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Leading Tech Giants Form Breakthrough Energy Coalition

Mila Luleva — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:58:21 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are about to join forces with other world leading companies to fight climate change by funding innovations in the clean energy sector. If yesterday the common thing between Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Virgin, HP, Linkedin, Alibaba (and a few others) was that they are all lead companies, today it goes much further. A day […]

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Bill Gates Drinks Water Made From Human Feces

Mila Luleva — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:35:51 +0000

If there is one person we should pick, who knows how crucial access to clean drinking water and electricity in the developing world, that will definitely be Bill Gates. Unlike others, who only provide funding to clean their guilty conscious, Gates goes, sees and tries- even if that means drinking recycled water from feces. We […]

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Gates, Buffett See the Future, Invest in Energy Storage

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 02:02:44 +0000

Some of the richest men in the world are betting on energy storage investments. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet certainly are, and both believe that smart technologies will revolutionize the way the electricity grid operates. Gates has been investing in energy storage for a while, including Aquion Energy, Ambri, and LightSail. Buffett, on the other […]

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Bill Gates’ Views on Health, Education And Technology

Mila Luleva — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:47:56 +0000

Since its inception, the ‘Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‘ has invested more than $26.1 billion in various health and education campaigns, with efforts directed towards both developed and developing nations. With more than 1,100 employees, the aim they have is to provide a solution to some of the world’s most pressing problems. It is known […]

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Bill Gates Deals New, Safer Nuclear Reactors With China

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:47:53 +0000

If you’ve gotten used to seeing Bill Gates in the role of Microsoft CEO, then as the image of his foundation fighting for poverty alleviation, now it’s time to see him entering the energy business. Not kind of energy business, though, but a specially controversial one: nuclear power. Gates has begun discussions with Chinese authorities […]

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Climate Change Endangers Cocoa Production, Bill Gates Comes Up with Solution

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:53:17 +0000

Simple story: one morning, Bill Gates wanted some chocolate for breakfast. The next thing that happened is that his foundation analyzed the prices of chocolate worldwide, the price of cocoa, someone in Ghana prepared an ultra-special recipe for him and delivered it before Mr. Gates finished eating the caviar, with an F22 fighter jet. After […]

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