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Claim: Bill Gates is responsible for July 19 global tech outage.
Is Bill Gates to blame for the July 19 faulty software update that led to worldwide disruption of services? Viral social media posts claim so.
Airports, hospitals and news outlets were among those affected by the global outage.
