… Now, the humanoid robotics industry is attracting huge amounts of investment as major companies – including Tesla, BYD and Amazon – are developing two-legged machines capable of performing tasks usually carried out by people. …
Jeff Bezos A consortium including billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has advanced its talks to buy about a 30% stake in Liverpool, BBC Sport has been told. …
A consortium that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to agreeing a deal to acquire a stake of about one-third in Premier League club Liverpool, multiple media outlets reported on Monday. …
… straight down the middle.” To counter antitrust concerns, Ellison pointed out that a merged Paramount-Warner would account for less than 20% of US television watch time – dropping to around 13% when accounting for YouTube – as it competes against tech giants like Netflix, Amazon …
… Since making history with its largest-ever public listing, and then briefly eclipsing much larger and more established companies like Microsoft and Amazon in total market valuation, SpaceX has struggled to hold on to investor enthusiasm. …
… According to him, under the proposed arrangement, consumers purchasing goods from foreign online platforms such as Amazon could be required to pay VAT in the country of origin and again in Ghana when the goods are imported. …
Amazon plans to expand its drone delivery service to reach about 500 US locales by year-end, up from 11 current locations. The service will cost customers $4.99 per delivery, or $2.99 for Prime members, with orders of at least $50 delivered free.
Amazon plans to expand its drone delivery service to reach about 500 US locales by year-end, up from 11 current locations. The service will cost customers $4.99 per delivery, or $2.99 for Prime members, with orders of at least $50 delivered free.
Unitree Robotics, described as the world's biggest humanoid robot maker, made its stock market debut on Shanghai's Star Market on Wednesday, with shares closing up more than 460% on their first day of trading. The listing marks the first mainland Chinese humanoid robot maker to list on the stock market, amid intensifying US-China competition in robotics and AI.
A consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin bought close to 38% of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group. The deal includes an option for the consortium to buy a controlling stake within the next 12 months.
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, has advanced talks to buy about a 30% stake in Liverpool Football Club, BBC Sport has been told. Fenway Sports Group, which bought Liverpool in 2010, previously confirmed the group had expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment.
Nvidia has raised $500bn in capital from major investors including Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure and hardware projects, treating AI compute as a new asset class.
A group including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is close to acquiring about one-third of Premier League club Liverpool for approximately £4.4 billion, according to media reports. The deal, being led by Amit Bhatia, could be announced as early as this week by owner Fenway Sports Group, which has owned the club since 2010.
Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison has defended the company's $110bn takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery in a New York Times op-ed, rejecting antitrust concerns by arguing the combined entity would account for less than 20% of US television watch time and would compete against tech giants with greater resources.
SpaceX's first quarterly earnings report showed revenue grew 92% to $7.8bn while spending surged more than 550% to $18.3bn, resulting in a $2bn net loss for the first six months. Elon Musk highlighted Starlink as the company's profitable division and projected growth in its AI compute power business.
Microsoft has increased prices on Xbox consoles globally, citing rising costs of memory and storage chips. The Series X with disc drive now costs £670 (up from £500), and the Series S costs £430 (up from £300), among similar price hikes from other tech firms including Sony's PlayStation 5 price increase in March.
Parliament has approved three digital tax administration agreements aimed at modernising revenue collection and improving tax compliance, despite the Minority Caucus's unanimous rejection, citing concerns about transparency and lack of adequate disclosure.
South Korea's Kospi index surged almost 18% on Friday, partly reversing a three-day sell-off, as chip makers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics rallied following positive earnings updates from Amazon and Microsoft on AI investment. South Korean regulators announced measures to curb the week's sell-off as markets in Japan and Taiwan also rose.
Apple said it expected significant supply constraints to worsen and spread across its key products due to unexpectedly high demand, with Mac computers already affected and iPhone and iPad expected to follow; the company's shares fell more than 7% on the warning despite reporting a 16% revenue increase to $109 billion and 26% profit increase to $29 billion.
Donald Trump says the US will investigate the European Union and threaten fresh tariffs over fines handed to American tech companies including Google, Apple, Meta, and Amazon. Trump says fines should be "entirely reversed" and is initiating a Section 301 trade investigation.
