Looking back on a year of great drama for the media
There have been high-profile sales, far-right hate and a smattering of BBC scandals.
ByElon Musk
Elon Musk is a businessman, chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, owner of Twitter, and has been estimated to be the world’s richest man. He was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, and after studying at University of Pennsylvania embarked on a career as an entrepreneur, co-founding Zip2, a software company that was bought for $300m in 1999.
Why is Elon Musk obsessed with British politics?
Plus: new White House appointments and more media sales.
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The disturbing rise of tech-bro pronatalism
A growing group of Silicon Valley figures are agitating for people to have more children – as a solution to…
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Elon Musk proves the absolute power of the markets
The Tesla billionaire helped Donald Trump secure his victory – and, by extension, so did we all.
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The making of a media mogul
For centuries, the news industry has been shaped by wealthy, powerful men. Have they also helped to destroy it?
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The American election belongs to the oligarchy
Self-interested plutocrats are bankrolling both candidates.
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Silicon Valley’s greatest moonshot
Big Tech’s billionaires aren’t scared of Trump – they like what he’s selling.
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How Elon Musk killed Twitter
His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users – and the world’s richest man himself.
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The Tony Blair advice bureau
On Leadership is wise on the business of government but credulous on Elon Musk and corporate power.
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Trump will have to choose: populism or Elon Musk
In his interview on X, the Republican candidate revealed anti-worker sentiments.
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We must break up the tech platforms that threaten our democracy
We are prisoners of a global online panopticon that knows more about us than we do.
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Why leaders listen to Elon Musk
His obsequious interview with Donald Trump is only the tech billionaire’s latest incursion into politics.
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Keir Starmer’s Elon Musk problem
The rancour of X’s digital square has spilled on to the English high street.
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Elon Musk wants us to have more children
Is demography the new front line of the culture wars?
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Elon Musk’s fight against workers’ rights
The billionaire is leading corporate America’s latest assault on working people.
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Elon Musk ruined my sex life
What could his Neuralink brain implant mean for politics and individual experience?
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Are you ready for Elon Musk to read your mind?
For stroke victims and those who are paralysed, devices that can interpret thoughts are a lifeline. But should Big Tech…
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Elon Musk has more ego than sense
The self-styled bad-boy of tech recently told advertisers to “go f*** themselves”. Should we really be surprised?
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Elon Musk’s death drive
The tech billionaire built a world that he could rule – then allowed it to destroy him.
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Bluesky is a real alternative to Twitter
As far-right agitators Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson return to the platform, many users are seeking a new social media…
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