and Angela Bell
Every move you make, they’ll be watching you.

Online privacy is a farce. Click here to agree

So often we click “I agree” to digital companies’ privacy agreements, but it would take us an hour and 13 minutes a day to read the fine print. There is a better way.

  • Andrew Charlton
Tess Robens and Fabrizio Culici from The Rio in Sydney’s Summer Hill bottle cocktails for home delivery.

Living la vida lockdown: how Australians are adapting to the isolation economy - and spending up

More than half the nation is locked down, but this time around we’re more confident, we’re buying more and we’re developing habits that will stay with us long after the pandemic.

  • Andrew Charlton
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Amazon has announced it is buying MGM, the fabled US movie studio home to the James Bond franchise.

Amazon to buy MGM, Bezos announces his exit date

Amazon says it is buying the fabled US movie studio home for $US8.45 billion, while chief Jeff Bezos announces he will hand over the reins to new CEO Andy Jassy in July.

  • Jeffrey Dastin
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is estimated to be worth $182 billion

It's been a fabulous pandemic for the super-rich, but will it make our economy less equal?

The wealth of the super-rich is booming despite the recession. That begs an important question: will the pandemic leave us a more unequal society?

  • Matt Wade
Trump is trying to block Americans from voting by post.

Tracing Trump's unprecedented war on the US Postal Service

Allies coddled Donald Trump by telling him the reason he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton in 2016 was widespread mail-in balloting fraud. Now the President's outrage is coarsening further.

  • Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker
US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections for social media giants.

There's a powerful weapon Trump could use in his war with Big Tech

And the Democrats might help him use it.

  • Bruce Wolpe

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