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Bill Gates
Is Kamala Harris the only person who’s not afraid of Donald Trump?
Her campaign ads have tackled everything from women’s rights to Putin. Meanwhile, billionaires have blocked their newspapers from taking a stand
Fear of Trump causes US billionaires to hold their tongues
From Warren Buffett to Bill Gates, corporate America seems fearful a victorious Trump would seek to punish those who publicly oppose him
As Google faces possible break-up, investors bet on business as usual
The last big tech antitrust case, against Microsoft in 2001, did not result in a break-up of the company
‘In the US I found myself apologising for my humour, as in Ireland we are inclined to be sarcastic’
Wild Geese: Aedhmar Hynes, Connecticut
Four-day Mumbai wedding extravaganza to cost more than €550m
The marriage of the son of Asia’s richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani, takes place over the weekend with guests including Kim Kardashian, Tony Blair and Mark Zuckerberg
Warren Buffett to bequeath vast wealth to new foundation upon death
The billionaire investor ends nearly two decades of gifts to the Gates Foundation for a new charity led by his children
UK buyer of famous Leeson Street grinds school begins to reap rewards of €135m acquisition
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
Eurovision saw a collision of vintage operating systems and trashy Europop
Finland’s Eurovision Song Contest entry Windows95man′s hard drive issues entertain
‘The machine does it coldly’: Artificial Intelligence can already kill people
While Silicon Valley doomers worry about an existential threat to humanity posed by AI, they ignore the nightmarish and destructive uses to which it is already being put by the Israeli army
UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch on trial for what prosecutors say is ‘largest fraud in history’ of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has not changed that much since Mike Lynch was in his pomp
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab – A lash from the left
This is a thought-provoking work but it does not always satisfyingly clinch its own arguments
Chasing the promise of cheaper and less obtrusive wind power generation
Bill Gates has just invested in Airloom, a US business that promises quieter wind power generation closer to the ground
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly tried to extort Bill Gates over extramarital affair
Convicted sex trafficker reportedly tried to blackmail multi-billionaire over his affair with a Russian bridge player
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