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Bill Gates 'took responsibility' for Epstein ties, says Gates Foundation

The spokesperson's comments came in response to a Wall Street Journal report, which said that Gates had apologized to staff during the town hall over his ties with Epstein.

Bill Gates and pilot Lawrence Visoski pose in this handout image from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 12, 2025.
A truck from the child advocacy organization Heat Initiative calling on Apple to do more to police child sex abuse material on iCloud, is parked outside the Apple store as the new iPhone 15 is released in Boston, Massachusetts, US, September 22, 2023

West Virginia sues Apple over iCloud's alleged role in distributing child sex abuse material

Bill Gates speaks during the Gates Foundation's first global Goalkeepers event in the Nordics, which is being held in Stockholm, Sweden, January 22, 2026.

Gates Foundation denies any financial payments to Epstein

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Iranian hackers are targeting US critical infrastructure, Microsoft warns

The Iranian attacks were likely carried out as retaliation against cyberattacks that targeted ports, trains and gas stations in Iran.

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Israeli QuaDream's spyware used on victims across the world - Microsoft

A report was able to identify a handful of victims whose iPhones had been hacked using surveillance software developed by Israeli company QuaDream.

 The entrance to an office listed as belonging to Quadream is seen in a high rise building in Ramat Gan, Israel, January 25, 2022. Picture taken January 25, 2022

Microsoft rolls out OpenAI's DALL-E AI art generator in Bing, Edge

Made by Microsoft's partner OpenAI, who also made the ChatGPT chatbot, this new feature allows users to create images that don't yet exist.

 View of the Microsoft offices in Herzliya, Israel, on May 28, 2021

What is Generative AI, the technology behind OpenAI's ChatGPT? - explainer

What is generative AI like ChatGPT and what is it good for?

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The AI war: Google invests in start-up of ChatGPT veterans

Google will invest $300 million in a start-up of OpenAI veterans, the developer of ChatGPT, and will own 10% of the company.

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company's office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020.

The quietest place on earth will drive you insane

In 2015, Microsoft built a room that is now officially designated in the Guinness Book of Records as the quietest place on Earth.

 Radio frequency anechoic chamber, Antennas Research Group, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. The interior surfaces are covered with pyramidal Radiation Absorbent Material (RAM) which are made of rubberized foam impregnated with mixtures of carbon and iron.

Here is everything you need to know about lay-offs and dismissals - explainer

Companies across the world are being forced to lay off thousands of people due to recession.

 The Google logo at Alphabet's Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California, in 2018.

Israel launches Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund

Israel declared it would invest in transforming the country's ecosystem into a global source of inspiration for the development of low-carbon technologies.

 View of the Microsoft offices in Herzliya, Israel, on May 28, 2021

First Excel NFTs include renderings of Ukraine's Zelensky

All proceeds from the first-ever Microsoft Excel NFTs will go to the victims of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 First Excel NFTs, with some rendering Ukraine's president Zelensky, go on sale.