Bill Gates is now officially the world's richest man. Again. According to Bloomberg the Microsoft founder recently dethroned the Mexican telecoms b...
They may have been bitter business rivals but Microsoft's Bill Gates clearly has fond personal memories of Apple's late Steve Jobs. In an emotional...
During his time as Silicon Valley overlord, Bill Gates was noted for his relative informality - he probably wears ties more often now as one of the w...
Thirty-two years ago Bill Gates and Paul Allen celebrated licensing MS-DOS to IBM by posing for a photograph surrounded by what was then the very late...
What if Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Andy Grove, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg (you get the idea) had been Chinese?
Will.i.am argued that "scientists need to be more sexy" advocating for a more celebrated and exposed community. "You guys need to have your own Oscars. We're at one of the world's most important events and no one knows about it". Bill Gates went on to say how "more money is invested into researching male baldness than helping the developing world".
A video aimed an encouraging young people to learn to code has proved to be a legitimate viral hit. Code.org's five and nine minute films have toge...
Virgin's Sir Richard Branson has been voted Britain's Most Inspirational Business Leader, followed closely by Bill Gates and Lord Sugar. The survey...
Bill Gates has suggested that the Millennium Development Goals do not need updating. He is wrong. Here's why: Throughout the world, from Burma to Namibia, Somaliland to Laos, China to Nicaragua, there are communities of people marginalised by the societies in which they live and forgotten by international development organisations.
Bill Gates has admitted Microsoft's "mistakes" have left it behind on mobile phones. In an interview with CBS the Microsoft founder and current cha...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates took part in a Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' (AMA) on Monday - via an 80 inch Windows 8 computer. The billionaire co-chair ...
Ending hunger is not just about ensuring everyone has enough food to eat. It is about making sure they have the right nutrients. Ending hunger is not just about ensuring everyone has enough food to eat. It is about making sure they have the right nutrients.
Those who didn't like Ali dismissed him as all mouth. Many who write off Obama make a similar point. All he can do is talk, they will say, great at campaigning but not at leading. They're wrong. Never have Barack Obama's gifts as a communicator been as needed by America as they are right now.
The dramatic emergence in recent years of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the American billionaires Giving Pledge and reduced public resources,...
It may not have escaped your attention that there's a new and very different version of Windows due out in October. Whilst Vista was XP in smart suit and Windows 7 was Vista that worked properly they didn't make major changes to the day-to-day experience. Windows 8 does, and how.
Pop guru Simon Cowell will put his TV ratings battle with will.i.am behind him when they join forces to find the next Bill Gates. The X Factor crea...
Microsoft has unveiled a new logo and brand identity. And no, it isn't that different. But the new look really is a milestone - it's the first t...
In reality no-one is "pro-abortion," but rather we, along with the mainstream populace of the vast majority of the developing world, are "pro the right to abortion." Each woman should be allowed and empowered to make her own decision as to whether she continues her pregnancy - according to her health, her morals, her religion, her resources and all the other circumstances she finds herself in.
Shakespeare once said "the education of circumstance is superior to that of tuition" and so when I am asked, as if often the case, about the perception and relevance of media studies compared with traditional subjects, I remain ambivalent.
So, can degrees be written off? May or may not be! Degrees may still matter overall, but the tech world may define a new trend in hiring where it is more your ability to do what you are supposed to rather than hire people with heavy baggage of degrees.
This is absolutely the right moment for government to do all it can to promote philanthropy; and certainly nothing to harm it.
People throughout the UK have come together in an extraordinary way in recent weeks for a cause greater than themselves. They literally are helping to repair the world through an extraordinary charity, Comic Relief, and its inspiring Sport Relief fundraising campaign.
The key to action on climate change is leadership. That's why Climate Week, Britain's biggest climate change campaign, is trying to identify and applaud people in every part of society who are showing leadership that helps bring about the transition to a sustainable world.
Ten years ago today, at a small press conference in New York, Bono and Bill Gates launched an activist entity called DATA, with start-up funds from Mr Gates, George Soros and Ed Scott.
Bill Gates' annual letter is always an inspiring read and today's was no exception. As an international health charity, Merlin is thrilled at the positive impact the Gates Foundation has had - not just on those whose lives are saved or enhanced, but on decisions-made and donations given.
