NYSE:IBM 7 August 2025 - 17 February 2026

Colorado Kills Tech-Backed Right-to-Repair Rollback in Blow to Cisco, IBM
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Colorado Kills Tech-Backed Right-to-Repair Rollback in Blow to Cisco, IBM

Colorado’s House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee voted 7-4 to block Senate Bill 26-090, a move that leaves the state’s sweeping right-to-repair law unchanged after the bill cleared the Senate, according to CoPIRG. The legislation, backed by the tech industry, would have exempted some IT equipment from the law. The committee’s decision ends the effort to pare back one of the nation’s most expansive repair policies. This decision lands just as Colorado’s digital-equipment repair law kicked in on Jan. 1, 2024. The so-called “right to repair” lets both device owners and independent technicians access the parts, tools, and manuals needed for fixes—no need to route everything through the manufacturer. Colorado’s statute applies to digital electronics, and it specifically
April 29, 2026
artificial intelligence predictive maintenance
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AI Maintenance Is Quietly Saving Trillions: Guide to Predictive & Prescriptive Maintenance – What It Is, Who’s Winning, and How to Start

Predictive maintenance forecasts failure risk from condition signals. Prescriptive maintenance goes further by recommending actions, parts, and timing to optimize cost, uptime, and risk. In 2025, the stack typically combines: “Now operators, reliability engineers, and technicians can interact with the AI directly and do their jobs much more efficiently.” — Anuradha Bhamidipaty, IBM Research. IBM Research
August 17, 2025
Digital DNA - A New Era of Secure and Transparent Supply Chains
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Digital DNA: A New Era of Secure and Transparent Supply Chains

Global supply chains have become incredibly complex – and increasingly vulnerable. Recent high-profile breaches and counterfeit scandals have shown that a weak link in one supplier can compromise an entire network. In fact, supply chain attacks are rising by hundreds of percent each year siliconangle.com, and a Dell survey found only 40% of organizations demand security details from their suppliers, leaving dangerous gaps siliconangle.com. To bolster trust and resilience, companies worldwide are turning to “Digital DNA” – a new approach to supply chain security and transparency. Much like genetic DNA uniquely identifies a person, Digital DNA refers to the unique digital fingerprint or record of a product throughout its lifecycle. By capturing everything about an item – from its origin
August 16, 2025
Uploading Minds - Whole Brain Emulation - WBE
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Uploading Minds: The Race for Whole Brain Emulation (WBE) and Its Profound Implications

Introduction: From Sci-Fi to Scientific Quest Imagine a future where you could upload your mind into a computer and live indefinitely in a digital form. This concept – once confined to science fiction – is now the subject of serious scientific research and futurist dreams. It’s known as Whole Brain Emulation, or more popularly mind uploading. The basic idea is to create a software replica of a person’s brain that reproduces the same patterns of thinking, memory, and consciousness as the original. In theory, the uploaded mind would behave and experience the world just like the human brain it came from en.wikipedia.org. Proponents see WBE as a potential path to “digital immortality,” allowing individuals to transcend biological death and perhaps
August 12, 2025
How Confidential Computing Lets Cloud Providers Process Your Data Without Decryption
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No Peeking: How Confidential Computing Lets Cloud Providers Process Your Data Without Decryption

Imagine being able to use all the power of the cloud on your most sensitive data without ever revealing that data – not even to the cloud provider’s administrators. That’s the promise of confidential computing, a rapidly growing approach to cloud security. In this in-depth report, we’ll demystify confidential computing for a general audience, covering what it is, how it works, why it’s so important for cloud security and compliance, and how it keeps data safe even from insider threats. We’ll look at real use cases across industries, highlight which major cloud providers offer this technology, discuss its challenges and evolving standards, and review the latest developments. Expert insights and quotes are included along the way. Let’s unlock the secrets
August 11, 2025
Quantum Engineering
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Latest Breakthroughs in Quantum Engineering and What They Mean for Our Future

Quantum engineering is entering a golden age of discovery. In just the past year, researchers worldwide have pushed the boundaries of the ultra-small, achieving feats once thought decades away. From quantum computers that outpace classical supercomputers, to quantum networks beaming data via entanglement, to quantum sensors detecting the tiniest signals, and quantum materials revealing exotic new states of matter – recent advances span all corners of this cutting-edge field. Below, we explore the major subfields of quantum engineering, highlight key breakthroughs from the last year, and explain in accessible terms what these developments mean for our future. The Majorana 1 topological quantum processor unveiled in early 2025 is an 8-qubit chip that uses a new “topological superconductor” material for more
August 7, 2025