IBM

• Tech layoffs: IBM latest firm to slash workforce by cutting 3,900 jobs

  Chief Financial Officer James Kavanaugh told Reuters that the company was still "committed to hiring for client-facing research and development."

  Money

  Jan 26
  
• Calgary to become home to IBM Canada’s new client innovation hub

  IBM Canada 250 more jobs will be created in Calgary as it plans to open its Client Innovation Centre for Western Canada in the downtown core.

  Economy

  Jun 29, 2022
  
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• Robot ship diverts to Halifax during transatlantic voyage

  The Mayflower has no crew and is powered by artificial intelligence. Despite a slight hiccup, the vessel just became one of the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2022
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• Ottawa picks IBM to help design gun buyback program

  The contract is worth almost $1.2 million, according to an award notice posted on a federal information portal.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2020
• IBM’s computer debater faces off against itself, comes out a winner

  Artificial intelligence “will not be able to make a decision that is the morally correct one, because morality is unique to humans,” the computer system said.

  Tech

  Nov 22, 2019
• IBM Canada and Ontario’s Six Nations Polytechnic launch tuition-free tech program

  IBM Canada president Ayman Antoun says the program starts at the grade nine level and will help students obtain both a high school and college diploma within six years.

  Education

  Nov 1, 2019
• Tech in T.O. Next Generation: 17-year-old develops brain-controlled technology

  At 17 years old, Ananya Chadha is working as a machine learning developer with IBM and has already developed technology that allows her to control a toy car with her mind.

  Tech

  Oct 8, 2019
• New Brunswick Community College to launch post-grad cybersecurity program

  The program will help provide graduates with the skills and knowledge that the cybsecurity industry is seeking, as well as expand the cybersecurity infrastructure in New Brunswick. 

  Education

  Nov 28, 2017
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• Robotic dinosaurs at U.K. theme park upgraded with cognitive software

  Animatronic dinosaurs at one of the UK's oldest theme parks are being given a new lease of life after being fitted with cognitive computing technology.

  Tech

  Nov 15, 2016
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• IBM to develop cognitive technologies at Toronto’s MaRS discovery district

  IBM will be joining the fintech hub at Toronto's MaRS discovery district, becoming the first technology tenant in a space currently occupied by financial services companies.

  Tech

  Aug 30, 2016