As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump’s second term, the lack of legal guardrails — and the fading power of Big Media — is becoming an existential crisis.

Elon Musk, who is the world's richest person, uses the Apple iPhone 16 Pro. This device is Apple's flagship model.

Elon Musk has questioned the microchip claims made by DeepSeek AI, a fast-emerging player in the artificial intelligence pool, which is starting to challenge the United States' control over the AI industry. Newsweek has reached out to DeepSeek via email and Musk via X's press department for comment.

His inauguration ceremony was attended by many notable figures, including former presidents and CEOs of major corporations like Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, among others.

While the event marked a significant political moment, it was the actions of two tech giants, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, that caught the internet’s attention

Dressed immaculately, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk stood next to Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, and his fiance, Lauren Sánchez.

Some of Trump’s supporters see a lack of emphasis on lowering consumer costs and making daily American life more affordable.

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.

Opinions and thoughts are the author’s own and not those of AFROTECH™. “Oligarchy” is the word that has been spread across the internet and used to describe what has been observed during Donald Trump’s inauguration.

As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.