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Bill Gates surprised even his closest advisers when he said his dream is to eliminate the world's top 20 diseases in his lifetime. Gates-watchers say it's not naïve over-reaching. The Gateses have an optimistic belief in technology and management that, combined with their resources, could make a difference.

In the advertising world of Madison Avenue, three-martini lunches and chain smoking in the office are long gone. But women and minorities are still struggling to make inroads at the top agencies.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and other top officials weighed the political future of New York City's embattled Mayor Eric Adams. Adams faces growing calls to step down over allegations of corruption

President Trump's top intelligence officials return to Capitol Hill for another hearing where they are likely to face questions about sensitive military information shared with a journalist in a Signal chat.

The Washington Post newsroom is in an uproar as more red flags are revealed about how their new CEO, and the top editor he's hired got big scoops back in Britain.

The Brazilian state oil company has a new chief executive and her name is Maria das Gracas Foster. Petrobras is the world's fifth-largest oil producer, and Foster becomes the first woman to run a top-five oil company. This comes as the firm looks to double its production by 2020. The company's stocks surged on news of the appointment.

Also on Twitter this week are conversations about blackface after two top Democrats in Virginia admitted to wearing blackface in the 1980s.

A monkey took a fall right on top of a transformer at a power station. This tripped the transformer and caused a blackout. The monkey is fine, being cared for by the Kenya Wildlife Service.

The gut-wrenching film about the struggles of living under England's welfare system won the top prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

Recode's Edmund Lee joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to talk about some of the top tech stories in the news.