Bill Gates on his high-risk climate investments, and spurring innovation to save the planet
Bill Gates’ new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, is due out Tuesday. He spoke with GeekWire in advance of its release. (John Keatley Photo) Breakthrough…
Microsoft board approves outside review of harassment and discrimination policies, including assessment of Bill Gates investigation
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company is “committed not just to reviewing the report but learning from the assessment so we can continue to improve the…
Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’
Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. (Microsoft Photo) “Your code will be attacked.”…
Bill Gates’ holiday book list includes a brain booster, and giveaways at Seattle indy bookshops
Bill Gates and his stack of holiday gift ideas. (GatesNotes Photo) Voracious reader Bill Gates is constantly consuming information and expanding how much knowledge his brain can…
Echodyne radar venture flies higher with $135M funding round led by Bill Gates and Baillie Gifford
A drone flies above a radar antenna in front of Echodyne’s headquarters in Kirkland, Wash., during field testing. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) KIRKLAND, Wash. — Echodyne,…
Reality check: Microsoft, David Bowie, Bill Gates, and a creepy video game called ‘Omikron’
Omikron: The Nomad Soul. (Image via Steam) Yes, there was a game called Omikron: The Nomad Soul, starring a virtual David Bowie, released in 1999 for Microsoft…
New aerial video shows Microsoft’s progress on massive HQ revamp
Microsoft launched a brand new video Wednesday that shows the most recent progress on a multi-year redevelopment challenge reshaping a big swath of its headquarters in Redmond,…
Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond
Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year, not just for Amazon but for the…
In latest Reddit ‘AMA,’ Bill Gates talks COVID, farming, Bitcoin, what phone he uses and more
Bill Gates offering up proof that it’s really him on Reddit. (GatesNotes Photo) Bill Gates returned to Reddit for his 10th “Ask Me Anything” session on Thursday,…