‘Where honour and ridiculousness collide’: in praise of karaoke’s inventor, on his death at 100

Shigeichi Negishi’s invention invites us to cast off humility and take a shot at singing stardom. His legacy will be credited – and blamed – for us living out our popstar fantasies

From riches to ankle bracelet: UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s stunning fall

‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ could spend up to 25 years in jail if convicted of fraud in the 2011 sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard

Sam Bankman-Fried deserves 40 to 50 years for FTX fraud, prosecutors say

Manhattan prosecutors condemn former FTX chief’s ‘unmatched greed and hubris’ and seek long sentence for $8bn fraud conviction

McDonald’s hit by ‘technology outage’ in UK, Australia, Japan and China

Fast food chain working to resolve problem but denies it has been hit by cybersecurity attack

Steven Mnuchin putting together investor group to buy TikTok

Ex-treasury secretary tells CNBC of plans a day after US House passes bill giving app’s owner six months to divest or face US ban

EU calls on tech firms to outline plans to tackle deepfakes amid election fears

Move involving companies such as Google, Facebook and X comes after evidence of Russian online interference in polls

Companies paid top executives more than they paid in US taxes – report

Compensation for senior bosses at firms from Tesla to T-Mobile US worth more than those companies’ net tax payments, study finds

Workplace AI, robots and trackers are bad for quality of life, study finds

Tech such as laptops, tablets and instant messaging has more positive effect on wellbeing, says thinktank

New EU gig economy laws saved from oblivion by Belgian compromise

Directive aims to give taxi and delivery drivers such as those working for Uber and Deliveroo rights similar to those enjoyed by full employees

Bitcoin price nears $73,000 in fresh record high

Cryptocurrency rises as UK financial regulator says it will allow trading of crypto-backed securities

Reddit aiming for $6.5bn valuation from New York flotation

Company plans to raise up to $748m from sale of 22m shares, some of which have been set aside for users

Reddit aims for $6bn stock float; bitcoin at new record high – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as exchange-traded funds help bitcoin rally above $71,800

When £17m isn’t enough: FTSE firms plead to pay bosses millions more

Confronted by the huge salaries on offer in the US, London boardrooms are lobbying to be allowed to make their own bosses even wealthier

Your business could lose money by not updating ancient software. Here’s why

Some business owners will be ready to cash out in the near future, but old tech could decrease the value of their firms

‘She’s going to prevail’: FTC head Lina Khan is fighting for an anti-monopoly America

Some say Biden’s high-profile warrior – who’s gone after Kroger, Amazon, and Nvidia – has redefined the US antitrust landscape