Today
- Analysis
- US election
How Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley funded J.D. Vance’s sudden rise
Donald Trump’s VP pick was a venture capitalist bankrolled in business and politics by billionaire investors. His ties to PayPal’s co-founder go way back.
- 1 hr ago
- Tabby Kinder, George Hammond and Alex Rogers
Yesterday
Why Ark’s Cathie Wood is betting big on Tesla
The fund manager is banking on Elon Musk’s move into robotaxi’s will be a catalyst for a roughly 10-fold increase in Tesla’s share price
- Bei Hu
Trump donations surge to record levels
The $600 million raised is three times the first-quarter total and roughly double their contributions from the same period of the 2020 election.
- Sam Learner, Eva Xiao, Alex Rogers and George Hammond
This Month
CFMEU boss defiant; KPMG axes jobs; Who is J. D. Vance?
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Trump’s running mate pick wins Silicon Valley hearts and cash
Billionaire Elon Musk plans to commit around $US45 million a month to a new pro-Trump super political action committee.
- Lizette Chapman and Anna Edgerton
Elon Musk wants to colonise Mars, seriously
The billionaire has directed SpaceX employees to design a Martian city, which he expects could have a million residents in 20 years.
- Kirsten Grind
- Opinion
- US election
America is staring into the abyss
A bullet almost killed the man who is vowing retribution if he is returned to the White House. A spirit of vengeance is haunting America.
- Edward Luce
- Updated
- US election
Trump rally shooting could upend poll race
The attack, by a shooter who was killed by the Secret Service, was the first attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since 1981.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Social media
If you really want to relax, put that phone down
The dopamine hit of smartphones, described as the modern-day hypodermic needle, is not the same as switching off.
- Jemima Kelly
- Analysis
- US election
MAGA world unites around ‘unstoppable’ Donald Trump after shooting
The incident marked a new moment in America’s dark history of political violence. It also brings another twist in this year’s White House race between Trump and Joe Biden.
- James Politi and Lauren Fedor
SpaceX rocket fails, breaks apart in orbit
It’s the first failure of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2016, when one exploded on the launchpad during the loading of propellants for an engine firing test.
- Kenneth Chang
June
Warren Buffett donates record $8b in shares to charity
Warren Buffett has made his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006.
- Jonathan Stempel
Boeing’s new crisis: astronauts left ‘stranded’ by its spacecraft
The Starliner ship has suffered helium leaks and thruster problems. Its delayed return from the International Space Station comes at the worst time for the US company.
- Updated
- Peggy Hollinger
How the tech elite went from disruptors to disrupted
Some of the world’s most powerful business executives allowed themselves to be seduced by Donald Trump.
- Kara Swisher
Clive Palmer’s private jet picks up Tucker Carlson
The mining billionaire’s plane picked up a pain from Maine.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
‘Grandkids won’t learn to drive’: New driverless car push in Australia
Despite the spinning sensors and eerily self-turning steering wheel, self-driving vehicles quickly felt normal in our testing on the streets of San Francisco.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- Workplace
Elon Musk’s war on meetings should be taken seriously
The serial entrepreneur knows that excessive meetings are a sign of poorly run companies. He believes there needs to be a constant battle against bureaucracy.
- Aaron Patrick
KPMG to cut 200 jobs | Musk’s $72b payday | Trump promises tax cuts
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Governance
What directors should learn from Musk’s massive payout
Tesla’s shareholders still believe in the magic of their chief executive, but critics say the bumper payday has warped some of the company’s decisions.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The cult of Musk is alive and well. Now he needs to deliver
Elon Musk’s massive pay deal has been re-approved by Tesla investors. But the billionaire needs to stop selling the same old blue sky and start delivering.
- James Thomson
