US tech selloff hits Amazon
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Investors sold off US tech stocks, triggering steep declines including an 11% fall in Amazon shares, after fresh AI advances and massive spending raised doubts about future returns.
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
Reposted by David R. Miller, Daxton R. Stewart
I believe the debate about whether Bezos is "obligated to fund $100m+ annual losses" misses the point. He intentionally expanded those losses by millions of dollars for basic corruption reasons, so that the Trump administration would be nicer to Amazon and Blue Origin slate.com/business/202...
Jeff Bezos Killed the Washington Post
The billionaire wanted the Post to die, because a vigorous, well-resourced newspaper does not help his bottom line.
slate.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I believe the debate about whether Bezos is "obligated to fund $100m+ annual losses" misses the point. He intentionally expanded those losses by millions of dollars for basic corruption reasons, so that the Trump administration would be nicer to Amazon and Blue Origin slate.com/business/202...
Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Lesley A. Hall
Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
As someone who wrote for the @washingtonpost.com for eight years it’s pretty infuriating to watch Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis do what they’re doing to the place. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/a-sad-angr...
A Sad, Angry Day at the Washington Post
Jeff Bezos doubles down on bad decisions.
danieldrezner.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
As someone who wrote for the @washingtonpost.com for eight years it’s pretty infuriating to watch Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis do what they’re doing to the place. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/a-sad-angr...
Reposted by Diane Coyle
Podcast: The coming AI bubble.
Can AI profits justify massive investment? Many experts say 2026 is make-or-break.
Prof Dame @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Coyle discusses what an AI bubble burst could mean on BBC Radio's The Artificial Human.
Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Can AI profits justify massive investment? Many experts say 2026 is make-or-break.
Prof Dame @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Coyle discusses what an AI bubble burst could mean on BBC Radio's The Artificial Human.
Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Artificial Human - AI's Bubble Trouble? - 2. What are the consequences of an AI economic crash? - BBC Sounds
Aleks and Kevin ask, what are the consequences of the AI financial bubble bursting?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Podcast: The coming AI bubble.
Can AI profits justify massive investment? Many experts say 2026 is make-or-break.
Prof Dame @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Coyle discusses what an AI bubble burst could mean on BBC Radio's The Artificial Human.
Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Can AI profits justify massive investment? Many experts say 2026 is make-or-break.
Prof Dame @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Coyle discusses what an AI bubble burst could mean on BBC Radio's The Artificial Human.
Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post, Amazon Prime Video, and Twitch.
Skydance’s Paramount deal effectively handed CBS to the Ellisons, who moved fast to steer its editorial direction.
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Skydance’s Paramount deal effectively handed CBS to the Ellisons, who moved fast to steer its editorial direction.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post, Amazon Prime Video, and Twitch.
Skydance’s Paramount deal effectively handed CBS to the Ellisons, who moved fast to steer its editorial direction.
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Skydance’s Paramount deal effectively handed CBS to the Ellisons, who moved fast to steer its editorial direction.
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Reposted by Oliver Nachtwey
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are set to lose a combined $900bn in market value despite strong earnings reports over the past week. ft.trib.al/wenJIxW
February 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are set to lose a combined $900bn in market value despite strong earnings reports over the past week. ft.trib.al/wenJIxW
We must keep an eye on what is happening with technology in the United States and its repercussions with this emergent crisis-crash, which promises further developments: « We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward »
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward
Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
We must keep an eye on what is happening with technology in the United States and its repercussions with this emergent crisis-crash, which promises further developments: « We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward »
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
by Peter Cook
Please forgive my jaded approach. Every day I get a new excuse to do nothing - yesterday's came from someone who refuses to buy anything on Amazon. Of course they use AWS and Meta to make their social media work. Ignorance is bliss.
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Please forgive my jaded approach. Every day I get a new excuse to do nothing - yesterday's came from someone who refuses to buy anything on Amazon. Of course they use AWS and Meta to make their social media work. Ignorance is bliss.