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Bill Gates’ holiday book picks are 5 all-time favorites; look for them in 100 Little Free Libraries

Bill Gates has made a tradition of releasing lists and reviews of his favorite books, but his holiday installment this… Read More

Go inside the invite-only, climate tech summit in Seattle hosted by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy

Inside a Seattle waterfront center cloaked in wildfire smoke, climate tech innovators and investors came together this week at the… Read More

Bill Gates ‘amazed at how far we’ve come’ as he opens inaugural climate tech summit in Seattle

Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-led effort to stoke innovation in climate technology, is holding its inaugural summit this week in… Read More

Melinda French Gates counters Bill Gates’ prediction that their foundation will end in 25 years

Melinda French Gates this week offered a different timetable for the future of the Gates Foundation than the one laid… Read More

Bill Gates sees Gates Foundation winding down in 25 years — with Melinda French Gates and himself still at the helm

In a recent interview at the 2022 Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit, Bill Gates shared that the plan is to wind… Read More

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The first sustainable mega-region? Former Gov. Chris Gregoire on Cascadia’s climate quest

Business, governmental and environmental leaders from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia met at the U.S.-Canada border this week to plan… Read More

Bill Gates encouraged by U.S. climate initiatives as ‘mega-region’ grapples with long-term challenges

BLAINE, Wash. — Wildfire smoke was hanging over the U.S.-Canada border in the distance as regional leaders from both countries… Read More

Gates Foundation annual report shows stalled progress due to pandemic, wars — but also reasons for hope

You know times are tough when a typically upbeat missive from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation starts sounding grim.… Read More

Report calls for ‘mega-region’ to unite on climate as Cascadia leaders meet at U.S.-Canada border

A new report commissioned by the Cascadia Innovation Corridor cross-border initiative recommends 14 “high-impact actions” that government and business leaders… Read More

He’s kind of a big dill: Bill Gates on his pickleball past, a sport he’s been playing more than 50 years

Move over bridge and tennis, Bill Gates is touting a new leisure-time activity. The Microsoft co-founder admitted Tuesday that he’s… Read More

Gates Foundation will boost annual payout 50% to $9B in call to action against ‘huge global setbacks’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will increase its annual payout in grants and other financial assistance by… Read More

We visited the world’s biggest carbon capture plant, which just signed a 10-year deal with Microsoft

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A short drive from Iceland’s capital, on a lava plateau blanketed with moss and grass, the earth… Read More

Echodyne radar venture flies higher with $135M funding round led by Bill Gates and Baillie Gifford

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Echodyne, the radar platform company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is announcing its biggest influx of… Read More

5 books Bill Gates recommends for the summer

While compiling books for his annual summer recommendations, Bill Gates realized that the topics in his list were hardly the… Read More

In latest Reddit ‘AMA,’ Bill Gates talks COVID, farming, Bitcoin, what phone he uses and more

Bill Gates returned to Reddit for his 10th “Ask Me Anything” session on Thursday, answering questions related to the COVID-19… Read More

Bill Gates tests positive for COVID, says he has mild symptoms and is ‘fortunate to be vaccinated’

Bill Gates revealed Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, more than two years into a pandemic that the… Read More

Bill Gates helps open new vaccine manufacturing facility in Seattle area

Bill Gates helped cut the ribbon Monday afternoon at a new Seattle-area manufacturing facility for vaccines built by Inventprise, a… Read More

New aerial video shows Microsoft’s progress on massive HQ revamp

Microsoft released a new video Wednesday that shows the latest progress on a multi-year redevelopment project reshaping a large swath… Read More

Inside Bill Gates’ multi-faceted org that wants to help save the world from climate destruction

It started with a November 2015 announcement by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates along with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg… Read More

In new video series, Bill Gates dines with health experts and reflects on COVID-19 lessons

Two years after first gathering with a group of health experts to dine and discuss the looming COVID-19 crisis, Bill… Read More

Likewise launches new ‘entertainment hub’ to bring personalized streaming TV access across devices

Likewise, the Seattle-area startup backed by Bill Gates, announced the launch of Likewise TV on Tuesday, a personalized entertainment hub… Read More

Bill Gates leads $84M funding round to boost Kymeta antenna venture’s push into new markets

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is doing it again: He’s the lead investor in a new $84 million funding round for… Read More

‘We don’t have to do this again.’ Bill Gates previews new book about preventing the next pandemic

An upcoming book from Bill Gates will delve into lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, what the world can do… Read More

Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

“Your code will be attacked.” That warning, so obvious today, was a blunt wake-up call 20 years ago for many… Read More

Gates Foundation names first outside trustees, bringing new oversight to $50B philanthropy

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named the first members of its new board of trustees, appointing three outsiders to… Read More

Microsoft board approves outside review of harassment and discrimination policies, including assessment of Bill Gates investigation

Microsoft’s board is directing the company to hire an outside firm to review its sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies… Read More

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