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While placing the keyboard in the e-waste bin was far better than tossing it in the trash, as e-waste recycling can recover valuable materials and aid with resource management, finding a new home for the item would have been much better given that it was in mint condition. An employee was stunned when they discovered an IBM keyboard in mint condition in their company’s e-waste bin, meaning the keyboard disposal was a lost opportunity to recoup cash for a still usable product likely worth hundreds of dollars.

Backdoor attacks on deep neural networks (DNNs) have emerged as a significant security threat, allowing adversaries to implant hidden malicious behaviors during the model training phase. Pre-processing-based defense, which is one of the most important defense paradigms, typically focuses on input transformations or backdoor trigger inversion (BTI) to deactivate or eliminate embedded backdoor triggers during the inference process. However, these methods suffer from inherent limitations: transformation-based defenses often fail to balance model utility and defense performance, while BTI-based defenses struggle to accurately reconstruct trigger patterns without prior knowledge. In this paper, we propose REFINE, an inversion-free backdoor defense method based on model reprogramming. REFINE consists of two key components: \textbf{(1)} an input transformation module that disrupts both benign and backdoor patterns, generating new benign features; and \textbf{(2)} an output remapping module that redefines the model’s output domain to guide the input transformations effectively. By further integrating supervised contrastive loss, REFINE enhances the defense capabilities while maintaining model utility. Extensive experiments on various benchmark datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our REFINE and its resistance to potential adaptive attacks.

Through IBM Envizi, the company is able to help customers establish the baseline for measurement, analyse the data and develop action plans, perform the actions to drive sustainability outcomes, and report on the progress and meet compliance. The demand for GreenOps will be driven by regulations especially in Europe with the adoption of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

The international full-service logistics provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (link resides outside of ibm.com) was founded in 1871 as a family business in Osnabrück and today employs 12,348 people in 173 countries. With its logistics solutions, the company implements the individual requirements of its customers by air, water, road, rail as well as in warehouses. In 2021, the Hellmann Group achieved sales of around 4.07 billion euros.

Zuken has also signed an agreement with IBM for the joint research and development of heterogeneous chip integration packaging solutions, critical for AI accelerator architecture. The IBM Research AI Hardware Center, a global research hub headquartered at the Albany NanoTech Complex in Albany, NY, aims to develop next-generation chips and systems, including advanced semiconductor packaging.

Christina’s leadership is key in this. She is guiding IBM in reducing climate-related risks, conserving natural resources and developing industry-specific sustainability solutions powered by AI and hybrid cloud technologies. But she sees the long-term upsides as secondary to the necessary voluntary actions that must be taken by companies when it comes to sustainability.“Unfortunately, the world is not in a position to seek sustainability on the basis of economic growth,” she explains, emphasising the need for companies to prioritise things other than the bottom line.Though she is very optimistic about IBM’s progress in the lead up to net zero deadlines.“Sustainability is not just a feel-good word here, it is in our DNA,” she says.Explore the latest edition of Sustainability Magazine and be part of the conversation at our global conference series, Sustainability LIVE. Discover all our upcoming events and secure your tickets today.Sustainability Magazine is a BizClik brand

eTechnology Senate 2025 | Manufacturing – FMCG Track | VC | Day 1 | 18th February 2025 In this video: Rajesh Malhotra, Senior Leader, Data & AI, India and South Asia, IBM Topic: The Autonomous Factory: AI-Driven Operations for Maximum Productivity Key Highlights: [1] IBM empowers businesses to leverage AI-driven insights for success and innovation across industries. [2] Generative AI unlocks new possibilities, transforming business operations and decision-making. [3] AI reshapes manufacturing by improving efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. [4] AI and machine learning enhance enterprise asset management, preventing failures and minimizing downtime. [5] IBM leads the AI revolution, optimizing operations and enhancing customer experiences.

In this video we demonstrate a new capability in the IBM App Connect Enterprise version 13 Toolkit which allows you to manage App Connect Container Dashboards using the new Container Explorer view.

This video demonstrates the new public preview of IBM’s Blueworks Live doucumentation search assistant.

The Register: Following our report last week on IBM’s ongoing layoffs, current and former employees got in touch to confirm what many suspected: The US cuts run deeper than reported, and the jobs are heading to India. IBM’s own careers site numbers back that up. On January 7, 2024, Big Blue listed just 173 open positions in India. On November 23, 2024, there were 2,946 jobs available in the nation. At the time of writing, the IT titan listed 3,866 roles in India. American jobs listed for these three periods are 192, 376, and 333, respectively, though at least among those being laid off, there’s doubt those roles will be filled with job seekers in the States. A current IBMer who won’t be there much longer said that after being told to teach recently hired workers in India “everything I know,” the reward was a resource action, or RA — Big Blue’s euphemism for a layoff. After receiving an RA notification, employees typically have a set period of time to apply for open roles elsewhere in the mega-corporation. But just because there are open positions listed in the US doesn’t mean IBM is making much of an effort to fill them, we are told. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

The UK banking sector is at a crossroads. Customer demands for real-time, personalized services are surging, regulatory frameworks such as open banking are tightening and fintech disruptors are rewriting the rules of engagement. At the heart of this transformation lies the core banking system—a linchpin that determines whether institutions thrive or stagnate. For decades, banks have relied on legacy systems designed for a pre-digital era. These rigid, on-premises platforms, though once revolutionary, now hinder innovation, scalability and competitiveness. The solution? A strategic shift to cloud-native core banking, a reimagined approach that unlocks agility and resilience and puts the customer at the center.

Meet Yolanda, an Associate Partner in IBM Consulting, Cybersecurity. Based in the U.S. national capital –  Washington, D.C. – Yolanda is an IBM executive who advises business and government clients on cybersecurity solutions that will better protect their systems and assets. She also works with up-and-coming technologies, like post-quantum cryptography, to protect threats from quantum computers. With a career dedicated to bridging cutting-edge technology as practical solutions for clients, Yolanda’s story offers a glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of working in a field that is constantly evolving.

Broome County Historian shares photos from inside IBM Bundy BuildingPublished: Mar. 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM EDT|Updated: 8 hours ago

IBM has leased approximately 1.1 lakh square feet of office space from Table Space at DivyaSree Greens, a custom-made campus located on Inner Ring Road in Bengaluru, sources told HT.com. Last year in August, IBM India Private Ltd had leased 8.3 lakh square feet of office space in Bengaluru for a period of 10 years at a starting monthly rent of ₹ 140 per square feet, property registration documents accessed through real estate data analytics platform Propstack showed.

U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou in Lansing, Michigan, said plaintiff Randall Dill’s claims that IBM set specific targets for the racial and gender composition of its workforce and offered financial incentives for his supervisors and other executives to achieve them were enough to allow the case to move forward. America First Legal was founded by Stephen Miller, a top adviser to Republican President Donald Trump, and has filed a series of lawsuits and complaints claiming companies’ diversity policies are unlawful.

Your mouse once understood two protocols. What’s your excuse? Before Bluetooth and USB, computers had PS/2 ports. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen took another trip down memory lane this week to explain just how dumb the USB-to-PS/2 adapters that shipped with Microsoft Mouse devices really were.

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