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The Federal Reserve Bank announces the commitment to buy any amount of government-backed securities needed to keep interest rates down. Among other measures being developed to support the real economy, it will also establish a special purpose vehicle allowing it to buy investment-grade corporate bonds directly.
2020-03-23

Pope Francis, in tandem with IBM and Microsoft, calls for AI technologies that risk violating human rights, such as facial recognition software, to be regulated.
2020-02-28

Arvind Krishna is appointed chief executive officer of IBM, taking over from Ginni Rometty.
2020-01-30

The 10-megawatt IBM Summit supercomputer is unveiled at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, East Tennessee. With a reported 200 petaflops of processing power, it is expected to top the list of the world's most powerful computers after this June's update is presented at the International Supercomputing Conference.
2018-06-8

IBM allows the public to access a five-qubit quantum computer its researchers have developed in Yorktown Heights, New York.
2016-05-4

IBM agrees to buy cloud computing firm SoftLayer Technologies for US$2 billion.
2013-06-4

In San Jose, California, IBM researchers release "A Boy and His Atom", the smallest movie ever made, which was created by manipulating individual carbon monoxide molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope.
2013-05-1

Apple initiates the largest ever non-bank bond offering, valued at $17 billion.
2013-04-30

IBM's Watson artificial intelligence program wins on the U.S. quiz show "Jeopardy!", defeating Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, the series' most successful contestants. [https:--www.pcmag.com-article2-0,2817,2380489,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121 (PC Mag)] "Watson" used Wikipedia, among other sources, as its knowledge base. "[https:--web.archive.org-web-20121021042319-http:--www.vancouversun.com-entertainment-Watson+computer+Ottawa+roots-4290481-story.html (The Vancouver Sun)]" "[https:--www.npr.org-2011-02-11-133686004-IBM-Computer-Faces-Off-Against-Jeopardy-Champs (NPR)]" "[http:--www.ibm.com-ibm100-us-en-icons-watson- (IBM)]"
2011-02-16

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for a boycott of Israeli goods or companies that do business with Israel, including a blacklist of international companies that are Jewish-owned or have branches in Israel; among the companies targeted are Nestlé, Coca Cola, Intel, and IBM.
2010-06-30