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08/24/2020 Technology

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been waiting for the anti-trust check that Big Tech is facing. His take: They all deserve “rude, unjust and difficult questions.” He is right.

Unfortunately, Gates’ comments come via a somewhat unsatisfactory podcast called Armchair Expert. In the last episode, the hosts pepper Gates with important questions related to his favorite color, his favorite movie, the musician Prince, Diet Coke, and other trivia. But if you can get through the whole 90 minutes — I only did that with great difficulty — Gates is finally able to venture into some more important topics in personal computer today.

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