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IBM Releases Fully Homomorphic Encryption Toolkit for macOS and iOS
At IBM Research, we’re inventing what’s next in AI, quantum computing, and hybrid cloud to shape the world ahead.
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IBM casts doubt on Google's claims of quantum supremacy
We argue that an ideal simulation of the same task can be performed on a classical system in 2.5 days and with far greater fidelity.
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Handbook of Text manipulation on Unix
This introduction to text manipulation on UNIX platforms provides an overview of some common commands widely available and installed standard on most UNIX-based releases. Many times these standard utilities are ignored in favor of more modern text-processors such as Perl, Python, or Ruby, which are not always…
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IBM scientists demonstrate 10x faster large-scale machine learning using GPUs
The IBM Research blog is the home for stories told by the researchers, scientists, and engineers inventing What’s Next in science and technology.
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Total security in a PostgreSQL database
The technologies used to build or run their apps
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How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia (2015)
IBM Developer is the source for hands-on training and in-demand learning on relevant technologies such as generative AI, data science, Java, and more.
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How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia
IBM Developer is the source for hands-on training and in-demand learning on relevant technologies such as generative AI, data science, Java, and more.
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Functional thinking: Why functional programming is on the rise
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GNU Screen - A Hacker's Ideal Terminal
AIX provides the highest level of performance, security, and reliability of any UNIX operating system.
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Stop Piping Cats
AIX provides the highest level of performance, security, and reliability of any UNIX operating system.
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Writing clean, testable, high quality code in Python
AIX provides the highest level of performance, security, and reliability of any UNIX operating system.
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Potential Impact of Spectre on Processors in the Power family
View, search and download security bulletin information for individual IBM product versions and releases.
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Lazy Linux: essential tricks for admins
The open source operating system that runs the world.
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Inside the Linux boot process (2006)
The open source operating system that runs the world.
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How to build your own "Watson Jr." in your basement
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AI Models Predict Breast Cancer with Radiologist-Level Accuracy
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The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won a Turing Award
What started as a conversation on the beach between two scientists led to the “Nobel Prize in computing“ decades later. More on Charles Bennet, co-recipient of the 2025 Turing Award.
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The Most Popular Language for Machine Learning
IBM Developer is the source for hands-on training and in-demand learning on relevant technologies such as generative AI, data science, Java, and more.
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From Java code to Java heap (2012)
The Java programming language is a high-level, object-oriented language. It is rapidly evolving across several fronts to simplify and accelerate development of modern applications.
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The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
UC Irvine neuroscientist Oswald Steward received the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discoveries that helped explain how the brain forms and stores memories.
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Engineering hints you'll rarely hear
Explore the latest technologies and innovations on the architecture engineered for agility
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Reaching new records in speech recognition
IBM Watson Speech to Text converts audio into accurate text, enabling real-time transcription, captions and insights with scalable AI APIs.
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Python Is Not C: Take Two
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Nweb: a tiny, safe web server (static pages only)
Manage and support computers, servers, storage systems, operating systems, networking, and more.
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Pruning AI networks without impacting performance
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Three locks for your SSH door
AIX provides the highest level of performance, security, and reliability of any UNIX operating system.
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Introduction to Pyjamas
Create, build, and maintain websites and web apps that run in a browser.
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UNIX tips: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits
AIX provides the highest level of performance, security, and reliability of any UNIX operating system.
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Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins
The open source operating system that runs the world.