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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/57849/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/57849/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Computing giant IBM to invest $150 billion in US over 5 years <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Investment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>IBM announced it plans to invest $150 million in the U.S. in the next five years. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@quartz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quartz</span></a></span>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/RI68Ul" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/RI68Ul</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
IT News<p>IBM Pledges $150 Billion US Investment - IBM announced plans to invest $150 billion in the United States over the next five... - <a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/28/1523232/ibm-pledges-150-billion-us-investment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/</span><span class="invisible">28/1523232/ibm-pledges-150-billion-us-investment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a></p>
jbz<p>⚠️ IBM orders US sales to locate near customers or offices | The Register </p><p>｢ Several current and former IBM employees who have spoken to The Register about IBM's work directives argue that these policies represent stealth layoffs because older (and presumably more highly compensated) employees tend to be less willing to uproot their lives, and families where applicable, than the "early professional hires" IBM has been courting at some legal risk ｣</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/ibm_orders_us_sales_staff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/18/ibm</span><span class="invisible">_orders_us_sales_staff/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/remotework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotework</span></a></p>
skywalkersHand<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@markus_netzpolitik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markus_netzpolitik</span></a></span> Da war doch schonmal was? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/52804/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/52804/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Keio University, Mitsubishi Chemical Push Toward Practical Quantum Reservoir Computing <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KeioUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeioUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MitsubishiChemicalGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MitsubishiChemicalGroup</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>Show HN: My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad</p><p>Link: <a href="https://github.com/joexbayer/RetrOS-32" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/joexbayer/RetrOS-32</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43803148" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3803148</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a></p>
XAct_6510<p>Repair and restoration completed <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/XT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XT</span></a> 5160 - what a beast 😅</p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Flexible working models fuel surge in device theft <a href="https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/25/flexible-working-models-device-theft-impact/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/25</span><span class="invisible">/flexible-working-models-device-theft-impact/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Kensington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kensington</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>report</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survey</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a></p>
st1nger :unverified: 🏴‍☠️ :linux: :freebsd:<p>A Tour Inside the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/z17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z17</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/23/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.ibm.com/community/us</span><span class="invisible">er/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/23/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17</span></a></p>
OSNews<p>A tour inside the IBM z17</p><p>Welcome to a photo-driven tour of the IBM z17. I've scoured the image library to pull dig deep inside these machines that most people don't get an opportunity to see inside, and I'll share some of the specifications gleaned from the announcement and related Redbooks.<br>↫ Elizabeth K. Joseph at the IBM community website</p><p>These IBM mainframes don't have to be beautiful, but they always are.</p><p><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/142196/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">osnews.com/story/142196/a-tour</span><span class="invisible">-inside-the-ibm-z17/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>A Tour Inside the IBM Z17</p><p>Link: <a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/23/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17?communityKey=e7b7d299-8509-4572-8cf1-c1112684644f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.ibm.com/community/us</span><span class="invisible">er/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/23/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17?communityKey=e7b7d299-8509-4572-8cf1-c1112684644f</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43783997" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3783997</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a></p>
XAct_6510<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/XT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XT</span></a> 5160 - First motherboard and CGA-Tests after measuring for shorts - and it works! 🤩</p>
OSNews<p>Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE open source software report</p><p>Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE use the s390x hardware architecture to run various Linux distributions, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Ubuntu. Tens of thousands of software packages are tested and distributed through these projects, and various community distributions.<br>↫ Elizab</p><p><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/142178/linux-on-ibm-z-and-linuxone-open-source-software-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">osnews.com/story/142178/linux-</span><span class="invisible">on-ibm-z-and-linuxone-open-source-software-report/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a></p>
XAct_6510<p>Testing the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> 5610 power supply with a dummy load 😜 - all voltage rails are fine</p>
Hacker News 50<p>Evertop: E-ink IBM XT clone with 100+ hours of battery life</p><p>Link: <a href="https://github.com/ericjenott/Evertop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/ericjenott/Evertop</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43757037" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3757037</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a></p>
Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>"New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.</p><p>The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant — what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money — but for now he’s an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.</p><p>'Picks And Shovels' is a high-tech crime thriller about the “weird era of PCs” in the early 1980s, when Reaganomics, the tech industry, multilevel marketing, and the AIDS crisis all converged in San Francisco. "—Jacobin</p><p>"Picks And Shovels" by Cory Doctorow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>, with Yanis Varoufakis <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@VaroufakisDE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VaroufakisDE</span></a></span> &amp; David Moscrop <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/davidmoscrop.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidmoscrop.com</span></a></span> &gt;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xkIDep7Z4LM?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/xkIDep7Z4LM?f</span><span class="invisible">eature=shared</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interviews</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/personal_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personal_computer</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/forensic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forensic</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ethos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethos</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/silicon_valley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silicon_valley</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/homogenisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homogenisation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/high_tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>high_tech</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCs</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Bill_Gates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bill_Gates</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/San_Francisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>San_Francisco</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kits</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/tech_industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech_industry</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/anti_trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anti_trust</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a></p>
Laurent FRANCOISE<p>Une réparation que je repoussais depuis un certain temps : un <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> 365XD de 1996 (<a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentium</span></a> 120, 16Mo de RAM) qui n'avait plus de backlight.<br>Au final le démontage n'était pas si compliqué et la panne était simplement un fusible grillé sur le circuit du backlight. Comme il y avait de la place j'ai mis un polyfuse (en gros ce que j'avais sous la main !) et ça fonctionne très bien.<br>Reste à remonter tout ça !<br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
IT News<p>IBM Orders US Sales To Locate Near Customers or Offices - IBM is mandating that U.S. sales and Cloud employees return to the office at least... - <a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/18/1949253/ibm-orders-us-sales-to-locate-near-customers-or-offices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/18</span><span class="invisible">/1949253/ibm-orders-us-sales-to-locate-near-customers-or-offices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>IBM orders US sales to locate near customers, RTO for cloud staff, DEI purge</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/ibm_orders_us_sales_staff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/18/ibm</span><span class="invisible">_orders_us_sales_staff/</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43727727" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3727727</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a></p>
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