# Bill Gates

Last year

2022

# factcheck

Debunked: Conspiracy theory 'documentary' repeats long-disproven claims about Covid vaccines

‘Died Suddenly’ is heavy on gruesome medical imagery, but light on facts

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Dec 8th 2022, 1:40 PM

# Oxfam

World's ten richest men doubled their wealth during Covid, report finds

It also found that the wealth of Ireland’s nine billionaires has increased by 58% to €49.7 billion since the start of the pandemic.

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Jan 17th 2022, 9:23 AM

All time

# Microsoft

Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are ending their marriage

The couple have been married for 27 years.

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May 4th 2021, 7:17 AM

# Covid-19

Lewis Hamilton says he was 'misinterpreted' over Bill Gates anti-vax post

Hamilton shared a post on social media that accused Gates of lying about a coronavirus vaccine.

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Jul 28th 2020, 8:33 AM

# response

Bill Gates says he is 'optimistic' about battle against Covid-19

The US billionaire said medicines and vaccines should be given to those most in need, not “highest bidders”.

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Jul 11th 2020, 3:57 PM

# debunked

Debunked: No, Anthony Fauci did not say a Covid-19 vaccine must be delivered to people without 'proper studies'

Fauci has been falsely quoted on a number of social media posts.

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May 30th 2020, 9:00 PM

# factcheck

Debunked: No, Bill Gates didn't brief the CIA in 2005 about a vaccine to immunise religious fanatics

The hoax video shows a man who has a passing resemblance to Gates – but it’s a hoax.

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May 29th 2020, 5:48 PM

# factcheck

Debunked: No, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Anthony Fauci and the WHO are not being charged with genocide

The false message being shared on Facebook claims they are due to appear before a human rights tribunal next week.

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May 29th 2020, 3:26 PM

# debunked

Debunked: No, Italy does not want to charge Bill Gates with crimes against humanity

The claim has its origins in a speech made by Sara Cunial, a member of the Italian Parliament.

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May 27th 2020, 11:35 AM

# factcheck

Debunked: No, researchers did not 'invent' the coronavirus in 2015

Posts speculating about the origin of the virus have been widely shared in recent weeks.

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Apr 30th 2020, 12:58 PM

# stepping down

Bill Gates quits Microsoft board to spend more time on philanthropy

He started the company with Paul Allen in 1975.

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Mar 14th 2020, 12:22 PM

# sanitation

Bill Gates brings jar of human waste on stage to make point about lack of toilets in developing world

Gates has previously used shock tactics to draw attention to his disease-battling efforts.

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Nov 6th 2018, 7:42 AM

# Bill Gates

Ellen DeGeneres asked Bill Gates to guess the price of everyday products and it's painful to watch

Unsurprisingly, he is quite out of touch.

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Feb 25th 2018, 2:09 PM

# prime position

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person

The entrepreneur leapfrogged Microsoft’s Bill Gates, who’s been at the top spot for the past four years.

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Jul 27th 2017, 5:53 PM

# Money Money Money

The 20 most common hobbies of the richest people in the world

Who doesn’t like collecting cars and football teams?

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Aug 13th 2016, 6:00 PM

# Genius

Bill Gates never attended any of the classes he signed up for at Harvard - but got A's anyway

Apart from that one course in organic chemistry.

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Mar 9th 2016, 5:01 PM

# microsoft landing

The rise of Bill Gates, from Harvard dropout to richest man in the world

He’s worth about €80 billion.

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Mar 5th 2016, 11:15 AM

# taking sides

Now Bill Gates is taking the FBI's side in its stand-off against Apple

The co-founder of Microsoft says Apple should comply with the order as it’s a specific case.

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Feb 23rd 2016, 10:12 AM

# Testing times

Bill Gates is betting on a test that could change cancer treatment

“We must diagnose cancer earlier.”

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Jan 24th 2016, 11:15 AM

# follow my lead

Ten quotes about leadership from the most powerful people in the world

“There’s nothing wrong with being ambitious.”

