As the name suggests, IBM Maximo is typically used by really big companies to track really huge numbers of assets…
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Your unused computer could help find a COVID-19 cure
Put it to work for the Folding@Home distributed computing project to uncover how the virus’s spikes latch on and how they can be blocked.
IBM tears into Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ claim
Is ‘quantum supremacy’ the moment that the rarefied world of quantum computing finally enters popular consciousness? Probably not.
US nuclear weapons command finally ditches 8-inch floppies
The disks are part of the command centres that run the country’s nuclear missile deterrent on behalf of SACCS.
IBM’s new 53-qubit quantum ‘mainframe’ is live in the cloud
IBM has boosted its growing stable of quantum computers with a new 53-quantum bit (qubit) device, the most powerful ever offered for commercial use.
Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world
It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows.
LA sues The Weather Channel over selling users’ location data
The app is accused of being a “location data company powered by weather” and profiting from users’ data without being upfront about it.
France: Let’s make the internet safer! US: ‘How about NO?!’
Don’t cry for us, Argentina: Critics saw potential for government meddling without court order, among other issues.
IBM bans USB drives – but will it work?
Can you blindly ban all USB drives, or will it lead to “shadow IT” where staff use them anyway? Sophos CISO Ross McKerchar has his say…
Anatomy of a buffer overflow – Google’s “KeyStore” security module for Android
Here’s a cautionary tale about a bug, courtesy of IBM. Not that IBM had the bug, just to be clear: Google had the bug, and IBM researchers spotted it.