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Linus Torvalds has apparently met Bill Gates for the first time in person and before you ask, no he didn't clock him in the face

It's a far cry from the days when Linux was "a cancer" in the eyes of Microsoft.

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This week's key events presented by Euronews' editor-in-chief, EU news, Jeremy Fleming-Jones.

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Bill Gates Finally Meets Linux Creator Linus Torvalds At Microsoft Exec's Dinner, Decades After Powering Rival Operating Systems

After decades of shaping the computing world from opposite sides of the operating system divide, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and Linux creator Linus Torvalds have finally met—at a private dinner hosted by a top Microsoft executive.

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Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner — 'No major kernel decisions were made, but maybe next dinner'

Photo shows the first meeting between two legends of the tech world, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, standing together after a dinner.

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50 “Fascinating AF” Facts To Keep You Entertained For A While

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Billionaire Telegram founder leaves his $14 billion fortune to the 100+ children he’s fathered—which means $132 million for each lucky Gen Alpha kid

Thanks to tech tycoon Pavel Durov’s new will, over 100 Gen Alpha kids are set to one day become overnight millionaires—and they may not even know it.

Fortune

Bill Gates in Brussels next week for fresh vaccine financing push with EU leaders

The head of the Gates Foundation hosts a pledging conference on Wednesday, together with EU leaders, in order to collect 9 billion dollars for vaccines. Gates will also participate in a debate at the European Parliament.

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Nvidia goes nuclear — company joins Bill Gates in backing TerraPower, a company building nuclear reactors for powering data centers

Nvidia is investing in nuclear power to ensure that it will have enough power for its data centers in the future.

Tom’s Hardware

Zoom CEO says work-life balance doesn’t exist: ‘Work is life, life is work’—but there’s one exception

The billionaire tech executive admits he’s even given up hobbies to focus on work. But he predicts there may be some relief in sight with a two-day week, thanks to AI.

Fortune

"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.

Fortune

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.

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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’

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"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.

Salon

Trump's liquidation of US leadership

Even for our billionaire president, it’s never enough

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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.‘“

Fortune

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.

The Independent UK

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

Fortune

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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