Larry Ellison briefly overtakes Elon Musk as world’s richest person
Oracle co-founder’s shares rose by 40% in early trading, briefly valuing his fortune at $393bn, just ahead of Musk’s $384bn
US drugmaker Merck scraps £1bn London research centre and cuts 125 science jobs
New blow to UK’s key life science sector as industry body says country is losing ground on investment and research
Powering change: UK battery firms aim to unlock the way to net zero
Companies using different technologies for long-duration storage seek funding as country shifts to renewables and requires greater energy security
Peter Kyle, the ‘tech bro’ minister charged with kickstarting UK growth
‘Hard-working’ business secretary opens his tenure with delicate trade missions to Washington and Beijing
Amazon fires 150 unionized third-party drivers, Teamsters says
Union says ‘Amazon is breaking the law’ after drivers working for contractor Cornucopia were terminated
Disruption to Jaguar Land Rover after cyber-attack may last until October
Thousands of workers told to stay home this week as car manufacturer and its suppliers deal with digital systems outage
‘Existential crisis’: how Google’s shift to AI has upended the online news model
Media sites are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their content
Tesla offers Elon Musk a trillion-dollar pay package
CEO will have to increase the value of his electric car company from just over $1tn to $8.5tn over 10 years.
Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger
E-bikes can legally travel at 15.5mph. But the fastest the police have seized was capable of 70mph. What will stop the rise of these souped-up and potentially fatal vehicles?
‘Slap on the wrist’: critics decry weak penalties on Google after landmark monopoly trial
Judge said tech giant had monopoly but let it keep Chrome and Android; critics cried foul while Wall Street cheered
Farage a ‘Putin-loving, free speech impostor’ says Democrat before Reform head’s US speech – UK politics as it happened
Jamie Raskin says Farage is ‘a Trump sycophant’ before UK politician addresses the House judiciary committee in Washington
Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing and retail ‘severely disrupted’ by cyber incident
Carmaker says it has shut down its systems but there is no evidence customer data has been stolen
Starmer cannot have armoured electric Range Rover ‘because of bomb risk’
Jaguar Land Rover says ‘required safety levels cannot be achieved’ for EVs so PM must to stick to petrol version
Taipei City council in the dog house over Chinese-made patrol robot
Opposition councillor in Taiwanese capital accuses authorities of sending ‘Trojan horse’ into citizens’ daily lives
Nvidia sets fresh sales record amid fears of an AI bubble and Trump’s trade wars
Despite surpassing Wall Street expectations for its AI chips, company shares drop 2.3% in after hours trading