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 Bill Gates is an American entrepreneur, programmer, investor and philanthropist. He and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft which is the #1 software company in the world. In 2015 their revenue was $110.4 billion. Bill Gates is the second richest man on earth with a net worth of $100.6 billion. He was the CEO of Microsoft until January 2000, currently he is the Technology Advisor to CEO Satya Nadella. He focuses a lot of his time on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that is why he has taken a less demanding role at Microsoft so that he can focus more on philanthropy. Early Life Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on the 28th of October 1955. His father is William H. Gates Sr and his mother is Mary Maxwell Gates. He has one older sister Kristi Gates and one younger sister Libby Gates. At the age of 13 he enrolled in Lakeside School a private preparatory school. While at that school he took an interest in programming the General Electric system in BASIC and was excused from cla

Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet. A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price on Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people. The South Africa-born engineer’s net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 am in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017. As chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp, or SpaceX, Musk is also a rival to Bezos, owner of Blue Origin LLC, in the private space .

MICHELLE OBAMA CALLS ON TECH GIANTS TO PERMANENTLY BAN TRUMP  He noted the struggles ahead mitigating the coronavirus and rebuilding the economy, calling for unity. "It will require all of us working together. It will require a renewed emphasis on the civic values of patriotism, faith, charity, community and family." "To the citizens of our country, serving as your president has been the honor of a lifetime," he continued. "To my incredible supporters I know you are disappointed ... our incredible journey is only just beginning." After vowing at the "Save America" rally in Washington Wednesday he would "never concede," Trump promised on Thursday to offer an orderly transition, despite his grievances, after Congress certified the Electoral College results in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.  Between the president’s rally speech and Congress’ certification, chaos broke out at the Capitol when pro-Trump rioters breached secu

  The total market value of cryptocurrencies surpassed $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 73,12,050 crores) for the first time Thursday amid a frenzied and volatile rally in Bitcoin to yet another record. Cryptocurrencies hit the milestone after a fivefold climb in market value in the past year, data from tracker Coin Gecko shows. Strategists have cited demand from speculative retail traders, trend-following quant funds, the rich and even institutional investors as among the reasons for the surge. Bitcoin rose as much as 4 percent on Thursday to top $37,000 (roughly Rs. 27 lakhs) and has more than quadrupled in the past year, according to a composite of prices compiled by Bloomberg. It accounts for about two-thirds of cryptocurrency market value, followed by Ether on about 14 percent. Ether is up 62 percent so far this year. Digital coins are jumping in a world awash with fiscal and monetary stimulus, even as some commentators fear an inevitable bust and others question the basic integrity of cr

  Facebook Inc has dropped the 'likes' button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said on Wednesday. Facebook Pages will only show followers and have a dedicated News Feed where users can join conversations, interact with peers and engage with fans, the company said in a blog post.  "We are removing Likes and focusing on Followers to simplify the way people connect with their favorite Pages," Facebook said about the redesign. "Unlike Likes, Followers of a Page represent the people who can receive updates from Pages, which helps give public figures a stronger indication of their fan base," the post explained.  The idea is similar to how Instagram functions where people follow public profiles. "To make Page conversations more visible to a wider audience and surfaced more frequently in their followers’ News Feed, comments from public figures will be bumped to the top of the comments section.

WhatsApp’s updated terms of service and privacy policy gives more insight into how the messaging platform will use user data and, more importantly, share it with its parent company Facebook going forward. Users have till February 8, 2021 to accept these in order to continue using the platform. Here’s what users need to keep in mind. Why do I need to accept this policy? WhatsApp updating its terms of service and privacy policy is not new. Most software services do update their services occasionally. It is standard practice that in order to continue using these services, the user accepts the new conditions and policy. This time, WhatsApp is giving a deadline of February 8, 2021 to accept the new policy or delete your account. What are the important policy changes? The older version of the privacy policy, used to start with the following lines: ‘Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA. Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy princ

In yet another move aimed at China, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that bans transactions with eight Chinese apps. It also cited the recent steps taken by India to ban more than 200 Chinese connected software applications. These eight apps include Alipay and WeChat Pay, and have been banned to "protect America's national security". President Trump's order said action is needed to "deal with the national emergency" caused by the "pervasiveness of the spread" of apps created and controlled in China, news agency PTI reported. The eight Chinese apps that have been banned by this executive order are: Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office. The ban order against them will come into force in 45 days starting Tuesday. "The pace and pervasiveness of the spread in the United States of certain connected mobile and desktop applications and other software develo

