‘We have no time to lose’:why Bill Gates is on a planetary crusade

‘We have no time to lose’:why Bill Gates is on a planetary crusade

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.

  • byGreg Callaghan

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‘Unlikely we’ll stop building buildings’:Bill Gates warns manufacturing is threatening climate goals

‘Unlikely we’ll stop building buildings’:Bill Gates warns manufacturing is threatening climate goals

Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world’s ability to tackle climate change – until he hits on manufacturing. About that,he is worried.

  • byKaty Daigle
The last ‘tech bro’ standing:Will Mark Zuckerberg ever walk away from Facebook?

The last ‘tech bro’ standing:Will Mark Zuckerberg ever walk away from Facebook?

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.

  • byLaurence Dodds
Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become world's second-richest person

Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become world's second-richest person

Elon Musk's year of dizzying ascents has hit a new apex as Tesla shares roared higher.

  • byDevon Pendleton
Bill Gates praises Australia’s pandemic response,says vaccine could have rich countries'back to normal'by late 2021

Bill Gates praises Australia’s pandemic response,says vaccine could have rich countries'back to normal'by late 2021

Billionaire singled out Australia and South Korea as countries that has handled the health and economic challenges of the pandemic well.

  • byGuy Faulconbridge andKate Holton
'Without me,you wouldn't be here':Microsoft billionaire's father dies at 94

'Without me,you wouldn't be here':Microsoft billionaire's father dies at 94

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.

  • byPeter Robison
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Bill Gates says COVID-19 has set global health progress back decades

Bill Gates says COVID-19 has set global health progress back decades

The knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic have halted and reversed global health progress.

  • byKate Kelland
'Mum told me to give back to the community':the young Australian creating robots for good

'Mum told me to give back to the community':the young Australian creating robots for good

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.

  • byGreg Callaghan
The heartbreak of loving a conspiracy theorist

The heartbreak of loving a conspiracy theorist

I fear the person I love has disappeared down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories,never to return.

  • byKasey Edwards
Larry Ellison takes on nemesis Bill Gates with bid to buy TikTok

Larry Ellison takes on nemesis Bill Gates with bid to buy TikTok

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.

  • byRobin Pagnamenta
The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga,Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial

The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga,Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial

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.

  • byAmanda Hooton