Tag: Bill Gates

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz Wednesday, March 22, 2018, in the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.

Facebook’s rallying cry: Billionaires to the barricades

Washington Examiner · March 22, 2018 7:31 pm

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said tech companies could be at risk when they resist even legitimate government oversight. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Bill Gates warns tech companies to comply with ‘legitimate’ government oversight

Katelyn Caralle · February 13, 2018 4:02 pm

The International Planned Parenthood Federation is one of the organizations among the four that no longer receives U.S. funding under the Trump administration's "Mexico City Policy." (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Four organizations forgo funding following Mexico City abortion policy

Kimberly Leonard · February 8, 2018 11:57 pm

Can Pricey Immunotherapy Drugs Help Fight Infectious Disease in Developing Countries?

Brendan Foht · January 16, 2018 4:55 pm

Obama beat Trump 17 percent to 14 percent, making it the 10th year in a row the former president has earned the title. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Obama beats Trump as most admired man: Poll

Caitlin Yilek · December 27, 2017 4:58 pm

Gates is now in the process of lobbying Congress to reinstate the money, particularly global health funding, which was cut by about a quarter to $6.5 billion for 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Bill Gates ‘disappointed’ by Trump slashing global health funding by a quarter

Naomi Lim · September 24, 2017 8:48 pm

Bezos Overtakes Gates as World’s Richest Man

Tony Mecia · July 27, 2017 7:11 pm

Norquist callled Elmendorf "a career Man of the Left" in his letter to GOP leadership. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Grover Norquist: Bill Gates’ robot tax is ‘stupid’

Daniel Chaitin · April 10, 2017 4:01 am

Technology developer Jan Langebach sets up a Jenoptik-Votan BIM laser machine for laser cutting of 3D plastic automative parts during a presentation on March 7. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer).

Is it time for a robot tax?

Daniel Chaitin · April 3, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump will meet with Bill Gates next week. Gates' last meeting with Trump came in December at Trump Tower, after which the founder of Microsoft expressed optimism about the prospect of working with the incoming Trump administration. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trump, Microsoft founder Bill Gates to meet on Monday

Sarah Bedford · March 16, 2017 7:44 pm

President Trump has invited all 49 members of the Congressional Black Caucus to meet with him at the White House next week. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Trump schedules meeting with Congressional Black Caucus

Gabby Morrongiello · March 16, 2017 7:23 pm

"If a human worker does $50,000 of work in a factory, that income is taxed," said Bill Gates. "If a robot comes in to do the same thing, you'd think that we'd tax the robot at a similar level." (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bill Gates proposes ‘some type of robot tax’

Daniel Chaitin · February 18, 2017 3:47 pm