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A recent study by Bloomberg Intelligence indicates that jobs in banking and finance are among the most vulnerable to AI induction

Updated On: 12 Jan 2025 | 10:43 PM IST
Bs_logoThreat or opportunity: India needs to be prepared for AI-driven changes

The group assembled by Gates, known as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is among the biggest backers of over 800 carbon removal firms that have been started in recent years

Updated On: 23 Dec 2024 | 11:31 PM IST
Bs_logoScrubbing carbon from atmosphere could be the next climate gold rush

Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2024 reported that Elon Musk has become the first person in history to achieve a net worth exceeding $400 billion. Here's a look at the richest men in the last century:

Updated On: 12 Dec 2024 | 2:44 PM IST
Bs_logoMusk hits $400 bn milestone: A look at the wealthiest of the last century

Bill Gates' recent podcast comment referring to India as a 'laboratory to try things' has ignited a wave of backlash, with many slamming the tech mogul's choice of words

Updated On: 03 Dec 2024 | 10:15 PM IST
Bs_logoBill Gates calls India 'a laboratory to try things,' sparks outrage online

Bill Gates has not publicly expressed his support for Kamala Harris, making this contribution a notable departure from his previously cautious approach to political donations

Updated On: 23 Oct 2024 | 2:29 PM IST
Bs_logo'Apolitical' Bill Gates donates $50 mn 'dark money' to NGO backing Kamala

Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday. Many noted personalities paid tributes to the former Tata Sons chairman's remarkable life, remembering his dedication to society's progress

Updated On: 11 Oct 2024 | 9:43 AM IST

There is no shortage of books on the Microsoft founder, but this latest one is different in that it paints Mr Gates in shades of grey, leaving it to readers to make their own judgement about the man

Updated On: 23 Sep 2024 | 10:14 PM IST

The pandemic and debt crises in poorer countries have hit health and education funding

Updated On: 17 Sep 2024 | 12:01 PM IST

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said he would give India "an A" for its focus on solving the problem of malnutrition. "Well, India, for its income level, acknowledges that some of these nutritional indicators are weaker than it would like. That kind of frankness and focus on it, I think is very impressive," Gates told PTI in an interview. He said India is more focused on the issue than any other government, Gates said. It's using the public feeding system and the Midday Meal System to try and get fortified foods out, but it's still a huge opportunity," Gates said. "I would give India an A for focus on the problem, he said. Responding to a question on the occasion of the launch of the Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers Report 2024, Gates said: I think it probably would rate itself maybe a B for the education but with the real serious intent to do even better." The annual report tracks progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The underst

Updated On: 17 Sep 2024 | 11:21 AM IST

India is a global leader with breakthrough innovations, American businessman and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said as he joined Indian Americans to celebrate the first ever India Independence Day celebrations of the newly-opened Indian Consulate in Seattle. Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates Foundation, flagged off the first India Day celebrations in the Greater Seattle area as Consulate General of India as Seattle's Guest of Honor, on India's 78th Independence Day, a media release said. Addressing the nearly 2,000 plus members of the Indian American community, he referred to India as a global leader with breakthrough innovations in areas like technology, agriculture and healthcare. Gates further said, From manufacturing safe low-cost vaccines to the remarkable leadership shown by the Indian diaspora to India's Digital Public Infrastructure India's ingenuity is helping not just Indians, but the whole world. Countries across the Global South are leveraging India's experience to .

Updated On: 17 Aug 2024 | 8:55 AM IST

As Berkshire global shareholders made their pilgrimage to Omaha for the conglomerate's annual meeting, they were delighted by the public displays of the pair's friendship

Updated On: 04 Aug 2024 | 11:07 PM IST

Warren Buffett has donated the stocks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities. This is his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006

Updated On: 28 Jun 2024 | 6:55 PM IST

Gates countered the additional demand from electric cars, heat pumps, and green steel manufacturing will all "dwarf even this amazing demand for data centers now."

Updated On: 26 Jun 2024 | 10:38 PM IST

Building reactors, especially plants using new technologies, comes with high costs and high risk, according to Briana Kobor, head of energy market innovation at Alphabet Inc.'s Google

Updated On: 18 Jun 2024 | 7:55 AM IST

TerraPower LLC, a startup founded by Gates, broke ground for construction of its first commercial reactor last week in Wyoming, where a coal plant is shutting down, he said

Updated On: 17 Jun 2024 | 12:02 AM IST

After becoming the CM of the undivided Andhra Pradesh in 1995, Chandrababu Naidu met Bill Gates, resulting in the establishment of Microsoft India Development Centre in Hyderabad

Updated On: 11 Jun 2024 | 3:52 PM IST

Open AI CEO Sam Altman and his husband Oliver Mulherin have decided to give away most of their wealth to The Giving Pledge' - founded by Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates, and Bill Gates

Updated On: 30 May 2024 | 3:28 PM IST

Unfortunately, some couple ends their wedding mid-way due to different reasons, but here is a list of some of the most expensive divorce cases in the world

Updated On: 27 May 2024 | 6:06 PM IST

Mark Zuckerberg is the chairman and CEO of Meta, which he originally founded as Facebook in February 2004. He turned 40 on May 14

Updated On: 15 May 2024 | 1:08 PM IST