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Red state sues tech giant IBM over diversity 'quotas'
The state of Missouri has filed a lawsuit against the technology giant, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), for unlawful practices in allegedly requiring racial and gender quotas in its hiring and promotion...
NYC tries to blame remote school failures on students with summer guilt trip
Remote school was, is and always will be a disaster. Why are NYC public schools and David Banks so fixated on it?
Parents rip NYC DOE after schools urge kids to sign in — on their day off — to test remote learning after disaster
Big Apple families are being guilt-tripped by the city into joining a remote-learning simulation on their kids' day off to better prepare for an emergency after a technical meltdown during...
NYC landlords luring workers back to offices with pickleball, golf simulators, arcade games and gourmet food
Forget the boring office buildings of yore.
IBM blames DOE contract when asked why NYC remote school system failed during snowstorm
The revelation came during an education committee hearing in which the DOE were grilled by council members on the remote learning fiasco.
Elon Musk has a target on his back as Media Matters adds to X drama
Elon Musk’s legal team says in the lawsuit against Media Matters that MMA found a way to manipulate X’s algorithms to produce pro-Nazi user accounts appearing near ads for major...
IBM suspends ads on X after ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content: 'Unacceptable situation'
IBM said Thursday it had immediately suspended all advertising on Elon Musk-owned X after a report found its ads were placed next to content promoting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
IBM chief won't 'get rid of' a single programmer because of AI -- he 'will get more'
IBM's CEO Arvind Krishna said he'll be hiring even more programmers during the AI boom because the technology makes his workforce 30% more productive.
Ex-IBM exec doesn't feel bad about firing worker who saved his life on 9/11: 'Not a charity'
Bill Ellmore nearly took United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, to fire a coworker based in California when that staffer told him to change his flight, saving his life....
‘Jeopardy!’ champ Brad Rutter on Ken Jennings: ‘Not much pleasantries'
Brad Rutter, the highest-earning all-time "Jeopardy!" contestant, pulled back the curtain on his relationship with fellow champions Jennings and James Holzhauer.
These Gen Zers didn't need college to nail career success: 'Not the only way'
New statistics show college enrollment is still far below pre-pandemic levels. These Gen Zers say there's no need for a degree to succeed.
IBM pauses hiring for 7,800 jobs because they could be performed by AI
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that the company will either slow down or altogether suspend hiring for so-called "back office" functions.
AI will take over 'clerical white collar work': IBM chief
It's a bad day to be a paper pusher.
Biden claims GOP 'bought' Chinese talking points on manufacturing, sidesteps family's own alleged ties
President Biden accused Congressional Republicans Thursday of having "bought" into Chinese Communist Party talking points against manufacturing legislation.
Biden to visit IBM facility in Poughkeepsie on Thursday
Biden is expected to deliver remarks on creating jobs in the Hudson Valley, lowering costs, and ensuring the future is made in America at the IBM facility.
IBM signs lease on One Madison Ave
IBM is relocating its thousands of Big Apple employees from ten different addresses to One Madison Avenue.
IBM execs accused of forcing out older workers in discrimination suit
Top IBM executives discussed plans to force out older employees -- referring to them as “dinobabies” who should be made an “extinct species” at the company -- according to explosive...
Fast food of the future: McDonald's teaming up with IBM for automated drive-thrus
As part of the agreement IBM is acquiring McD Tech Labs, which was created when McDonald’s bought tech company Apprente in 2019, allowing the fast food chain to test automated...
Gary Cohn joins IBM after leaving Trump administration
IBM announced Tuesday that the former Trump advisor and Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn will join the New York-based tech giant as Vice Chairman. In a statement, IBM said that...
Hackers going after COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts
Hackers are going after companies that will likely play a role in the complex process of shipping COVID-19 vaccines around the world, IBM warned Thursday. Security analysts at the tech...