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Jeff Bezos is sending Katy Perry to space

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Jeff Bezos is sending Katy Perry to space Katy Perry will fly to space during Blue Origin’s next crewed mission, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company has announced. The pop star will join CBS host Gayle King and Bezos’s fiancé Lauren Sánchez aboard the New Shepard rocket this spring, marking its 11th human flight. Along with Perry and Sánchez, who is known for her

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Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’

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Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’ In a move promoted as supporting freedom of speech, The Washington Post will no longer publish opinion columns that oppose the core views of Post owner and Amazon executive chair Jeff Bezos, Bezos has reportedly told staff. New York Times reporter Benjamin Mullin and Semafor reporter Max Tani published details about the move on Wednesday,

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Bezos’ Blue Origin Thinks It Will Compete With SpaceX By Laying Off 10 Percent Of Workforce

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Bezos’ Blue Origin Thinks It Will Compete With SpaceX By Laying Off 10 Percent Of Workforce The marketplace for private space enterprises is far from free, especially with SpaceX CEO and eagerly willing Martian sperm donor Elon Musk holding the purse strings of the federal government. SpaceX’s competitors can only sit back and prepare for the loss of its government contracts. Blue Origin announced on… Read more…

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Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk Squabbling Over Trump’s Ear And NASA’s Future

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Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk Squabbling Over Trump’s Ear And NASA’s Future Blue Origin scrubbed the debut launch of its New Glenn rocket on Monday over a vehicle subsection issue. If Elon Musk had his way, he would also scrap the company’s Blue Moon from landing NASA astronauts on the lunar surface in 2030. However, Amazon billionaire and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos doesn’t view Musk and… Read more…

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Sundar Pichai and Jeff Bezos head to Mar-a-Lago to schmooze with Trump

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Sundar Pichai and Jeff Bezos head to Mar-a-Lago to schmooze with Trump Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty ImagesTwo of tech’s biggest leaders have plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump soon. The Information reports that Google CEO Sundar Pichai is flying to Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, and Trump has said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is meeting with him next week. Tru…

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Jeff Bezos says he’s ‘very optimistic this time around’ about Trump

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Jeff Bezos says he’s ‘very optimistic this time around’ about Trump Jeff Bezos. | Laura Normand / The VergeJeff Bezos and President-elect Donald Trump famously didn’t get along the last time Trump was in the White House. This time, Bezos says he’s “very optimistic” and even wants to help out. “I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” Bezos said of Trump during a rare public appearance at The New York Time…

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Jeff Bezos says he’s a climate guy — why is he kissing the ring?

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Jeff Bezos says he’s a climate guy — why is he kissing the ring? Image: Laura Normand / The VergeJeff Bezos might just be the biggest climate philanthropist out there, which is what makes his swift embrace of Donald Trump as the next US president particularly cringeworthy. “Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love,” Bezos posted on X, hours after Trump declared victo…

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