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One of the most used Windows buttons today has a hilarious origin story involving Microsoft

Sayan Sen — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:18:01 +0000

One of the most widely used Windows buttons today has a surprisingly humorous origin story rooted in early Microsoft development decisions. Read more...

IBM preparing for a massive $11 billion acquisition of Confluent to boost cloud efforts

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:58:01 +0000

IBM is close to an $11 billion deal to acquire Confluent, an open-source data platform, as it seeks to boost its cloud services amid the generative AI race. Read more...

IBM announces $150 billion Investment in the US to 'accelerate technology opportunity'

David Uzondu — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:26:01 +0000

IBM has pledged a multi-billion-dollar investment in America over five years to boost the economy and lead in computing technology. Read more...

IBM delivers speed of light AI training with optics breakthrough

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:36:01 +0000

IBM has developed a new optics technology that could speed up data transfers within data centers. It said this could reduce energy use and seriously speed up AI training. Read more...

IBM launches Granite 3.0 AI models, lays groundwork for agentic AI

Paul Hill — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:16:02 +0000

IBM has launched its Granite 3.0 family of AI models under a permissive Apache 2.0 license. These competitive models lay the groundwork for IBM's future agentic AI efforts. Read more...

IBM to lay off 1,000 workers in China as it shuts R&D divisions

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:16:02 +0000

A new report says that IBM is planning to close two R&D labs in China. This will affect around 1,000 employees. Read more...

Microsoft and IBM announce improved cybersecurity partnership

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:24:02 +0000

IBM Consulting will help clients optimize their security operations to maximize the value of Microsoft's end-to-end security solutions. The partnership has a new solution for cloud identity protection Read more...

Microsoft explains how you can run MS-DOS 4.00 that it officially open sourced today

Sayan Sen — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:38:02 +0000

Microsoft earlier today, in collaboration with IBM, announced that it is open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code. The company has explained what was special about it and how to run it. Read more...

Perhaps the earliest ancestor of Microsoft DOS and Windows just arrived on the Internet

Sayan Sen — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:56:01 +0000

The earliest known version of 86-DOS, which is basically the great grandfather of Microsoft DOS has arrived on the internet, thanks to a tech enthusiast who has uploaded the version to the Archive. Read more...

IBM launches business oriented Coding Assistant watsonx

Ishtiaqe Hanif — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:22:01 +0000

IBM launched its own version of AI-based coding assistant named watsonx. It is positioned to provide a wide range of solutions for enterprise customers wanting to speed up development processes. Read more...

Nvidia, Adobe, IBM and others promise the White House steps to mitigate AI risks

Omer Dursun — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:46:01 +0000

Eight more tech giants have joined the Biden administration's efforts to develop AI responsibly, pledging to take steps like watermarking AI-generated media and promoting fairness and transparency. Read more...

A quick look back at the first IBM PC that launched 42 years ago today

John Callaham — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:46:01 +0000

The first IBM PC was launched on August 12, 1981. It and its many clones quickly dominated the PC market and helped Microsoft and Intel become huge tech companies that remain big to this day. Read more...

IBM to acquire FinOps leader Apptio for $4.6 billion

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:30:01 +0000

IBM has announced that it's acquiring Apptio for $4.6 billion. Apptio has more than 1,500 clients, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. The deal is expected to close in a few months. Read more...

The Intel 8088 processor launched 44 years ago today, and helped to start the PC revolution

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:56:01 +0000

The Intel 8088 processor was launched on June 1, 1979, and a few years later IBM picked this CPU to be inside its first personal computer. 44 years later, the influence of the 8088 is still felt. Read more...

IBM worker, off for 15 years, speaks up about his situation and discloses illness

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:55:22 +0000

The IBM employee Ian Clifford, who hasn't worked since 2008 but is still being paid, has disclosed that he's suffering from leukaemia. He said his court actions for a pay rise are for his family. Read more...

Inactive IBM employee who hasn't worked since 2008 sued company after getting no pay rise

Paul Hill — Sat, 13 May 2023 02:34:54 +0000

An inactive IBM employee in the UK sought to get a pay rise to help overcome inflation earlier this year. The employee, Ian Clifford, gets paid via a company health plan but hasn't worked since 2008. Read more...

IBM says it will pause hiring for jobs to be replaced by AI automation

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 02 May 2023 05:12:01 +0000

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, in an interview with Bloomberg, said that the company is no longer planning to hire jobs that can be automated using artificial intelligence tools, impacting around 7,800 jobs. Read more...

The IBM PC-XT launched 40 years ago today but it got competition from the Compaq Portable

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:32:01 +0000

The IBM PC-XT had a lot more expansion slots compared to the first IBM PC that launched in 1981, but it was not as big of a leap in other hardware specs. It also had a rival PC in the Compaq Portable. Read more...

IBM beats revenue expectations, to let go of 3,900 employees

Justin Luna — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 07:36:01 +0000

IBM will lay off about 3,900 of its employees, equivalent to about 1.5% of the company's workforce. The tech firm will spend about $300 million to pay for the severance of eliminated staff. Read more...

IBM India: moonlighting allowed with permission, but only for good causes

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:14:01 +0000

IBM India managing director Sandip Patel addressed moonlighting in an email to employees saying that workers can pursue their passions as long as there's no conflict with IBM's interests. Read more...

