‘We said no to Elvis Presley sweat and James Dean condoms’: the agent making a killing from dead celebrities

Mark Roesler is a publicist with a difference – most of the clients he represents are no longer alive. And thanks to AI, holograms and social media, being dead famous is more lucrative than ever

The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried: an unrepentant ex-mogul faces down decades in prison

The former CEO of FTX, once a king of cryptocurrency, saw a swift reversal of his fortunes starting in November 2022

Trump could net $3bn after investors approve Truth Social to go public

Plan approved by vote of shareholders in Digital World Acquisition, with which Trump’s business sought to combine

How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material

Court documents and interviews detail the products’ role in alleged exploitation – and how some payments go undetected

How does Trump stand to make $3bn from Truth Social being listed on the market?

The company – which has only raised $5m since 2021 – benefits from meme stock status, valued not for revenue but for clicks

‘Huge breakthrough’ in Starbucks union talks – which other US firms will follow?

Coffee chain appears willing to come to the table, which could mean good news for Trader Joe’s, Amazon and REI workers

Reddit shares soar on first day of public trading

Company stock price climbed nearly 70% from its IPO, with Condé Nast’s parent company standing to make nearly $1.4bn

US accuses Apple of ‘broad, sustained, and illegal’ smartphone monopoly

Justice department lawsuit alleges tech giant illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware

Nearly 4,000 celebrities found to be victims of deepfake pornography

Channel 4 News finds 255 British people including its presenter Cathy Newman to have been doctored into explicit images

Danish man found guilty of fraudulently profiting from music streaming royalties

Unnamed 53-year-old made at least £230,000 from artificially generated plays of hundreds of tracks

Donald Trump to make $3.4bn if shareholders back plan to float Trump Media

Ex-US president planning to list Trump Media & Technology Group if merger with special purpose acquisition company goes ahead

Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns with more words of wisdom from women

The Seinfeld star hears from female friends like Sally Field and Billie Jean King in the return of Wiser Than Me. Plus: five of the best paranormal podcasts

Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients

Trials in UK, France and the Netherlands indicate tool can predict if patient will experience problems from surgery and radiotherapy

Reddit shares priced at $34 in largest IPO by social media company in years

Platform to make its debut on New York stock exchange on Thursday with a market value of $6.4bn

Ex-takeaway worker guilty of money laundering in £2bn bitcoin operation

Jian Wen became involved in a criminal racket converting cryptocurrency into assets including property and jewellery