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5 summer book picks from Bill Gates — yes, he’s still recommending books

Bill Gates is maintaining one of his favorite traditions, recommending his favorite summer books to read, even as his public… Read More

Bill Gates picks his 5 favorite books for 2018

The billionaire bookworm is back with his best book picks of 2018. Bill Gates revealed his five favorite titles today,… Read More

Is the world falling apart? Bill Gates says that it’s never been better — and he’s out to prove it

Bill Gates gets a firsthand look at some of the world’s gnarliest problems through his philanthropic work attempting to eradicate… Read More

Bill Gates gives a boost to ARPA-E, the feds’ endangered energy research agency

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is putting in a plug for the federal government’s energy research agency, ARPA-E, just when it’s… Read More

UW president lands on Bill Gates’ list of 5 ‘fanatics’ who inspired him in 2016

An educator, a nerd farmer, a former president: these are a few of Bill Gates’ favorite things. As the holidays… Read More

Bill Gates reveals the 5 best books he read in 2016

To say Bill Gates is a voracious reader is an understatement. The Microsoft co-founder has been gobbling up books of all… Read More

Bill Gates thinks most high schools in America are obsolete — but not this one

At Summit Sierra, a personalized learning charter school in Seattle’s International District, students use software to chase their dreams. They set… Read More

What Bill Gates would do if he were living on $2 a day

Bill Gates, chicken farmer? The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says in a blog post that investing in poultry would his first move… Read More

Bill Gates thinks you should read these 5 books this summer

Summer came early in Seattle this year and Northwest native Bill Gates just released his recommended beach reads to help… Read More

Bill Gates picks his favorite feel-good stories of the year

It’s easy to feel down with all the bad news out there. In fact, tragedies trended aplenty among Google, Bing and Facebook‘s… Read More

See if you can beat Bill Gates on this state of the world quiz

How well do you know the state of current world? If you’re Bill Gates, quite a bit. In fact, you… Read More

From ‘poop to potable,’ here’s the latest on Bill Gates’ favorite machine for turning feces into drinking water

It’s not often you get to see a working concept turned into a positive solution so fast. The Janicki Omni Processor, which turns… Read More

Here are the 7 books that Bill Gates says you need to read this summer

It’s almost Memorial Day weekend, and hopefully the sunnier days and warmer weather are inspiring enough to slow down and… Read More

Bill Gates asks, how much meat should we eat?

Eating meat continues to be a controversial topic as we struggle to feed the world and mitigate environmental damage. And… Read More

Bill Gates jumps further into vaccination debate with review of ‘On Immunity’

Vaccines continue to be a hot topic with the measles outbreak and the Ebola virus. In his latest book review… Read More