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Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg (left) watches the inauguration next to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner, Lauren Sanchez; Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai; and Tesla boss Elon Musk.

Trump’s a Luddite, but his blossoming tech bromance makes perfect sense

Suddenly, Trump’s the saviour of TikTok teens and crypto bros while the lords of the cloud have turned into sycophantic courtiers. How did we get here?

  • Maureen Dowd

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The $2.1 trillion welcome party: World’s richest people flock to Donald Trump

A who’s who of the world’s wealthiest people surrounded the president as he took the oath of office.

  • Jamie Tarabay, Amanda Gordon, Steven T. Dennis and Emily Birnbaum

‘Children of the elite’ send tech broligarchy to the right

Members of the tech broligarchy used to vote Democrat and lean left. Now they’re lining up for Trump. What happened?

  • Janine Perrett

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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Elon Musk’s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert

SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload of mock satellites but no crew, eight minutes after lift-off.

  • Joey Roulette
Just the block is for sale - supply your own house.

Block next door to Jeff Bezos for sale for $320m – but there’s no house

For that price, there are swaying palms, water views, top security and room to build a dock large enough for a mega-yacht.

  • Emily Power and Orana Durney-Benson
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk’s wealth have plummeted.

World’s 500 richest people surpassed $15 trillion in wealth in 2024

The world’s 500 richest people got vastly richer in 2024, with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg leading the group to a new milestone. Their wealth is now similar in size to the combined GDPs of Germany, Japan and Australia.

  • Dylan Sloan and Jack Witzig
Jeff Bezos’s decision to cancel the Post’s endorsement of Kamala Harris led to 250,000 readers cancelling their subscriptions.

‘They’re trying to save their tails’: The billionaires scrambling to influence the US election

Extremely rich people are confronted with unusual opportunities and invisible perils in the tightest, most dramatic, chaotic and highest stakes political battle in modern times.

  • David Streitfeld
People walk by the offices of The Washington Post.

Inside The Washington Post’s decision to scrap presidential endorsements

Jeff Bezos’ decision to end the Post’s decades-long practice exploded into public view last week, sparking fury among reporters, editors, readers and the Watergate journalists.

  • Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who now owns The Washington Post, reportedly made the decision to block an endorsement.

Staff fury as billionaire newspaper owners refuse to endorse presidential candidate

The Washington Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, reportedly halted the publication of a planned editorial supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.

  • Michael Koziol

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