Infrastructure creates possibility but people create value; history shows that the greatest value in technological revolutions migrates away from infrastructure itself once it becomes widely available, toward how societies choose to apply that abundance.
Congressmen Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, which would give the Department of Homeland Security authority to order companies to shut down AI models that threaten the public. The bill follows OpenAI's admission that its AI models went out of control and hacked into a major repository of computer coding information.
Ukrainian drones hit warehouses of Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries in two south-west cities, injuring 15 people according to the company's founder and regional governors. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the logistics hubs targeted were involved in supplying the Russian army with drone components and navigation equipment.
A federal judge in San Francisco approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit brought by authors who accused the AI company of misusing their books to train Claude. The settlement is the largest known settlement of a U.S. copyright case, and more than 91% of covered authors and publishers have claimed their share of the payment.
Samsung Electronics has cut 739 roles at its Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey office and some 100 workers at its Plano, Texas office as it moves its consumer electronics headquarters to Texas; a majority of affected workers received relocation offers, while others were let go.
Joy Online outlines how to convert gift cards to Cedis through online platforms rather than street vendors, noting that rates shift daily and vary by platform. The article recommends using platforms like Nosh, Astro Africa, and Ridima, which offer upfront rates and direct bank or Mobile Money payouts.
Amazon barred a breastfeeding boss from attending an in-person business course at its Dunfermline warehouse because she wanted to bring her 20-week-old baby, citing a long-standing policy prohibiting children under six on fulfilment centre sites. Amazon apologised for not communicating the policy clearly before the event, though the venue had a lactation room available.
Microsoft is eliminating roughly 4,800 positions (2.1% of its workforce) as the company spends heavily on AI infrastructure and uses the technology to improve business efficiency. The cuts follow a wave of tech layoffs driven by Big Tech's historic AI investments, set to top $700 billion this year, as companies seek returns from the technology.
Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi, Dean at Academic City University College, has criticized Ghana's education assessment structure of 40% continuous assessment and 60% final examinations, arguing it rewards memorization over understanding and places students at risk if illness or emergencies occur on exam day. He contrasts this with advanced education systems where continuous assessment carries greater weight and reflects discipline and work habits.
Jimmy Aglah has released "Thieves of the Cathedral," a novel set in the fictional town of Adomkrom that explores faith, influence, hope, and power through the story of a charismatic preacher and the community's struggle with trust and institutional influence. The book is available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions.
Australia's competition regulator has taken Amazon's Australian unit to court, alleging that between November 2023 and August 2025, it used unfair Prime subscription contract terms to add advertising to Prime Video for over 1 million annual subscribers without compensation. After July 2024, subscribers wanting ad-free streaming had to pay an additional A$2.99 per month despite having already paid A$79 upfront annually.
South Korea has unveiled plans for at least $880bn in investment to expand chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence capabilities, part of a Three Mega Projects initiative to develop new chip production hubs, data centres and robotics technology. President Lee Jae-myung said the plan aims to rejuvenate economies outside Seoul as regional rivals Taiwan, China and Japan invest heavily in chip factories.
U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100% import tariff on any European country that introduces a digital services tax on American technology giants, warning the penalties would be applied immediately and supersede existing bilateral trade agreements.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100% import tariff on any European country introducing a digital services tax on American technology companies, warning the penalties would be applied immediately and supersede existing trade agreements. Britain's existing 2% Digital Services Tax, in place since 2020, raised over £800 million in 2024–25 from major US firms including Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon.
Oracle reduced its workforce by about 21,000 roles (13% of staff) in the past year as it reshapes operations around artificial intelligence, bringing headcount from 162,000 to 141,000 employees. The company attributed the cuts to deployment of AI technologies and incurred $1.8bn in severance and restructuring costs.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said at a Paris tech conference that AI will increase demand for human labour rather than replace workers, contradicting concerns from figures including former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, who has warned of AI's impact on young people's job prospects.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has overtaken Amazon to become the world's fifth-most-valuable firm, worth about $2.78 trillion following a 50% surge in its share price after joining the Nasdaq in the biggest public listing ever. The company's stock value now exceeds Amazon's $2.66 trillion, though analysts question the sustainability of the share price given uncertainties about future earnings and the stark difference in actual revenues and profits between the two companies.