Jeff Bezos

Corporate America shelled out millions for Trump’s inauguration. Now he’s upending many of their businesses
Business

Corporate America shelled out millions for Trump’s inauguration. Now he’s upending many of their businesses

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting at the Business Roundtable headquarters on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images America’s richest and most powerful companies shelled out millions to fund President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities. Three months later, some may be asking whether the famously […]

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Brain implant cleared by FDA for Precision Neuroscience, a Musk Neuralink rival
Health

Brain implant cleared by FDA for Precision Neuroscience, a Musk Neuralink rival

Precision Neuroscience’s Layer 7 Cortical Interface Courtesy of Precision Neuroscience Neurotech startup Precision Neuroscience on Thursday announced that a core component of its brain implant system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a major win for the four-year-old company. Precision is building a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, which is a […]

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Trump tariffs mean higher prices, big losses for Amazon sellers that source from China
Technology

Trump tariffs mean higher prices, big losses for Amazon sellers that source from China

President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policy on April 2 didn’t just cause mayhem in the stock market. It sent Amazon sellers into a panic. Many sellers on Amazon count on China for manufacturing and assembly due to lower costs and established infrastructure – up to 70% of goods on Amazon come from China, according to […]

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Amazon Kuiper launches first satellites to take on SpaceX’s Starlink, capitalize on anti-Musk fervor
Technology

Amazon Kuiper launches first satellites to take on SpaceX’s Starlink, capitalize on anti-Musk fervor

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on the launch pad carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet network satellites, which are expected to eventually rival Elon Musk’s Starlink system, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 9, 2025.  Steve Nesius | Reuters In a social media post last month, […]

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Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk each lose more than  billion after Trump tariffs spark market meltdown
World

Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk each lose more than $23 billion after Trump tariffs spark market meltdown

As President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs announcement sent shockwaves across Wall Street, the world’s richest people lost billions of dollars in net worth almost overnight. On Wednesday, Trump announced a baseline 10% tariff for imported goods from all countries set to take effect on April 5, and “individualized” tariffs as high as 50% on a […]

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Amazon Pharmacy medical chief Gupta is latest health exec to leave company
Technology

Amazon Pharmacy medical chief Gupta is latest health exec to leave company

Vin Gupta, Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Pharmacy, speaks during Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event at the company’s BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington on October 18, 2023.  Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Amazon has lost the chief medical officer of its pharmacy division after five years at […]

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Google-Wiz deal is ‘litmus test’ for Trump administration’s handling of Big Tech
World

Google-Wiz deal is ‘litmus test’ for Trump administration’s handling of Big Tech

The Wiz logo on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Seven months ago, Alphabet lost a marquee case against the Biden administration’s Justice Department, which accused the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly in search. Weeks earlier, Google’s pursuit of cybersecurity vendor […]

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How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge
Technology

How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge

China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record speed. Often called the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel […]

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Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King will crew Jeff Bezos’ next Blue Origin spaceflight
Technology

Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King will crew Jeff Bezos’ next Blue Origin spaceflight

Katy Perry performs during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Invictus Games at BC Place on February 08, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Samir Hussein | Wireimage | Getty Images Singer Katy Perry and CBS’ Gayle King will join Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez on his rocket company Blue Origin’s next crewed mission. The company […]

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Jeff Bezos orders Washington Post opinion pages to support ‘personal liberties and free markets’; top editor resigns
Politics

Jeff Bezos orders Washington Post opinion pages to support ‘personal liberties and free markets’; top editor resigns

(L-R) Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.  Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, the […]

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