Bill Gates's farmland produces McDonald's fries — and 4 other fascinating facts from a new book on the ex-Microsoft CEO

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Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2024.
A new book on Bill Gates sheds light on his influence in tech, philanthropy, and more.

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Melinda French Gates's visit to Jeffrey Epstein's home with then-husband Bill Gates left her 'unsettled,' new book says

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Melinda French Gates said she only met Jeffrey Epstein once, and a new book says it left her "unsettled."

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Google Pixel Screenshots App Isn’t a Privacy Nightmare Like Microsoft Recall

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Trump Campaign Says Hackers Nabbed Internal Documents to Influence Election

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AI was supposed to revolutionize customer service. Morgan Stanley's interns aren't buying it.

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Big Tech reform is coming from the courts, not Congress. Is that good?

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been on Capitol Hill defending Google to lawmakers — but Big Tech regulation is happening in the courts.

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I work at Microsoft and didn't realize how evil tech can be until I had kids. Here's how I limit their screen use to 1 hour a day.

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Bill Safcik told BI he wants to monitor his children's digital activity until they turn 18.

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Sweaty, desperate, and sad: Big Tech is giving off divorced dad energy

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Silicon Valley is filthy with divorced-dad energy.

CrowdStrike is denying Delta's claims it was to blame for thousands of flight disruptions

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CrowdStrike has said in a letter sent to Delta Air Lines that it refutes any allegations that the firm was responsible for thousands of flight cancellations and delays.

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The GenAI jitters: Is there enough demand for $1 trillion in AI spending?

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Big Tech CEOs Andy Jassy, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai

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