In COVID-19 era, even Bill Gates admits he feels as if he’s waking up in a nightmare every morning Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates may be one of the world’s richest individuals, but even he sometimes finds it hard to… Read More
Bill Gates on The Daily Show: US could reopen this summer, ‘but it won’t be completely normal’ Bill Gates continues to speak out on the COVID-19 crisis. The Microsoft co-founder on Thursday appeared on The Daily Show… Read More
Bill Gates outlines 3 steps US government needs to take ‘to save lives and get the country back to work’ Shut down the country. Step up testing. Develop treatments and a vaccine using data. Bill Gates laid out a 3-step… Read More
Bill Gates: Entire country needs to shut down for 6-10 weeks to effectively fight coronavirus Bill Gates cautioned Thursday night that “there is no middle ground” in the fight against the novel coronavirus, calling for… Read More
‘We should’ve done more’: Bill Gates says US was too slow on COVID-19, shutdown now unavoidable Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday morning that the U.S. acted too slowly and missed its chance to avoid mandatory… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on COVID-19, gig workers in peril, and more on the coronavirus crisis Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. It was another tumultuous week in Seattle, the epicenter… Read More
Bill Gates calls out federal government for disorganized COVID-19 testing in Reddit AMA Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, a leading philanthropist on global public health, offered predictions and advice for coping with the COVID-19… Read More
Bill Gates warned us of a COVID-19-like pandemic — watch his TED Talk from 2015 Bill Gates saw the COVID-19 outbreak coming — and he knew we weren’t prepared for it. The Microsoft co-founder on… Read More
Bill Gates leaves Microsoft and Berkshire boards in historic milestone for tech pioneer Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft’s board, 45 years after co-founding the company with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates also… Read More
Gates Foundation explores ways to boost COVID-19 detection, reportedly including at-home tests A report says the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is preparing to fund at-home testing kits for the novel coronavirus… Read More
Podcast Coronavirus and the future of vaccines: Inside the quest to develop faster responses to epidemics As part of his work in global health, Bill Gates has warned for years about the potential for an unchecked… Read More
Podcast The hidden history of Microsoft and Facebook, and what it says about the social network’s future Could Microsoft’s renaissance give Facebook a blueprint for its own? That’s one of the questions I asked veteran tech journalist… Read More
‘No time to waste’: Bill Gates outlines actions to combat coronavirus now as well as future crises While governments and citizens across the globe prepare and react in assorted way to various stages of the coronavirus pandemic,… Read More
Billionaire beef: Elon Musk charged up over Bill Gates’ purchase of an electric Porsche over a Tesla Elon Musk seems unhappy about fellow uber rich person Bill Gates’ choice in vehicles. Gates revealed in an interview with… Read More
Bill Gates warns that coronavirus impact could be ‘very, very dramatic,’ outlines long-term solutions Bill Gates spoke with broad optimism about the potential for technology to address some of the globe’s biggest challenges, but… Read More
Hamburger expert Bill Gates tests plant-based meat, with Dick’s burgers as a scientific control Bill Gates knows burgers. When Microsoft moved from Albuquerque to the Seattle region back in the 1980s, the nearby Burgermaster… Read More
What Bill and Melinda Gates learned giving out $53.6B over 20 years, and what they’re doing next Over the past two decades, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given out $53.6 billion, most of it seeking… Read More
‘Game on!’: Bill Gates to team again with tennis great Roger Federer for charity match in Africa Looks like Bill Gates is going to get to show off his tennis skills again alongside two of the top… Read More
After-party at Jeff Bezos’ D.C. mansion attracts Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump and other notable guests Jeff Bezos opened the doors to his fancy mansion in Washington, D.C., over the weekend for an after-party that featured… Read More
Mind-blowing facts and more: Bill Gates shares his 7 favorite tweets after 10 years on Twitter “Hello world,” Bill Gates said when he joined Twitter and tweeted for the first time on Jan. 19, 2010. Ten… Read More
Bill Gates rings in 2020 with a call for higher taxes on the rich to help address wealth gap Bill Gates weighed in on the subject of taxes at various times throughout 2019. Should he be paying more? How… Read More
The decade when tech turned dark: Learning from the mistakes of the past 10 years The arrival of 2020 is a chance to look back on the past decade and what it has meant for… Read More
Bill Gates strikes again as Reddit Secret Santa, gifting books, LEGOs, Oreos and more to lucky user She wanted something in the mail other than bills. She got the ultimate gifts from a Bill instead. As in… Read More
Bill Gates reflects on what he read in 2019 and offers up 5 books for your holiday wish list In the recent Netflix documentary “Inside Bill’s Brain,” books are a constant for the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist. We get… Read More
‘Big fan’ Bill Gates makes appearance in ‘Silicon Valley’ series finale as HBO comedy logs off “Silicon Valley” wrapped up six seasons on HBO on Sunday night with a series finale called “Exit Event” — and… Read More
Gates Foundation CEO stepping down from $47B philanthropy, handing reins to internal successor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the physician and scientist who led the world’s largest philanthropy as CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More
Echodyne and Univ. of Washington assist DARPA with aerial drone surveillance test When the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tested an “Aerial Dragnet” system for tracking drones over urban terrain last… Read More
Company backed by Bill Gates claims solar breakthrough, looks to replace fossil fuels in industrial plants A solar energy tech company founded by serial entrepreneur and inventor Bill Gross — and backed by investors including Microsoft… Read More
Bill Gates ‘willing to talk’ after Elizabeth Warren offers to explain her wealth tax Money talks. And talk of money gets people with money talking. That seems to be the case, at least on… Read More
Watch: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Elizabeth Warren, billionaires, antitrust and space exploration Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sat down for a candid and wide-ranging fireside chat Wednesday as part of the New York… Read More
