Bill Gates

Bill Gates, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos fund research to find a better Alzheimer’s diagnosis

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 at 10:37 am1 Comment

The richest people in the world are putting some of their fortunes toward finding a better way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Bill Gates and Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos are backing… Read More

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Bill Gates casts an enthusiastic vote for bill to accelerate nuclear energy research

by Alan Boyle on March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 at 10:37 am 7 Comments

If dollars were votes, newly reintroduced legislation aimed at boosting nuclear energy innovation and advanced reactors would be a winner, thanks to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ strong endorsement today. The… Read More

Beyond cow farts: Bill Gates picks 5 innovations to reduce carbon emissions from agriculture

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 26, 2019March 27, 2019 at 9:27 am 3 Comments

Bill Gates is “done with cow farts.” So the Microsoft co-founder proclaimed in the opening line of a new blog post entitled, “We should discuss soil as much as we… Read More

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From ‘evil empire’ to model citizen? How Microsoft’s good deeds work to its competitive advantage

by Lisa Stiffler on March 7, 2019March 8, 2019 at 1:49 pmComment

Microsoft, the tech powerhouse once maligned as the “evil empire,” is engaged in a radical shift, taking on the mantle of corporate responsibility and civic leadership. While its actions ring… Read More

Bill Gates opens new UW computer science building with tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen

by Taylor Soper on February 28, 2019March 1, 2019 at 10:57 am1 Comment

Bill Gates wanted to clear something up. Speaking at a celebration event for a new University of Washington computer science building named after the Microsoft co-founder and his wife, Gates… Read More

Univ. of Washington opens new computer science building, doubling capacity to train future tech workers

by Taylor Soper on February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 at 12:39 pm1 Comment

When Ed Lazowska arrived at the University of Washington four decades ago, there were just 12 computer science faculty members. Meanwhile across Lake Washington, a small startup called Microsoft had… Read More

Bill Gates lists 10 breakthrough technologies that address ‘important challenges’ of our time

by Kurt Schlosser on February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 at 10:41 am 4 Comments

In his quest to solve, or have a hand in solving, some of the world’s more pressing problems, Bill Gates has no doubt been presented with a range of evolving… Read More

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Is Bill Gates a happy billionaire? Should he pay more in taxes? He has the answers in Reddit AMA

by Kurt Schlosser on February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 at 12:21 pmComment

Bill Gates is perfectly happy as a billionaire, but he admitted again Monday that he believes he should have to pay more in taxes. The topic came up in a… Read More

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Full interview: Bill Gates on climate change, Paul Allen, nationalism and, of course, hamburgers

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 16, 2019March 1, 2019 at 7:52 am1 Comment

Bill Gates is known to play his cards close to the vest, but in an interview with GeekWire, the Microsoft co-founder opened up on a wide range of topics, covering… Read More

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Bill and Melinda Gates take to late-night TV to weigh in on 70% marginal tax rate floated by AOC

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 at 3:00 pm 4 Comments

Should billionaires exist? That question is getting serious attention thanks to liberal officials raising the alarm over wealth concentration. It’s become such a hot-button issue that Late Show host Stephen Colbert… Read More

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Bill Gates says textbooks are finally becoming obsolete, 25 years after he predicted their demise

by Monica Nickelsburg & Todd Bishop on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 at 10:40 am1 Comment

Here’s a pop quiz: One of these passages about education technology was from Bill Gates’ 1995 book, “The Road Ahead.” The other was published by Gates this week, nearly 25… Read More

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GeekWire grills Bill Gates on a meaty issue for Seattle fast food lovers: Dick’s or Burgermaster?

by Kurt Schlosser on February 12, 2019February 15, 2019 at 3:35 pm1 Comment

Globalism. Politics. Education. Clean energy. Bill Gates covered the usual range of substantive topics in an interview with GeekWire in advance of the release of Bill and Melinda Gates’s annual… Read More

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Bill Gates explains why putting America first means giving a damn about the rest of the world, too

by James Thorne & Todd Bishop on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 at 10:43 am 10 Comments