The Next Tech Revolution: What Your Business Needs To Know To Stay Ahead - Free Webcast

Sponsored — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:00:01 +0000

In this panel discussion, Fast Company and IBM explores the latest developments within hybrid cloud computing, data use, insights, and how to integrate these technologies on your own terms. Read more...

Canonical sees 240% YoY growth in its channel partner program bolstering business products

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 23:42:02 +0000

Canonical has revealed that it saw 240% growth year-over-year in its channel partner program. It said it has been working more closely with existing partners and building bridges with new partners. Read more...

Google, Microsoft, and more to advise UK government on international data transfers

Usama Jawad — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:18:02 +0000

Representatives from Google, Microsoft, Mastercard, IBM, and more are meeting with the UK government today to advise on how to remove international data transfer barriers following Brexit. Read more...

LG joins the IBM Quantum Network to improve its quantum computing competency

Paul Hill — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:10:01 +0000

LG has joined the IBM Quantum Network to find ways that quantum computing can be applied to its services. LG will also benefit from the partnership as new quantum computing milestones are reached. Read more...

IBM's ModelMesh goes open-source, enabling developers to deploy AI models at scale

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:00:01 +0000

IBM has announced that it is open-sourcing ModelMesh, its model-serving management layer powering Watson products. ModelMesh will enable the deployment of AI models at "extreme scale" on Kubernetes. Read more...

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet with Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon CEOs tomorrow

Usama Jawad — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 05:54:01 +0000

U.S. President Joe Biden has reportedly invited multiple big tech companies to the White House, purportedly to discuss cybersecurity matters. The meeting will apparently take place tomorrow. Read more...

IBM's new Telum chips will help infer enterprise workload, detect fraud, and more

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:54:01 +0000

IBM has introduced its new Telum processor at the annual Hot Chips conference. The processor is IBM's first one that can do on-chip acceleration for AI inferencing during a transaction. Read more...

New research shows that near-term quantum computers can learn to reason

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:18:01 +0000

Cambridge Quantum Computing has demonstrated Variational Inference on quantum computers for the first time. Results are encouraging, indicating a promising new approach in quantum machine learning. Read more...

IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 17:26:01 +0000

IBM has released a study that suggests that gender equity in the workplace is not a top priority for 70% of businesses around the world. It provided several measures to address this. Read more...

Amazon says 20 more firms join The Climate Pledge

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:18:01 +0000

Amazon has announced that 20 more firms, including IBM, have signed up to its The Climate Pledge programme which encourages signatories to meet their net-zero goals by 2040 rather than 2050. Read more...

IBM's new roadmap for quantum computing promises 100x speedups and then some

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 08:06:01 +0000

IBM detailed its plans for realizing full-scale quantum computers by 2030. Latest updates promise 100x faster circuit execution, greater algorithmic complexities, and a tamed barrier to entry for QC. Read more...

IBM to reportedly cut 10,000 jobs from its IT services unit in Europe

Abhay V — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:14:01 +0000

IBM is reportedly laying off 10,000 employees, mostly from the European region. The cuts come as part of a plan to spin off the legacy IT services unit to streamline the company and cut costs. Read more...

IBM, Red Hat and others want inclusive language in software

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:12:01 +0000

IBM and Red Hat are among firms pushing for more inclusion in the software industry. The Inclusive Naming Initiative will look at terms like blacklist and whitelist and suggest alternatives. Read more...

IBM and AMD join forces to improve security on their virtual machines powering AI workloads

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:12:01 +0000

The two giants have agreed to collaborate on Confidential Computing whereby they will be enhancing and extending the security of AI and HPC workloads on their hybrid cloud offerings. Read more...

Microsoft partners with Nvidia, IBM, and more to release Adversarial ML Threat Matrix

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has collaborated with over 10 organizations from around to globe to release the Adversarial ML Threat Matrix framework for protection against malicious actors which target ML systems. Read more...

QCE20: Here's what you can expect from Intel's new quantum computing research this week

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:00:01 +0000

At QCE20, Intel will be presenting four papers highlighting its efforts in developing commercial-grade quantum computers. Here's an all-encompassing guide describing what you can expect. Read more...

Orquestra now in full release, supports quantum hardware from Honeywell, IBM, and Amazon

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:00:01 +0000

Orquestra, a software platform for designing and running quantum algorithms, is out of Early Access. Support for Honeywell's System Model HØ and quantum hardware from Amazon and IBM has been added. Read more...

IBM says its latest POWER10 CPUs are up to 20x faster than last generation

Sayan Sen — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:48:01 +0000

IBM outs its latest POWER10 chips designed to drive hybrid cloud computing solutions. The company promises up to 20x improvement in select workloads, while also being more efficient. Read more...

IBM backs out from facial recognition business over concerns of racial and ethnic bias

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 04:36:01 +0000

IBM has announced that the company will no longer be selling facial recognition services and has called for a national dialogue on whether the systems should be employed by authorities at all. Read more...

CIMON-2 successfully completes initial testing onboard the ISS

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:18:01 +0000

CIMON-2, the AI-powered assistant onboard the International Space Station has successfully completed its initial testing, showing the ability to respond to a variety of tasks communicated verbally. Read more...