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"We were too confident": Steve Ballmer says Microsoft's paranoia and overconfidence fumbled $400 billion in Windows Phone

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted that Microsoft was overly confident with Windows, preventing it from capitalizing on the mobile landscape.

Windows Central

Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts we’ll 'colonize the galaxy' in 2030—but he draws the line at robot nurses

2030 will be “an era of maximum human flourishing, where we travel to the stars and colonize the galaxy,” Google DeepMind CEO says. Bill Gates and Marc Benioff have shared similar predictions.

Fortune

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says his dad did him ‘a service’ by never complimenting him—it’s a lesson he’s kept while building the $82 billion giant

The billionaire founder wasn’t deterred by tough love—like billionaire founders Bill Gates and Mark Cuban, he used it as a motivator for success instead.

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Microsoft Stock Near Peak, Pullback Seen as Opportunity

Microsoft stock is near its all-time high but may face short-term pullback on headline news and lower summer volume; investors should embrace that opportunity

MarketBeat

Quick Facts On Elliott Spencer: Who Is He, Age, Career And Why He Married Stephen Fry Despite Age Gap

Stephen Fry and Elliot Spencer's relationship proves love's power beyond age, highlighting commitment, creativity, and mutual support through life's challenges.

International Business Times UK

Bill Gates vows to give most of $200bn fortune to African health and education

Tech mogul says “Every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity’

The Guardian - US

"I hired basically everybody": Steve Ballmer almost sold all his Microsoft stock, trying to emotionally detach from the tech giant

Ballmer revealed that he had a difficult time emotionally detaching from the company he'd helped build from the ground up, almost selling his stock.

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“All Others Must Lose”: Larry Ellison Once Spent Billions Taking on Bill Gates’s Microsoft, Even Paying Investigators to Dig in Trash

In one of the fiercest and most enduring rivalries in tech history, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Microsoft’s Bill Gates battled for dominance over databases and enterprise software, with Ellison’s ruthless ambition and espionage scandals cementing his cutthroat approach to competition.

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21 Retail Customers Who Thought They Were Clever Enough To Scam The System

Retail is unique in that we all more or less interact with it out of necessity but the jobs themselves, and especially front-line staff, seem to be treated as completely disposable.

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Inside Bill Gates' meeting with his foundation's staff after his $200 billion bombshell: ‘How do we get people to care?’

Bill Gates and Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman met their employees with a combination of optimism and rage.

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Trump's liquidation of US leadership

Even for our billionaire president, it’s never enough

Salon

Quentin Tarantino’s right-hand man says the best financial advice the director gave him is straight from Warren Buffett’s playbook

After “Hostel” hit $80 million at the box office, its director, Eli Roth, didn’t run to buy a mansion: “All I could hear was Quentin’s words in my head: ‘Don’t become an employee of your house.‘“

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Hundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over

A new tax proposal aimed at crippling liberal philanthropic foundations may bulldoze a billionaire giving norm—but women like MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates are expected to step up instead.

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Bill Gates Warns ‘Success is a Lousy Teacher’ Because ‘It Seduces Smart People Into Thinking They Can’t Lose’

Bill Gates's cautionary quote about success serving as a poor teacher underscores the importance of humility and continuous learning amid rapidly evolving technological landscapes.

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Bill Gates shares summer reading list for 2025 featuring Bono, Trevor Noah and more

The billionaire and philanthropist has revealed a list of books that inspired his recent memoir

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Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett that being the 'smartest person in the world' isn't the most important attribute for success

Other leaders like Melinda French Gates and Amex CEO Stephen Squeri have taken the Omaha investor’s advice to heart in navigating business.

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This ‘Strong Buy’ Nuclear Power Stock Just Got a Bill Gates Boost

ASP Isotopes’ tie-up with Bill Gates–backed TerraPower could disrupt the $37 billion HALEU market

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Elon Musk hits back at Bill Gates' claim that DOGE cuts could lead to the deaths of children

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned DOGE's cut to USAID could result in children's lives being endangered.

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The Independent UK

George Russell: ‘F1 is riding a wave – but it won’t take much for it to come crashing down’

EXCLUSIVE: Now the main man at Mercedes after Lewis Hamilton’s exit, the 27-year-old talks to Kieran Jackson about his barometers for success, his F1 ambitions and gives a warning to the bosses of the sport

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk claims he will step back from political donations in near future

After spending nearly $300m to help elect Trump last year, the tech billionaire says he has ‘done enough’

Euronews

WHO chief says budget plea is 'extremely modest' compared to 'costs of war' or tobacco advertising

The UN health agency is asking for the equivalent of €3.7 billion for the next two years to fill a funding shortfall.

International Business Times UK

Tesla Fights to Revive Elon Musk's £45 Billion Payday as Court Ruling Sparks Legal Showdown

A Delaware court invalidated Elon Musk's £45 billion pay deal. But, a new Tesla special committee could reconsider it.

The Guardian - AU

Canva billionaire Cameron Adams and wife Lisa Miller join Bill Gates pledge to give away wealth

Couple promise to dedicate majority of their money to tackling environmental issues via The Giving Pledge

International Business Times UK

Microsoft's Brutal Layoffs Hit Software Engineers, Product Managers and Its Director of AI

Microsoft recently implemented significant layoffs, disproportionately affecting software engineers in its home state of Washington. This move occurs as AI takes on an increasing role in code generation.

Fortune

The secret to Warren Buffett's stock-picking success: He knew how to change his mind

The Berkshire Hathaway guru's willingness to adapt helped him earn billions from Apple and donate billions to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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