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.

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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 andMatt Day
Visions of colonising Mars.

Utopia or extinction:The space visions driving Bezos and Musk

One billionaire wants to move industry off-world,returning Earth to a pristine state. The other wants humans to colonise Mars for our own survival.

  • Chris Zappone
Jeff Bezos owns a large estate in Beverly Hills.

How much it costs to be neighbours with Jeff Bezos

A luxury Beverly Hills mansion next door to Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ property has hit the market for an eye-watering sum.

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Seated from left:Lauren Sanchez and Kerianne Flynn. Standing from left:Amanda Nguyen,Katy Perry,Gayle King and Aisha Bowe.

I’ve got a rocket for these space cadets and their pantomime of feminism

The whole exercise was emblazoned with such drippy femininity that all womankind was implicated. It was a test of the implicit feminist pact to Support Women. I suspect I failed it.

  • Jacqueline Maley
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The all-female occupents of Blue Origin’s flight:Katy Perry,Gayle King,Aisha Bowe,Kerianne Flynn,Lauren Sanchez and Amanda Nguyen.

I hear you mocking the female astronauts. You’re doing dirty work for the bad guys

With all the chaos and costs being borne by women in Trump’s America,are people really upset about Katy Perry saying space made her feel “connected to love”?

  • Kate Halfpenny
Katy Perry kisses the ground after all-female celebrity Blue Origin space flight.

‘It’s not about me’:Katy Perry kisses the ground after all-female celebrity space flight

It was the latest wave in space tourism,where the rich and famous – or lucky and well-connected – can enter the zero-gravity realm of professional astronauts.

  • Marcia Dunn
Katy Perry is off to space.

Space has a PR problem. It’s time to make it great again

Using space as a stunt to recover from a failed album is just another nail in the coffin of the great black void’s reputation.

  • Patrick Lenton
Elon Musk and Donald Trump in a Tesla at the White House.

Musk and big tech urge Trump to punish Australia

The companies have blamed Australia for “coercing” them into sacrificing their revenue to schemes such as the News Media Bargaining Incentive.

  • David Crowe andPaul Sakkal