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Gates was elected a Member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 1996 "for contributions to the founding and development of personal computing". [265] Entomologists named Bill Gates' flower fly, Eristalis gatesi, in his honor in 1997. [266] He was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership in 1998. [267]
American Genius is an American documentary series focusing on the lives of inventors and pioneers who have been responsible for major developments in their areas of expertise and helped shape the course of history.
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates was released on September 20, 2019 on Netflix. [1] The release came after a summer of "unusually bad press" in which "The New Yorker published emails from the MIT Media Lab suggesting that Gates was "directed" by the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to donate $2 million to the institution (Gates' representative has pushed back on that characterization), and ...
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire (née Singh, 3 August 1966) [1] is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West between 2015 and 2024.A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2023 until 2024. [2]
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Gates became the first American to take the top spot of the world's billionaires in 1995 with a net worth of $12.5 billion, and he remained there during the dot-com bubble's height in 1999 when his fortune peaked at $90 billion. After the dot-com bubble started to collapse in 2000, his wealth dropped to $60 billion, although he remained at the ...
"An Open Letter to Hobbyists" is a 1976 open letter written by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, to early personal computer hobbyists, in which Gates expresses dismay at the rampant software piracy taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his company's software.
Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g., pants, crib) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different ...