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Jan 1st 2016, 9:30 PM

# waste not want not

Bill Gates is helping to turn poo into drinking water - and even drank some himself

Like a science-pioneering, life-saving magician.

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Aug 13th 2015, 8:48 PM

# pacific property porn

Bill Gates's architect has dreamed up another utopia with this Pacific paradise

Prepare to drool.

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May 4th 2015, 5:30 PM

# minted

These are the college degrees you need to do if you want to be filthy, stinkin' rich

And first on the list is ‘don’t do a degree’ – just like 32% of the top 100 richest people in the world who have no third level education whatsoever.

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Mar 27th 2015, 11:03 AM

# Must reads

Here are some of the top business books to read in 2015

Pick up some inspiration from some of these…

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Jan 4th 2015, 11:30 AM

# through the keyhole

One of the most extraordinary (and decadent) houses in the US is on sale for $85 million...

Let’s have a nose around.

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Nov 20th 2014, 10:11 AM

# open the flood gates

Bill Gates accepts Mark Zuckerberg's ice-bucket challenge with delightfully nerdy results

Yay, he did it!

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Aug 15th 2014, 8:41 PM

# Microsoft

This is how drastically your Windows computer has changed over the years

It’s now safe to turn off your computer.

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Aug 4th 2014, 11:00 AM

# Disease

The deadliest creature on the planet? It's not even close

Humans? Pretty deadly. Lions? Not even in the top 10.

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May 3rd 2014, 4:30 PM

# Change

Bill Gates: People don't realise how many jobs will soon be lost to computers

Many jobs will replaced by software automation, or ‘bots’.

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Mar 17th 2014, 10:30 AM

# grandmaster flash

It only took 79 seconds for this guy to beat Bill Gates at chess

He’s the world’s best chess player, and he’s only 23.

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Jan 25th 2014, 1:45 PM

# world poverty

"By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world" - Bill Gates

The entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist today released an annual letter, aimed at tackling what he called “the three myths” about poverty.

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Jan 22nd 2014, 5:16 PM

# ah thanks bill

Bill Gates did a Secret Santa with someone on the internet

He gave her a stuffed cow. Sound?

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Dec 19th 2013, 1:45 PM

# Madiba

"He taught us how to come together and believe in ourselves": The world reacts to Mandela's death

From Obama, Clinton and Ban Ki-moon to Bill Gates, Bono and Pelé — figures from around the world have been paying tribute…

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Dec 6th 2013, 1:24 AM

# login

Bill Gates says CTRL-ALT-DELETE was a mistake

Did you try turning it off and turning it back on again?

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Sep 27th 2013, 12:19 PM

# private spaceships

The new space race, and the startups looking to profit from it

Whether for personal dreams of adventure or for profit, these companies are doing the engineering and basic science needed to get humans into space.

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Aug 11th 2013, 9:15 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Sunday morning.

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Apr 28th 2013, 8:43 AM

# Philanthropy

"These are the countries where I'm the least known" - Bill Gates visits Ghana

The foundation set up by Bill Gates has been on a high-profile campaign to improve health in poor countries.

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Mar 31st 2013, 8:30 AM

Voices

Column: Eyes on Ireland to defend the EU aid budget

Bill Gates was right to highlight global poverty with Enda Kenny during his recent visit to Dublin – because Ireland is the country charged with brokering an agreement on overseas aid, writes Hans Zomer.

Feb 4th 2013, 7:00 PM

# Meet and Greet

21 pictures of Enda Kenny meeting famous people

Our leader meets a lot of people and there are plenty of them who are pretty famous….

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Jan 27th 2013, 5:00 PM

# Bill Gates

In pictures: Bill Gates meets Irish leaders

The billionaire Microsoft founder was visiting to discuss development aid priorities for Ireland’s EU Presidency.

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Jan 23rd 2013, 12:48 PM