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The gods of Silicon Valley are falling to earth. So are their warped visions for society

Tech titans like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried have been feted for their wealth, but see the world in ways that also merit scrutiny , says Moya Lothian McLean

The Guardian - UK

End of an era? Get to know the big bosses quietly reshaping how tech does business...

With Elon mayhem at Twitter and mass firings at Meta, Silicon Valley is in chaos. Meanwhile, some low-key kingpins are quietly reshaping how tech does business (and you’ve probably never heard of them). Kate Wills reports

Evening Standard

Cultural industries have been captured by billionaires – a new book considers what we can do about it

This book speaks to a disenchanted present.

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Jeff Bezos awards 40 grants worth $123 million to fight homelessness

Bezos recently said he'd give away most of his wealth, but the Amazon founder is more hesitant than other billionaries when it comes to philanthropy.

Fortune

Center for Women and Families receives donation from Jeff Bezos

WEKU

Will Bunch: Billionaires like Musk, Bankman-Fried didn't save the world. They wrecked it. Let's take it back

After growing up amid upper-middle-class affluence in Silicon Valley as the children of two Stanford Law School professors, as a super-smart kid who got into MIT to study physics, Sam Bankman-Fried decided in those teen years that he wanted to save the world in the worst way.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Retailers may see more red after Black Friday as consumers say they plan to pull back on spending – acting as if the US were already in a recession

Retailers are gearing up for another blockbuster holiday shopping season, but consumers burned by the highest inflation in a generation may have other ideas.

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Barclays and Jaguar looking to scoop up Meta and Twitter cast-offs to ramp up tech divisions

High finance and heavy manufacturers are looking to finally lure software developers laid off by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.

Fortune

The grotesque inequality embodied by Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg is a threat to democracy

Something’s wrong when basic infrastructure maintenance seems utopian, while the hare-brained schemes of tech oligarchs become routine

The Guardian - AU

If only our Tory philistines would learn from Germany

Brief letters: Culture vouchers | The brilliance of David Squires | Jeff Bezos’s generosity | Orchestras in Manchester | England’s cricket carousel

The Guardian - UK

Jeff Bezos plays it coy when asked about interest in buying Commanders

Bezos didn't confirm — nor deny — interest in the Commanders, and his partner, Lauren Sanchez, really loves football.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jeff Bezos steps up 'flashy' giving while ex-wife quietly donates billions

Jeff Bezos' $100 million award to Dolly Parton is something of a puzzle to Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.

Tribune News Service

All hail Jeff Bezos the philanthropist! The rest of us will just keep paying our taxes

The Amazon founder says giving money away ‘is really hard’. Luckily, poor people do far more of it than he does, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

The Case for Space Billionaires

What critics of the private space race get wrong

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The End of Astronauts: Should We Send Robots to Space Instead?

Robots don't get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.

Reason

Robert Heinlein's Dream of Private Space Travel Is Coming True

A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable.

The Independent UK

Amazon preparing thousands of job cuts – report

The US firm would join Meta and Twitter in announcing substantial staff cuts.

Dynamite News

Jeff Bezos Anounces Plans To Give Away Majority Of His Wealth To Charitable Causes

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who is among the richest people in the world, has revealed what he ultimately plans to do with his fortune of billions of dollars. Read more on Dynamite News:

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The Space Barnacle Says He’s Going To Give Most Of His Wealth To Charity And I… Don’t Believe It

The world's fourth richest person Jeff Bezos has promised to donate "most" of his $124 billion USD fortune, starting with Dolly Parton.

France 24

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he will give away most of his fortune

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he will give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, becoming the latest billionaire to pledge to donate much of his vast fortune.

Salon

Amid layoffs, Bezos' grand charity plan

"Building Amazon was not easy ... charity, philanthropy, is very similar"

Fortune

Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend says she’s headed to space sometime next year, but not with him

After the Amazon founder went to space and back last year, his partner, Lauren Sánchez, said she’ll take a trip of her own.

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott acknowledges another $2B in donations

Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations in a short blog post Monday that emphasized her interest in supporting people from underserved communities

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Albanese prepares for Xi meeting, more floods in NSW, Catholic church ‘pressuring’ victims

In today’s newsletter: PM looks to reopen dialogue with Beijing; NSW town cut off by rising waters; and Elon Musk says he has taken on ‘too much’

The Conversation

Chokepoint Capitalism: why we'll all lose unless we stop Amazon, Spotify and other platforms squeezing cash from creators

In 2020, the independent authors and small publishers whose audiobooks reach their readers via Audible’s ACX platform smelled a rat.

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