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A bare patch of land next door to the world’s second-richest man has sold after six months on the market.

Jeff Bezos’ neighbour cops $139 million discount on property purchase

An international finance executive bought the patch of land after it had been sitting on the market for six months.

  • Orana Durney-Benson

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Cory Michael Smith as Venis, Steve Carell as Randall, Ramy Youssef as Jeff, and Jason Schwartzman as Hugo in Mountainhead.

Succession creator skewers Silicon Valley with dark tech satire

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong doesn’t have a crystal ball but in Mountainhead, the future looks painfully close.

  • Michael Idato
The Trumps have done more to monetise the presidency than anyone who has ever occupied the White House.

The Trumps are monetising the presidency like never before. But where is the outrage?

By conventional Washington standards, according to graft watchers, the still-young Trump administration is a candidate for the most brazen use of government office in American history.

  • Peter Baker
What to stream this week: (from top left) Sarah Silverman; The Fountain of Youth; Shifting Gears; Quilters; Mountainhead and This City is Ours.

What to stream this week: Steve Carell’s tech bro satire and five more to add to your list

When four tech titans, led by Steve Carell’s Randall, go on a boys’ weekend it’s all fun and games until the world starts falling to bits.

  • Craig Mathieson
Katy Perry in space on board Blue Origin. 

The future of travel? Sorry Katy Perry, this ain’t it

You don’t know how ridiculous you seem to the rest of the world until Jeff Bezos shoots you into space in his phallic rocket.

  • Ben Groundwater

‘A sartorial middle finger’: The $8500 clutch shaped like a coffee cup

Plus: Get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Deborah Cooke, Ada Connolly, Barry Divola, Damien Woolnough and Frances Mocnik
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Slate Auto is making an anti-Telsa; a simple and lower-cost EV it hopes Americans can afford as a first car.

This electric ute is shaping as the anti-Tesla for EV buyers

The US start-up hopes its small and affordable ute will become the Ford Model T of electric vehicles.

  • Tim Biggs
Many are describing Musk’s assault on the federal bureaucracy as a coup, which isn’t quite right. Trump was, alas, elected, and delegated outsize power to Musk voluntarily.

Donald Trump is proving disastrous for big tech

Three months in and the bosses of America’s most valuable firms have little to show for all their toadying.

  • The Economist
Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump.

The billionaire and the bully: Trump’s strong-arm phone call with Amazon’s Bezos

With a metaphorical gun to his head, billionaire Jeff Bezos backed down. The US president described their chat as a “good call”.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The company’s ultra low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products.

Trump blasts Bezos over putting tariff prices on Amazon goods

Amazon.com said it will not display the cost of US tariffs on products after President Trump called Jeff Bezos to complain.

  • Skylar Woodhouse and Matt Day

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