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The Parler social networking service goes offline after Amazon discontinued providing cloud computing services. The company's chief executive said that the service will be down "longer than expected" as "most people with enough servers to host us have shut their doors to us."
2021-01-11

Microsoft announces a $1.5 billion investment in Italy, as part of its expansion of cloud computing services around the world.
2020-05-8

Amazon files a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense for awarding a US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft. The company had previously accused the Department of bias in their decision, given CEO Jeff Bezos has been a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.
2019-11-22

Google has a cloud services outage that affects Gmail, Snapchat, YouTube and other services in parts of the United States.
2019-06-2

American computer company IBM announces plans to acquire American software company Red Hat for US$34 billion.
2018-10-28

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

IBM issues a $1 billion two year corporate bond deal at a negative spread to Libor (the London Interbank Offered Rate).
2013-02-5

Google launches Google Music, an application that will enable users to upload their music libraries to company servers.
2011-05-10

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