Having grappled with malaria,HIV and Ebola,the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist has set his sights on solving another intractable global problem:climate change.
Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world’s ability to tackle climate change – until he hits on manufacturing. About that,he is worried.
A generation of Silicon Valley tech founders has quit and handed over to successors but not at Facebook. And the question about Mark Zuckerberg is not when might he step down - but whether he ever will.
Elon Musk's year of dizzying ascents has hit a new apex as Tesla shares roared higher.
Billionaire singled out Australia and South Korea as countries that has handled the health and economic challenges of the pandemic well.
Having operated the slide projector at his son's first keynote speech,lawyer Bill Gates snr saw his headstrong middle child become the world's second richest person with a net worth of more than $US123 billion.
The knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic have halted and reversed global health progress.
As a 12-year-old in Cairns,Marita Cheng dreamt of building a robot that would do her chores. Two decades later,the former Young Australian of the Year is turning some of that dream into a reality – but the machines she’s designing help others,not herself.
I fear the person I love has disappeared down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories,never to return.
He once hired private investigators to rummage through Bill Gates's bins. Now Oracle's Larry Ellison is taking on Microsoft in the battle for TikTok,and his friendship with the president could be his secret weapon.
At 14,Melburnian schoolboy Hugh Evans set himself a mission to end global poverty. Some 20 years later,his Global Citizen charity is attracting millions of people – including celebrities and politicians – to the cause.