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Bill Gates and Roger Federer to team up for charity doubles tennis match in Seattle
John Isner and a celebrity partner will provide opposition for duo at April's Match for Africa 4 event.
How much is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos worth?
A brief biography and the financial history of Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Comic Relief: Star-studded Red Nose Day raises £69 million - so far
Bill and Melinda Gates to double Comic Relief donations given to help eradicate malaria.
Is President Donald Trump's fortune dwindling faster than his approval ratings?
Forbes' latest rich list puts former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg in the top ten richest people in the world.
Bill Gates leads super rich as their combined wealth jumps by almost a fifth to $7.7trn
Forbes rich list was able to find more that 2,000 billionaires for the first time in the 31-year history of the rankings.
Meet Ulrich Spiesshofer: CEO of ABB who champions AI and says taxing robots would be foolish
In an exclusive interview with IBTimes UK, the boss of automation giant says humankind is accelerating towards 'co-bots' not just robots.
Bill Gates' Reddit AMA: 13 most interesting answers from the humorous tech billionaire
The 61-year-old offered his thoughts on everything from artificial intelligence to his favourite sandwich.
Bio-terrorism is a bigger threat than nuclear war, warns Bill Gates
The billionaire magnate said advances in genetic engineering could be a global threat.
Bill Gates: Tax robots if they steal human jobs
The tech titan says people should be enthusiastic about innovation and not fear it.
Could Bill Gates become the world's first trillionaire?
Oxfam says despite all the donations, by his 86th birthday, Gates could well be a trillionaire.
Oxfam's inequality report ignores the facts on poverty and billionaires
Zuckerberg and Gates got rich by creating something people want – we can't confiscate successful businesses.
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.
Bill Gates says his children are 'proud' of his pledge to leave his $70bn fortune to charity
The Microsoft billionaire said his children will be financially secure but forge their own paths in life.
WikiLeaks emails: Tim Cook and Bill Gates were among Hillary Clinton's VP list
Email reveals other potential candidates included Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledge $3bn to cure all diseases by the end of the century
'We want to dramatically improve every life in Max's generation,' Chan said, referring to their daughter Maxima.
Founder of fashion chain Zara Amancio Ortega named world's richest man with fortune of $79.5billion
The 80-year-old's $79.5bn fortune has surpassed that of Bill Gates after Inditex shares rose by 2.5%.
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.