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Get Wired: Bill Gates on Covid-19, TikTok, and Antitrust
Get Wired: Bill Gates on Covid-19, TikTok, and Antitrust
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28 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2020
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On this special episode of Get WIRED, WIRED’s Editor-at-large, Steven Levy talks with Bill Gates— philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. At the start of the pandemic, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation pledged more than $1 billion to vaccine development, and $100 million of that is specifically for Covid-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, he’s also become the target of conspiracy theories related to the coronavirus. They discuss everything from the US response to the pandemic, to a timeline when things might go back to “normal.” They also cover the recent Big Tech antitrust hearings, and of course, they talk about TikTok!
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Released:
Aug 10, 2020
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Podcast episode
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