With a wave of nationalism sweeping the globe, Bill Gates contends that doing right by the country starts with helping the rest of the world. Disengaging from the world, on… Read More

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How a group discussion about ‘Becoming a Man’ changed Bill Gates’ perspective on the world

by James Thorne on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 at 10:31 amComment

It all started when two billionaires went to jail. Bill and Melinda Gates visited a Georgia state prison a few years back to try and understand why so many people… Read More

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Bill Gates patched things up with Paul Allen, hoped to travel the world with Microsoft co-founder

by Todd Bishop on February 12, 2019February 16, 2019 at 10:03 am 3 Comments

Paul Allen was brutally candid about Bill Gates in his 2011 memoir, “Idea Man,” and the Microsoft co-founders didn’t speak for more than a year after it came out. But it turns… Read More

Report: Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress helps with his nuclear power push

by Kurt Schlosser on January 25, 2019January 26, 2019 at 10:50 am 48 Comments

Bill Gates said in his year-end letter last month that he planned to work to persuade U.S. leaders to embrace advanced nuclear technologies as a solution to curbing climate change.… Read More

Bill Gates says these technologies are helping to eradicate disease

by James Thorne on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 at 9:09 am 2 Comments

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent 20 years and $10 billion on issues of global health. In that time, the likelihood that a child would die before age… Read More

Former NRC head disagrees with Bill Gates, says nuclear not a safe bet for combating climate change

by Molly Brown on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 at 3:58 pm 7 Comments

How much do you think about nuclear power? If you’re like most Americans, the answer is likely “not often.” Unless you work in the industry, you don’t hear too much… Read More

Billions served: Bill Gates photographed standing in line for a burger at Dick’s Drive-In in Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on January 16, 2019January 19, 2019 at 3:30 pm 58 Comments

Update, Saturday, Jan. 19, 3:30 p.m.: This story has been updated to add comment from Paul Rich, who took the photograph. Bill Gates, the billionaire burger lover who has been… Read More

The questions Bill Gates asks himself every year, and how they’ve changed as he’s gotten older

by Todd Bishop on January 1, 2019January 2, 2019 at 10:28 am 2 Comments

Bill Gates’ year-end letter, published over the weekend, was full of thoughts about the world, from nuclear energy to privacy and innovation. But this year’s installment also offered insights into… Read More

What Bill Gates is thinking about as 2018 concludes

by John Cook & Monica Nickelsburg on December 29, 2018December 31, 2018 at 10:44 am 3 Comments

It’s almost hard to remember the Bill Gates of yesteryear — the brash, competitive, hard-charging business leader known to dismiss Microsoft managers by telling them they’d just presented the “stupidest”… Read More

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As China option fades, Bill Gates urges U.S. to take the lead in nuclear power, for the good of the planet

by Alan Boyle on December 29, 2018December 30, 2018 at 6:15 am 20 Comments

In his year-end letter, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says his to-do list for 2019 includes persuading U.S. leaders to regain America’s leading role in nuclear energy research and embrace advanced… Read More

Bill Gates delivers another epic Secret Santa gift to lucky Reddit user, with help from Hank Green

by Taylor Soper on December 22, 2018December 24, 2018 at 8:43 am 4 Comments

Bill Gates is getting pretty good at this Secret Santa thing. The Microsoft co-founder delivered another epic box of gifts to a lucky Reddit user as part of Reddit Gifts, a… Read More

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Bill Gates engages in potty talk with ‘The Daily Show’ as he explains need to reinvent the toilet

by Kurt Schlosser on December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 at 10:31 am 2 Comments

WTF is wrong with Bill Gates? That was the question, literally, from “The Daily Show” and correspondent Ronny Chieng as the comedy news program ventured out to Seattle to find… Read More

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Bill Gates picks his 5 favorite books for 2018

by Molly Brown on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 at 11:14 amComment

The billionaire bookworm is back with his best book picks of 2018. Bill Gates revealed his five favorite titles today, and it includes one book that is topping everyone’s best-of… Read More

