Bill Gates

Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19

Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.  "I'm experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts' advice by isolating until …

Bill Gates questions Elon Musk’s goals with Twitter

Bill Gates questions Elon Musk’s goals with Twitter

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that Elon Musk could make Twitter “worse” after the Tesla CEO pledged to buy the social media firm for $44 billion. Speaking at the Wall Street …

Bill Gates warns 'we've not seen the worst of Covid'

Bill Gates warns 'we've not seen the worst of Covid'

The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has warned, saying there could still be a variant which is "even more transmissive and even more fatal". "We haven't even seen the worst of …

Bill Gates writes book on how to make COVID-19 last pandemic

Bill Gates writes book on how to make COVID-19 last pandemic

Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist whose foundation has focused on efforts to fight the coronavirus, is planning a May 3 release for a book on how to ensure that the Covid-19 pandemic is the last great global plague. …

Bill Gates' daughter marries Egyptian billionaire

Bill Gates' daughter marries Egyptian billionaire

The 25-year-old eldest child of Bill and Melinda Gates walked down the aisle to officially marry Nayel Nassar, 30. The couple exchanged vows in a small Muslim wedding ceremony on the Gates' estate in North Salem, New York, according to The …

Munich Security Conference brings trans-Atlantic's Fantastic Four back together

Munich Security Conference brings trans-Atlantic's Fantastic Four back together

Donald Trump's four years as US president shook the trans-Atlantic relationship. On Friday, the Munich Security Conference brings together Biden, Merkel, Macron and Johnson for an event that could help to rebuild ties, Deutsche Welle reports. Organizers of the Munich Security Conference are facing the challenge of how to squeeze their annual get-together of top global security officials and policymakers into a special event constrained by the COVID pandemic. The multi-day conference that has taken place in Munich every February since 1963 is, for now, an online event, scheduled to wrap up after just about three hours on Friday

Bill Gates predicts next two disasters facing mankind

Bill Gates predicts next two disasters facing mankind

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned the world about the next disaster. Gates said bioterrorism and climate change could be the next biggest threats to humanity. Gates had issued a warning about a deadly virus claiming millions of …

Bill Gates: prepare for  next pandemic like a 'war'

Bill Gates: prepare for next pandemic like a 'war'

Microsoft co-founder, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that the world must prepare for the next pandemic as it would for war, including the investment of tens of billions of dollars each year, in a letter released Wednesday. …

Bill Gates gets Covid-19 vaccine

Bill Gates gets Covid-19 vaccine

Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has received his first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine this week and reports he “feels great”, Yahoo Finance informs. In a statement to Twitter, the world’s …

Bill Gates predicts when coronavirus epidemic might end

Bill Gates predicts when coronavirus epidemic might end

Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in an exclusive "Fox News Sunday" interview that he believes the United States will be able to get back to normal life around summer 2021 due to progress made on vaccines and he's …

Bill Gates: COVID-19 pandemic could end by 2022

Bill Gates: COVID-19 pandemic could end by 2022

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has an idea when the coronavirus crisis could be over, but his estimate varies based on whether you live in the developing world or in wealthier countries such as the United States. "The …

Bill Gates: most U.S. COVID-19 tests ‘complete waste’

Bill Gates: most U.S. COVID-19 tests ‘complete waste’

Most COVID-19 tests performed in the U.S. are useless because of the time it takes to produce results, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said. Tests that take more than 48 hours to produce results are "insane," he told …

Bill Gates: conspiracy theories involving me 'so stupid'

Bill Gates: conspiracy theories involving me 'so stupid'

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates shrugged off baseless conspiracy theories about him being behind a plot to use vaccines to implant tracking microchips in people. "I've never been involved any sort of microchip-type …

Bill Gates tops Jeff Bezos as richest person in the world

Bill Gates tops Jeff Bezos as richest person in the world

On Friday, Bill Gates surpassed Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos to reclaim the distinction of richest person in the world, with a net worth of $110 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, CNN reports. …