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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Blake Montgomery

How 2024 made Elon Musk the world’s most powerful unelected man

Elon Musk speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on 14 November.
Elon Musk speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on 14 November. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Hello, and welcome to Techscape. I’ve been pondering screen-time and isolation after I suffered through a recent bout of Covid. Even a few days of seclusion coupled with lengthy, uninterrupted spates of staring at screens were enough to return me to the state of mind in which I spent most of 2020. I hope all of you reading have a wonderful winter and new year, filled with the opposite of that experience: family, friends, and cheery, in-person parties.

Today in Techscape: We look back at the biggest tech story of 2024, Elon Musk, and at the Amazon workers strike in the US.

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