Co-founders of Silicon Valley venture capital firm back Trump’s presidential bid

Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen, founders of A16Z, plan to give large donations to former president’s campaign

Amazon workers in Coventry lose union recognition ballot by handful of votes

TUC insists fight will go on after GMB fails to secure right to represent retailer’s staff by just 29 votes

Hackers claim Disney data theft in protest against AI-generated artwork

NullBulge group said it was leaking files from Disney’s internal Slack channel to ‘protect artists’ rights’

Microsoft deal with AI startup to be investigated by UK competition watchdog

CMA ‘has enough evidence’ to start full probe into tech giant’s hiring of Inflection’s top staff

Ocado shares jump as it narrows losses and boosts technology business

Revenues from tech arm, which sells robots to retailers, climbed by nearly 22% in six months to June

Shares in Trump’s media group leap by a third after assassination attempt

Stock market indices also rise as chances of Trump victory in November election are perceived to grow

Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution

Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ that can put energy back into the National Grid when solar panels and windfarms do not provide much power

US financial watchdog urged to investigate NDAs at OpenAI

Whistleblowers say contracts include restrictions requiring staff to seek permission before contacting regulators

‘Let’s make history!’: Amazon staff at UK warehouse vote on union recognition

In Coventry, the GMB has been canvassing hard to represent workers officially – and the potentially historic result is due this week

Hackers stole call and text message records on ‘nearly all’ AT&T customers, company says

AT&T says a suspect was apprehended in connection with the hack, which included numbers customers texted or called

UK risks tech ‘talent drain’ to US if pension funds fail to back sector

Co-founder of British chipmaker Graphcore, which has been bought by Japan’s SoftBank, issues warning

Elon Musk promises ‘battle in court’ over EU’s crackdown on X’s blue checks

Regulators’ findings suggest social network breached Digital Services Act and could be fined 6% of global turnover

Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces

As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs?

Trader recommendation websites must vet firms, says watchdog

CMA draft guidance says platforms must also tackle fake reviews and sanction rogue traders

Rachel Reeves says the UK’s public finances are in a dire state – but here’s why I’m cautiously optimistic

The markets haven’t imploded, sterling is solid, and there is no flight of investors – and given the circumstances, the only way is up, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott