Jul 15 Biden, Gates, other Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 12:23 Bill Gates on where the COVID-19 pandemic will hurt the most By Judy Woodruff, Courtney Vinopal, Courtney Norris Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has spent the last few decades working to improve global health through his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. One area of focus has been reducing the spread of infectious disease -- a mission… Continue watching
May 28 MacKenzie Bezos promises to give half her fortune to charity By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press MacKenzie Bezos' divorce from Jeff Bezos earlier this year leaves her with a 4% stake currently worth more than $36 billion in the online shopping giant. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 9:02 Investment in Africa needed to keep extreme poverty on the wane, Bill and Melinda Gates say For all of the progress made in fighting poverty and disease in recent years, those strides could stall because of rapid population growth in some African countries, according to a new warning from the Gates Foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates… Continue watching
Dec 13 Bill Gates and top investors launch $1 billion clean energy fund By Ryan Connelly Holmes The Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, which Bill Gates will chair and run with a host of other high-profile investors, is focused on clean energy technology. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 3:58 'I am the president, he is the Boss': Obama pays tribute to, jokes with Medal of Freedom recipients By PBS News Hour At the White House, President Obama handed out the Medal of Freedom to twenty-one notable American figures, from Kareem Abdul Jabbar to Bill and Melinda Gates, Diana Ross, Michael Jordan, Vin Scully, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Redford, and many others. Continue watching
Nov 29 Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg launch international fund for clean energy tech By Melanie Saltzman, Nsikan Akpan Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the White House and global leaders have launched two international, multi-billion dollar funds to develop clean energy technologies. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch For Gates, better training for front line workers key no matter the challenge By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 54:35 PBS NewsHour full episode October 7, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Also: Bill and Melinda Gates discuss their efforts in education, how California’s drought is causing the state to sink and recording artist Josh… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 9:54 Bill and Melinda Gates on the political debate over Common Core standards By PBS News Hour Bill and Melinda Gates, two of the world’s leading philanthropists, sit down with Gwen Ifill in Seattle to discuss their efforts to support education reform and the political battles over the Common Core standards. Continue watching