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IBM advances towards error-mitigation quantum computing
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Better at herding the cats

IBM has announced a series of developments to make limited but functional quantum calculations possible ahead of the much-anticipated arrival of error-corrected quantum computing.

Red Hat swallows Neural Magic
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024 10:05

Red Hat swallows Neural Magic


Wants to enhance AI optimisation

Red Hat, the IBM-owned open-source software firm, is set to acquire Neural Magic, a Massachusetts-based startup known for optimising AI models to run more efficiently on standard processors and GPUs.

IBM faces lawsuit over data sharing violations
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Stormy weather over weather channel website leaks 

Biggish Blue is facing a fresh legal challenge concerning the alleged sharing of users' personal information by its Weather Channel website without consent.

IBM shares fall on mixed results
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Friday, 25 October 2024 09:49

IBM shares fall on mixed results


Propped up by Red Hat

Biggish Blue shares dropped more than six per cent yesterday as the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street were worried about the outfit’s mixed earnings report for the third quarter.

Biggish Blue is getting smaller
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Thursday, 19 September 2024 10:26

Biggish Blue is getting smaller


More staff lay offs

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that the once colossal IBM is laying off more staff.

IBM gets Gaudi 3 Enterprise AI to the Cloud
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IBM is the Secret Sauce for Gaudi 3

In a surprise development, Intel announced that IBM plans to deploy Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators as a service in the IBM cloud to help enterprises scale AI. IBM is a huge business-oriented company; such a partnership goes a long way.

IBM outsources Granite code
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024 10:51

IBM outsources Granite code


AI tech goodness is given to Apache 2.0

Big Blue has been a busy bee, getting its Granite code out in the open by using stuff already out there for everyone to see, like GitHub Code Clean and other public code.

IBM ask for voluntary redundancies
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Monday, 04 March 2024 11:48

IBM ask for voluntary redundancies


While sharpening its axe

Big Blue wants to become smaller and asks workers who want to quit with a pay-off to put their hands up as it starts a new round of global sackings.

IBM remote workers told to find an office or leave
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Our managers are lonely

IBM suits has given a harsh warning to those managers still working from home: move near an office or find another job.

Cloudy with a chance of rip-off
Published in Cloud
Monday, 29 January 2024 11:42

Cloudy with a chance of rip-off


Ex-geek warns cloud could go the same way as mainframes

A former software engineer has warned that cloud setups could end up the same way as the old mainframes,