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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

Bill Gates talks COVID cases after Omicron, lack of pandemic preparation, and those ‘chips in arms’

In a new discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill Gates said Tuesday that we should expect to see “far fewer… Read More

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Bill Gates cancels his holiday plans, says ‘we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic’

Bill Gates is taking the action that many people are perhaps dreading themselves — canceling most of his holiday plans… Read More

‘Most unusual and difficult year of my life’: Personal and pandemic struggles aside, Bill Gates is hopeful

Ever the optimist, even Bill Gates was challenged by everything 2021 threw at him. In a new end-of-the-year post on… Read More

Reality check: Microsoft, David Bowie, Bill Gates, and a creepy video game called ‘Omikron’

Yes, there was a game called Omikron: The Nomad Soul, starring a virtual David Bowie, released in 1999 for Microsoft… Read More

Investor presses Microsoft to release results of Bill Gates investigation after rare shareholder win

After winning support from Microsoft shareholders for more transparency and independence in the company’s handling and disclosure of sexual harassment… Read More

Microsoft shareholders approve resolution calling for new insights into sexual harassment cases

Updated below with vote tallies. Microsoft pledged to release more information about sexual harassment cases after shareholders approved a resolution… Read More

Melinda French Gates on the ‘absurdity’ of extreme wealth and what she’s learned about real giving

Melinda French Gates on Tuesday morning reaffirmed her commitment to the Giving Pledge, in which the world’s wealthiest people commit… Read More

Bill Gates’ holiday book list includes a brain booster, and giveaways at Seattle indy bookshops

Voracious reader Bill Gates is constantly consuming information and expanding how much knowledge his brain can hold. Fittingly, a book… Read More

Climate tech execs anticipate market benefits as COP26 summit amplifies role of private sector

The stakes for the United Nations’ COP26 climate summit were incredibly high. The world is already feeling the detrimental impacts… Read More

Bill Gates shares upbeat take on global climate talks; Washington’s Inslee pledges carbon cuts

As the global climate talks in Scotland enter their second week, Bill Gates on Monday shared his customarily upbeat assessment… Read More

COP26 updates: Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy, Gates Foundation and Amazon tout climate efforts

Day two of the United Nations COP26 climate talks brought news of recently forged partnerships and new funding commitments from… Read More

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy pledges $276M to match UK funding for climate innovations

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst has pledged an investment of $276 million in climate innovation in the United Kingdom, matching… Read More

Report: Microsoft knew in ’08 about ‘inappropriate’ messages from Bill Gates to female employee

Messages from Bill Gates to a female Microsoft employee were deemed “inappropriate” by the company in 2008, prompting two executives… Read More

Bill Gates backs Cipher, a new online climate news source produced by his Breakthrough Energy

Bill Gates is backing a new online climate news publication called Cipher that is slated to start publishing on Sept.… Read More

Bill Gates calls inequitable worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines a ‘public health tragedy’

As people in the United States debate COVID-19 vaccine mandates, a new report from the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More

Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment firm buying controlling stake in Four Seasons Hotels

Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment LLC is acquiring a controlling stake in Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the company announced Wednesday.… Read More

Gates offers $1.5B for carbon-cutting innovation if lawmakers enact public-private program

Bill Gates has pledged to invest $1.5 billion on joint projects with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to remove… Read More

Bill Gates calls meeting Jeffrey Epstein ‘huge mistake,’ addresses his past conduct at Microsoft

In a new interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night, Bill Gates called it a “huge mistake” to meet… Read More

Bill and Melinda French Gates to take two years after divorce to assess partnership at foundation

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will still be led by its namesakes after their divorce, but the foundation announced… Read More