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

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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
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are both pouring billions into research to extend human lifespan. Australian-born scientist David Sinclair is a pioneer in this field and speaking at the World Science Festival in Brisbane.

Billionaires are racing to extend human life by decades. They are closer than you think

Australian-born Harvard geneticist David Sinclair says reversing the symptoms of ageing in animals and humans is now possible.

  • Nick Dent

Bezos owns James Bond,but he’s not licensed to kill him off

Amazon has taken over the franchise as a low-risk venture. And that could put 007 at his greatest risk.

  • Malcolm Knox

Yo,tech bros,I feel your pain. Trump’s messing with my personal wealth,too

I realise I’m not a billionaire thought leader,but these are hard times,even if your new BFF is in the Oval Office.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
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.

Trump slump leaves president’s billionaire friends $335 billion poorer

As Donald Trump took the oath of office on January 20,he was flanked by the likes of Elon Musk,Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. They had never been richer. How things have changed.

  • Dylan Sloan
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President Donald Trump,Elon Musk of the Department of Government Efficiency,and Vice President JD Vance.

Values and dignity trump image and posturing

The US President and his acolytes’ desperate attempts to project themselves as macho and manly are becoming more laughable by the day,writes Kim Williams.

The macho men who bootlick Trump show us what weakness looks like

Some of the richest men in the world are genuflecting to the re-elected US president. It’s a pathetic parade of toadyism.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is back in the drivers seat at Amazon as it navigates the coronavirus crisis. The crisis has made him almost $40 billion richer since early March.

‘Sad and disgusted’:Jeff Bezos shakes up Washington Post with radical shift

The paper’s billionaire owner has been accused of cosying up to Donald Trump after announcing a change in direction that sparked the resignation of the Post’s opinion editor.

  • Hannah Miller
Bill Gates at the 2024 World Health Summit.

‘I’m not at the top of the list’:Bill Gates and the divisive power of billionaires

Thirty years ago,Bill Gates created the model for the in-your-face technology mogul that shook up the world. Today,he looks on bemused as Musk,Zuckerberg and co. wield their power.

  • David Streitfeld