From Microsoft to Facebook, how have the world's eight richest men built their fortune?
Top 8 billionaires are as wealthy as the 3.6 billion people that make up the poorer 50% of the planet.
Obama awards Bill Gates, Michael Jordan and Ellen DeGeneres with US Presidential Medal of Freedom
Other winners included Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Gehry, Margaret Hamilton and Maya Lin.
India demonetisation will not have lasting benefits, US economist says
Lawrence Summers warns controversial move may end up doing more harm than good over the long run.
Bill Gates backs India's demonetisation move
Microsoft founder says demonetisation will accelerate India's shift towards a digitised economy.
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Bill Gates says his children are 'proud' of his pledge to leave his $70bn fortune to charity
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WikiLeaks emails: Tim Cook and Bill Gates were among Hillary Clinton's VP list
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledge $3bn to cure all diseases by the end of the century
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Founder of fashion chain Zara Amancio Ortega named world's richest man with fortune of $79.5billion
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Want $200,000? Prove the urban myth that Microsoft copied code to create MS-DOS
Did Microsoft use code from CP/M for MS-DOS? Find the command that prints Gary Kildall's name to win a prize.
Microsoft's Bill Gates called the original Xbox pitch 'an insult to everything I've done', co-creator reveals
Xbox co-creator Ed Fries says Gates wasn't too pleased with the idea of having it pivot away from Windows.
Bill Gates sparks outrage after accusing Thailand's residents of 'illegally stealing' electricity
Facebook users voice anger at Microsoft founder after he claims in GateNotes that Thai people tap into grid.
Both Nintendo and Sony turned down a console partnership with Microsoft before the original Xbox was released
Microsoft proposed that they could handle the software and networking while Nintendo took care of the hardware - a proposal that the latter rejected.
Bill Gates' reading list: Top books the Microsoft co-founder recommends for the summer
The Microsoft founder has shared his reading tips for this summer on LinkedIn for those struggling to find a book.
Al-Qaeda wants to execute Microsoft founder Bill Gates to 'damage US economy'
Yemen al-Qaeda arm made threats in Inspire magazine, mocking-up images of the Microsoft founder covered in blood.
Microsoft's Dave Coplin: AI will change how humans relate to each other
Coplin says AI is the most important technology anybody is working on.
Darpa working on vaccines that can adapt to take on fast-changing viruses
Darpa has launched a programme that aims to create vaccines that can adapt to fight constantly changing viruses.
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and other top billionaires less educated than those running their companies, research says
Increasing tuition fee has led some individuals to question the value of university education.
US government agency reaches 'holy grail' of battery storage technology
Ellen Williams said battery systems could transform America's electrical grid.
Forbes Rich List 2016: Which countries have the most billionaires?
In 2016, there are billionaires spread over 67 countries, against last year's 70 countries.
Forbes Rich List 2016 announced: Mark Zuckerberg biggest winner but world's moguls lose billions
Microsoft founder Bill Gates held onto his position as the richest person in the world.
Apple vs FBI: Microsoft, Google and others rally behind iPhone maker as it moves motion to vacate court order
Apple compared the order to a pharma firm being forced to produce lethal injection drugs.
Steve Jobs' birthday: Late Apple co-founder biopics from Michael Fassbender's drama to Justin Long comedy
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Apple vs FBI: Bill Gates sides with US law enforcement in historic iPhone encryption case
Microsoft pioneer takes different approach to Google, Facebook and Twitter by siding with the FBI.
Zika virus: Bill Gates says response is better than for Ebola crisis
The world's wealthiest foundation has helped make great strides against diseases.
Bill Gates dedicates song by The Beatles to 'genius' Steve Jobs on Desert Island Discs
Gates also revealed the ebbs and flows of his rivalry with Jobs, who died in 2011
Davos: Oxfam is ignoring the fact that the world's poor are getting richer
Many billionaires bettered millions of lives by investing money - raising productivity and living standards.
UK: Taxpayers to fund £3bn malaria programme with Microsoft founder Bill Gates
George Osborne will go to Liverpool with the tycoon to announce the programme to eradicate the disease.
Bill Gates and Nigeria's Aliko Dangote pledge $100m for malnutrition in Nigeria
Some of the world's richest people have teamed up in the fight against famine.
Davos 2016: List of 62 billionaires who held the same wealth as half the world in 2015
Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, Warren Buffett, Amancio Ortega and Larry Ellison are among the top five.
Rapper, gamer and grown adult Snoop Dogg calls out Microsoft over Xbox Live server outage
"What the f**k is you doing, Bill Gates? Fix your s**t, man."
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