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IBM and Cisco Announce Plans to Build a Network of Large-Scale, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
20 Nov 2025
- New collaboration plans to unite strengths of both leaders to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, targeted by early 2030s
German Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernization, Dr. Karsten Wildberger, and IBM Executives inaugurate IBM German Headquarters and Technology Campus in Ehningen
20 Nov 2025
• IBM Technology Campus: IBM’s new German headquarters, the IBM Technology Campus in Ehningen, features a modern and collaborative working environment, state-of-the-art technical infrastructure and stunning architecture.
IBM and University of Dayton Announce Joint Research Collaboration for Next-Generation Semiconductor Technologies
20 Nov 2025
New semiconductor nanofabrication facility will support advanced research and workforce development opportunities
Atruvia and IBM Sign Long-Term Agreement to Future-Proof IT Platforms for Autonomous and Sustainable Banking
19 Nov 2025
Unanimous Decision: UFC and IBM Introduce New AI-Driven In-Fight Insights
15 Nov 2025
The new live insight platform, built with IBM watsonx, will deliver real-time milestones, streaks and records directly to UFC broadcasts and data systems
IBM Study: Chief Data Officers Redefine Strategies as AI Ambitions Outpace Readiness
13 Nov 2025
- 81% of Chief Data Officers surveyed prioritize investments that accelerate AI capabilities and initiatives.
IBM Delivers New Quantum Processors, Software, and Algorithm Breakthroughs on Path to Advantage and Fault Tolerance
12 Nov 2025
• IBM Quantum Nighthawk: processor built for quantum advantage will deliver circuits with 30 percent more complexity
Unipol Assicurazioni Leverages IBM watsonx to Build a New AI-driven Automation Platform
11 Nov 2025
A renewed collaboration agreement to continue the digital transformation process and create an artificial intelligence ecosystem
IBM and Web Summit to Launch Sports Tech Startup Challenge to Fuel Next Wave of Innovation in Sports
10 Nov 2025
• The IBM & Web Summit Sports Tech Startup Challenge will seek to find game-changing solutions that could be leveraged throughout IBM’s technology portfolio and world-class global sports and entertainment partnership team.
IBM Advances to Next Phase of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
07 Nov 2025
IBM moves to second stage of program that rigorously and objectively validates approaches to building a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer
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From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
