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Gates Foundation will provide $3.7M in grants for Seattle-area COVID-19 response

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $3.7 million to a Seattle-area public health agency; several local foundations; homeless… 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

Report: Amazon and Gates Foundation aim to team up with scientists on home test kits for coronavirus

Amazon Care is offering assistance to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a plan to deliver coronavirus test kits… Read More

Gates Foundation, Wellcome, Mastercard launch $125M COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Wellcome and Mastercard to form the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, a… 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

Why Bill Gates thinks gene editing and artificial intelligence could save the world

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20… Read More

Gates Foundation pledges $100M to fight novel coronavirus

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to spend up to $100 million to stem the spread of the novel… Read More

Researchers halt ‘ineffective’ HIV vaccine trial led by Fred Hutch with Gates Foundation backing

A three-year-long clinical trial of an HIV vaccine in South Africa, funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More

Gates Foundation’s new nonprofit venture will boost innovations for farmers facing climate change

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is starting up a new nonprofit group that will focus on providing small-scale farmers… 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

Inside a ‘rapid innovation session’ as Gates Foundation and Xinova fight malaria with tech

Ask a room full of people how to fight malaria, and you’ll likely hear about bed nets, vaccines and healthcare… Read More

Melinda Gates draws huge crowd for hometown finale of ‘Moment of Lift’ tour, with surprise intro

The stage lights stayed down as the introductory video ended, and a lone figure walked onto stage in the darkness.… Read More

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

Should billionaires exist? That question is getting serious attention thanks to liberal officials raising the alarm over wealth concentration. It’s become… Read More

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

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

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

Paul Allen was brutally candid about Bill Gates in his 2011 memoir, “Idea Man,” and the Microsoft co-founders didn’t speak for… Read More

What Bill Gates is thinking about as 2018 concludes

It’s almost hard to remember the Bill Gates of yesteryear — the brash, competitive, hard-charging business leader known to dismiss… Read More

Interview: Gates Foundation CEO on global progress in 2018, and the biggest threat to the world’s future

As the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sue Desmond-Hellman oversees the world’s largest philanthropy, on a mission… Read More

TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Gates Foundation, Redfin, Ring

Today’s featured stories Gates Foundation announces $15M commitment to map neighborhoods that help kids out of poverty Philanthropy advice from… Read More

Gates Foundation announces $15M commitment to map neighborhoods that help kids out of poverty

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will commit $15 million to get a new initiative called Opportunity Insights off the ground.… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Join us for a look into the future with leaders from Boeing, Ring, Uber and more

The GeekWire Summit is a week away, and our heads are spinning with anticipation, excitement and a bit of nervous… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates warn ‘stunning progress’ toward reducing global poverty could stall for first time in decades

Since 1990, the percentage of people around the world living below the extreme poverty line has dropped from 36 to… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Early-bird tickets on sale, CEOs of Boeing, Ring and Gates Foundation highlight agenda

The GeekWire Summit — our biggest event of the year — is coming up Oct. 1-3 in Seattle, and we’ve… Read More

Gates Foundation teams with Oxitec on new breed of malaria-blocking mosquito

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has forged a partnership with Oxitec, a British mosquito control company, to develop mosquitoes… Read More

In leaked video, Bill Gates candidly recounts surreal first meetings with President Trump

Bill Gates was unnerved by how much President Donald Trump knew about his daughter’s appearance the first time the two… Read More

TLDR:Amazon responds to proposed tax, Gates Foundation commits $158M to reduce poverty, Rover expands to Europe

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Gates Foundation commits $158M to new 4-year effort to reduce U.S. poverty

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $158 million over the next four years to fund research,… Read More

Melinda Gates denounces Trump’s immigration comments

As someone who has spent extensive time in the developing world, Melinda Gates thinks President Donald Trump’s alleged comments on… Read More

Gates Foundation gives $15M to complete funding for new Univ. of Washington computer science building

[Follow-up: No more stealing computer time: Bill Gates marks key milestone for UW computer science expansion] The University of Washington’s new… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Innovate ’17 targets teen entrepreneurs; SVP looks for startups with social impact; and more

Atul Ajoy is a successful entrepreneur and startup CEO. He runs Chromata, an AI-fueled fundraising platform still in stealth mode.… Read More

Gates Foundation’s new open-source software helps impoverished communities around the world access financial services

For the billions of people living without access to a bank account, simple transactions, like paying rent electronically or registering… Read More