L ike many people alive today, I have no desire to live on Mars. It is, by all accounts, a pretty shitty place for human habitation. Heat escapes its atmosphere so quickly that, were one to stand at its equator at noon with skin exposed — not a great idea! …
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The White House was not happy after it was reported on Tuesday that retail giant Amazon’s will display tariff-based cost increases next to the price of products on their website, calling the decision “a hostile and political act by Amazon.” Amazon — whose founder, Jeff Bezos, has been cultivating a …
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First Lady Melania Trump’s Easter Egg Roll, scheduled for Monday, features corporate sponsors for the first time in the event’s history, among them major Silicon Valley corporations. The event — which takes place when egg prices are at record highs and avian flu is spreading through flocks — features a …
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Is there any upside to a billionaire? In honor of yesterday’s tax day, Stephen Colbert aired a music video for a song called “Billionaires Are Actually Good,” which included an appearance from The Traitors host Alan Cumming. On The Late Show, Colbert opened the show by discussing how there are …
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Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company Blue Origin doesn’t seem all that close to its stated objective of a world in which millions of people live and work in space. But when it comes to briefly launching celebrities out of Earth’s atmosphere, they’ve got the playbook down. On Monday morning, …
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Jeff Bezos is best known as Amazon’s kingpin, but he also owns an aerospace company (sound familiar?) that will send a new crew of high-profile women on a mission later this year. As announced on Feb. 27, pop star Katy Perry, CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, and Besoz’s fiancée Lauren …
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term on Monday before the world’s richest people. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg were among those seated closest to Trump as he demonized the most vulnerable members of our society, rewrote the history of his criminal prosecutions, and pledged …
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The Washington Post’s editorial board evaluated President-elect Trump’s cabinet nominees today, ahead of their confirmation hearings, which begin on Tuesday. In it, the board called Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, “qualified” and “serious.” Bondi previously lobbied for Amazon; the Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and …
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Weeks after Jeff Bezos dined with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Amazon has struck a massive licensing deal involving future first lady Melania Trump. According to Puck News, Amazon has agreed to pay $40 million in order to license a documentary and a limited series about Mrs. Trump. …
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A longtime editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post resigned from her position Friday after the newspaper rejected a cartoon that depicted tech and entertainment giants — including Post owner Jeff Bezos — kneeling before President-elect Donald Trump. Ann Telnaes, who worked at the Post since 2008 and previously won a …
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