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Bill Gates

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98 articles decelerating

Bill Gates has appeared in 98 articles since 2015-02. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Microsoft, Facebook, Gates, Twitter.

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98
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Velocity
-75.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.750
velocity change
Sources
35
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-04-08
BBC 10 related

Bill Gates is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee on June 10 about his Epstein ties; Gates says he's “looking forward” to answering questions

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is set to testify before the US congress in June about his interactions …

2024-03-22
TechCrunch 9 related

The US DOJ's Apple lawsuit has many parallels to its Microsoft lawsuit in the 1990s, but Apple's monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft's was

“Apple inhibits third-party smartwatches from maintaining a reliable connection with the iPhone.”  —  To be fair, Apple does that to its own smartwatches too. X: Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur : We t...

2021-10-18
Wall Street Journal 5 related

Sources: two Microsoft execs, including Brad Smith, told Bill Gates in 2008 that emails with a midlevel female employee were inappropriate; Gates agreed to stop

Top lawyer, HR chief informed some Microsoft directors they told billionaire co-founder that his emails with female employee were inappropriate

2021-05-17
New York Times 7 related

Sources: long after his marriage, Bill Gates would pursue women at Microsoft, at times creating an uncomfortable workplace environment

Melinda French Gates voiced concerns about her husband's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and a harassment claim against his money manager.

Wall Street Journal 31 related

Sources: Microsoft's board decided in 2020 Gates should leave the board as it probed claims Gates sought to initiate an affair with a Microsoft engineer in 2000

Some Microsoft directors began an investigation in 2019 into woman's allegations of prior sexual relationship with Bill Gates …

2019-10-13
New York Times 8 related

Sources: Bill Gates met Jeffrey Epstein on many occasions, beginning in 2011, after Epstein's conviction for sex crimes; Gates says it was an error in judgment

Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who committed suicide in prison, managed to lure an astonishing array of rich, powerful and famous men into his orbit.

2019-09-07
New Yorker 3 related

Leaked documents show MIT Media Lab hid the extent of Jeffrey Epstein's fundraising role, which also involved helping raise $7.5M through donors like Bill Gates

New documents show that the M.I.T. Media Lab was aware of Epstein's status as a convicted sex offender, and that Epstein directed contributions …

2017-11-06
Wall Street Journal 11 related

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who holds large stakes in Twitter, Lyft, and Apple, arrested in apparent power consolidation

And How Washington Corruption Enabled It Philip Elmer-DeWitt : Arrested: Saudi prince who once owned 5% of Apple Kareem Fahim / Washington Post : Saudi Arabia detains princes, ministers and billionair...

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TEXXR tracks 71 Techmeme articles mentioning Bill Gates, dating back to February 2015. The biggest stories include The Gates Foundation says Bill Gates will not deliver his keynote at India's AI Summit... and Hackers pushing a crypto scam hijacked Twitter accounts for Bitcoin, Barack Obama, Joe.... Frequently covered alongside Microsoft, Gates, Bill Gates', Satya Nadella, and Trump. Coverage has shifted toward research, safety themes and away from consumer, funding.

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2025Q1developer +100pts; consumer -100pts
2025Q3developer -100pts; research +100pts; funding -100pts
2026Q1research -50pts; funding +75pts

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