Bill Gates: Why renewable energy is not enough to solve climate change

by Monica Nickelsburg on November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 at 9:10 am 4 Comments

Renewable energy is getting cheaper and more efficient. Environmentalists, like Bill Gates, celebrate that as progress toward reducing our reliance on polluting power sources. But it is also a source… Read More

Bill Gates says if you want to understand tech and Silicon Valley, you better watch ‘Silicon Valley’

by Kurt Schlosser on November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 at 12:05 pm 2 Comments

Bill Gates gets it. The Microsoft co-founder wants his friends in Silicon Valley to lighten up if they refuse to watch HBO’s “Silicon Valley” because they’re afraid it makes fun… Read More

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Bill Gates opens ‘Reinvented Toilet Expo’ in China, promoting biggest sanitation advances in 200 years

by Kurt Schlosser on November 5, 2018November 6, 2018 at 2:59 pm 2 Comments

Bill Gates has been thinking about sanitation and toilets ever since he stopped working full time at Microsoft. In those 10 years, sparked by what he saw during increased travel… Read More

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TLDR: Remembering Paul Allen

by Starla Sampaco on October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 at 5:03 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Bill Gates pays tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: ‘Personal computing would not have existed without him’ Peanut, a matchmaking app for moms led by former Bumble… Read More

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Insights from Paul Allen: How the ‘Idea Man’ made a vast impact beyond Microsoft

by Todd Bishop on October 16, 2018January 15, 2019 at 8:54 pmComment

Who founded Microsoft? Ask almost anyone that question, and they’ll say Bill Gates. But the software icon himself told the rest of the story today in a tribute to his… Read More

Bill Gates, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos fund research to find a better Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Bill Gates casts an enthusiastic vote for bill to accelerate nuclear energy research

Beyond cow farts: Bill Gates picks 5 innovations to reduce carbon emissions from agriculture

From ‘evil empire’ to model citizen? How Microsoft’s good deeds work to its competitive advantage

Bill Gates opens new UW computer science building with tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen

Univ. of Washington opens new computer science building, doubling capacity to train future tech workers

Bill Gates lists 10 breakthrough technologies that address ‘important challenges’ of our time

Is Bill Gates a happy billionaire? Should he pay more in taxes? He has the answers in Reddit AMA

Full interview: Bill Gates on climate change, Paul Allen, nationalism and, of course, hamburgers

Bill and Melinda Gates take to late-night TV to weigh in on 70% marginal tax rate floated by AOC

Bill Gates says textbooks are finally becoming obsolete, 25 years after he predicted their demise

GeekWire grills Bill Gates on a meaty issue for Seattle fast food lovers: Dick’s or Burgermaster?

Bill Gates explains why putting America first means giving a damn about the rest of the world, too

How a group discussion about ‘Becoming a Man’ changed Bill Gates’ perspective on the world

Bill Gates patched things up with Paul Allen, hoped to travel the world with Microsoft co-founder

Report: Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress helps with his nuclear power push

Bill Gates says these technologies are helping to eradicate disease

Former NRC head disagrees with Bill Gates, says nuclear not a safe bet for combating climate change

The questions Bill Gates asks himself every year, and how they’ve changed as he’s gotten older

What Bill Gates is thinking about as 2018 concludes

As China option fades, Bill Gates urges U.S. to take the lead in nuclear power, for the good of the planet

Bill Gates delivers another epic Secret Santa gift to lucky Reddit user, with help from Hank Green

Bill Gates engages in potty talk with ‘The Daily Show’ as he explains need to reinvent the toilet

Bill Gates picks his 5 favorite books for 2018

Bill Gates: Why renewable energy is not enough to solve climate change

Bill Gates says if you want to understand tech and Silicon Valley, you better watch ‘Silicon Valley’

Bill Gates opens ‘Reinvented Toilet Expo’ in China, promoting biggest sanitation advances in 200 years

Insights from Paul Allen: How the ‘Idea Man’ made a vast impact beyond Microsoft

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