Hey Look, It's Warren Buffett And Bill Gates Playing Ping-Pong
They played with an Olympian! And used enormous paddles! Read More ›
They played with an Olympian! And used enormous paddles! Read More ›
The Week magazine's Bad Opinion Generator gives you a taste of what the world would be like if cool people did not exist. Read More ›
Even the Dark Knight can’t argue with these statistics. Of course, Batman still has the most wonderful toys.
Some years ago, hard-hitting reporter Connie Chung asked the Microsoft co-founder, “Is it true you can leap over a chair from a standing position?” Because we all wanted to know. Read More ›
He is a man of many skills. Some of them more useful in interviews than others. Read More ›
Bill Gates on the passing of his peer and respected competitor, Steve Jobs. View List ›
Just look at these guys. The photo is from 1991. View Image ›
Here is a photo of the president and his cabinet monitoring the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House. Its been reported that Obama was watching the whole thing via a soldier's helmet cam. View Image ›
The secret origin of Bill Gates, Super-Billionaire.
For the second year running, Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helú is in the #1 spot of Forbes' Rich List. I can't even conceive of having a billion dollars, let alone $74 billion like Carlos. View List ›
The fool!
Imagine a deadmatch between these two lifetime enemies. Chose one and see who wins.
The wealthier you are, the better you are.
Consumer Reports gets to the bottom of the accusation that the new XBox peripheral is all Mel Gibson and stuff. Watch Video ›
More religious = more charitable? Discuss. (See also the good Samaritan psychology experiment.) View Image ›
As you may have heard, Bill Gates asked the wealthiest people in the world to donate 50% of their money to charities. Their income varies but even the “low” earners should be able to manage on half of 1.6 billion. Gee, I'd be happy to accept such a paycut! View List ›
Our favorite charity-worker Bill Gates has successfully signed up 38 billionaires to give away half of their wealth to those less fortunate, in what could be the largest-scale philanthropic work ever.
Thirty-four U.S. billionaires pledged Wednesday to give away at least 50 percent of their wealth to charity as part of a campaign by investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Aw, they're just a couple of bros, talking about work and dreams and hemorrhoids. (Download a blank template here and Photoshop a bro-talk of your own!! More examples at SadAndUseless.) View Image ›
Karina Oakley, genius toddler, has an IQ of 160, which is the same as Stephen Hawking's. The 2-year-old took the Mensa test after her mom saw a show about child geniuses, and she scored off the charts. She can remember foreign words and phrases after hearing them just once, and she seems to have a gift for lateral thinking as well: When asked what was missing from a picture of a broken teapot, she said: “It's missing a handle - but also a picnic blanket and cupcakes.” Cute!!! Read More ›
He is a member of the Rich White People network. View Image ›
Why not? Guessing what the future is going to be like has gone really well so far. I'm looking at you, Robert Zemeckis. It's almost 2015—where's my goddamn hoverboard? Watch Video ›
Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, looks pretty excited to be hanging out with Bill Gates. He's probably just relieved that Bill isn't, like, attacking him with killer bees or anything.
Awkwardness ensues…
It happens at 5:22.
“I brought some. Here I'll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.” - Bill Gates at the Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference.
Gizmodo challenges its readers to the ultimate nerd-off. Good news: Interpreting polls like Nate Silver is just a bonus skill.
If you didn’t think one could fashion the iconic Japanese character into merchandise like face masks, cavity fillings, and, um, guns, then consider yourself schooled. Seriously, if the world is owned by three people, it’s Bill Gates, Oprah, and that darn cat.
Microsoft is set to announce they’re canceling their bizarre Bill Gates/Seinfeld ads. They’re “moving on to phase two” of the campaign, which will reclaim the nerdy PC character from Apple’s ads, and which sounds like a way better idea than confusing us all with the tale of the stolen leather giraffe. Read More ›