The last few weeks we have seen a number of rumours about the OnePlus 9 series with reports hinting at a possible mid-March launch for the smartphones. Reports have suggested that unlike its predecessors, the OnePlus 9 series will bring with itself three new models -- OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 Lite. Ahead of the launch, a new leak has now emerged about the OnePlus 9 series smartphone. The latest information comes courtesy of tipster, Max Jambor, who has revealed some information about the wireless charging support for the OnePlus 9 devices. As per Jambor, the OnePlus 9 Pro will support up to 45W fast wireless charging support. This will interestingly be an upgrade over the OnePlus 8 Pro which brought with itself support for 30W wireless charging. The OnePlus 9 Pro is also being tipped to pack reverse wireless charging that will enable the device to charge other smartphones or accessories such as wireless headphones. Max Jambor has also claimed in the latest lea

Facebook- owned Instagram is reportedly testing a nee features that will make it easier for users to view Stories  According to a report by Engadget , Instagram is already showing the Stories in a new carousel. "Navigation is still the same -you can manually click through the Stories or let them play automatically - but it's now easier to keep track of where you are in your queue," says the report by Engadget. While the number of people who are part of this trail is not revealed but a spokesperson of the company has mentioned that it is appearing to a " small group" of users last month . As of now , it is not confirmed when it will be rolled out publicly. In related news, last month , Instagram announced a new version of Instagram Lite and the  second edition of the "Born on Instagram " creator program at the 'Facebook Fuel For India ' programme. The Instagram Lite app is less than 2MB in size and is built to deliver an Instagram experience for

Microsoft pulled out all the stops when it said its Windows 10 platform is the most advanced one. This also meant that the company will not launch successive OS versions. Instead, it will keep pushing several changes - both big and small - to polish the Windows 10. Among these changes is the design upgrade that has kept Microsoft busy for a long time now. And we are now seeing what could be some of those changes that Windows 10 will likely have going forward. The company is changing how apps look in their dynamic state, along with several other changes to small elements in the design. According to the proposal document posted by Microsoft on GitHub, spotted by WindowsLatest, the big UI refresh in Windows 10 might arrive sometime in 2021. Although the changes have been mentioned in the proposal right now, meaning there is no testing going right now. There will be changes to the ListView, GridView, and majorly to the XAML apps that are available from the Windows Store. The biggest reaso

how smartphone camera can further change. But, that’s the most interesting part about technology - it keeps evolving. Here is a look at how smartphones will evolve in 2021.   There was a time when a dual rear camera smartphone was a flex. Now, it is a necessity, not luxury. That’s how far the smartphone cameras have come in the past few years. Triple rear camera modules are common in the budget and mid-range segments while quad-cam modules have also made their way to the sub-Rs 15,000 category. It’s not just the number of lenses or megapixels but even the camera technologies are fast evolving. Night Modes are becoming increasingly popular and several flagship-level smartphones are making 8K video recording possible. With so many changes already taking place, it’s hard to imagine how smartphone camera can further change. But, that’s the most interesting part about technology - it keeps evolving. Here is a look at how smartphones will evolve in 2021. 8K Video Recording to Become More Com

Apple has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a reconfigurable keyboard that may be used in the company’s future laptops and desktops,  Patently Apple  reported. A reconfigurable keyboard’s individual keys may have a display which uses optical fibres, and the keyboard’s control circuitry may be able to dynamically adjust the key labels (alphabets, numbers, etc.) to support different languages, use of the keyboard in a gaming application , or to otherwise customise the appearance of the keys for a user, the patent document noted. In another update.

He writes New Year message ahead of crucial party meet. Kim Jong-un thanked North Koreans for supporting his leadership in “difficult times” in a rare hand-written New Year letter released on Friday ahead of a crucial ruling party congress that will set the country’s economic goals. The personal message came after the isolated North put on a performance featuring fireworks, singing and dancing in Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square to usher in the new year, despite the coronavirus pandemic, which the North insists has yet to reach its shores. Mr. Kim usually delivers a televised speech on January 1 that is scrutinised by Korea-watchers for signs of where the reclusive state is headed in the new year. But he skipped the occasion last year, replacing it with an address he had delivered at a party meeting the previous year. It is widely expected that he will again drop the televised speech this year ahead of the country’s first congress in five years. State media have s