Working with Singapore researchers, IBM has engineered a chemical that blocks viruses like Zika, Ebola, dengue, influenza, herpes, and more.

Last week, IBM reported to investors that its workforce at the end of 2015 was almost as big as its workforce at the end of 2014 (within less than 1 percent), in spite of a year in which 70,000 employees left the company, to be replaced with new hires and acquisitions. By the end of this week, the picture may look quite different. Today reports are coming in that big layoffs across the United States are underway, likely one-third of the U.S. workforce...

The X Prize Foundation and IBM have just announced a new global X Prize competition with a focus on artificial intelligence.

After running for a couple of months more or less unnoticed online, IBM's "hack a hairdryer" campaign suddenly attracted a barrage of criticism by Twitter users who called it patronising and sexist - and the company has now apologised. A video created by American computing giant IBM aimed to "reengineer misperceptions about women in tech, and to focus on what really matters in science". Women working in science and tech were asked to "hack a hair dryer", then share their work on the IBM website.

IBM Watson once won $1 million playing "Jeopardy." Soon, it could be helping your doctor read your X-rays. IBM Watson Health aims to make sense of a growing pool of health care-related data to help patients and providers make better decisions. Deborah DiSanzo, former CEO of Philips Healthcare, was named its head and general manager in September. Since April, the health unit has added 100 companies to what IBM calls Ecosystem, allowing them to...

IBM hopes it has a new use for Watson, its artificial intelligence business. The company announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire most of the assets of the Weather Company, including its Weather.com website, a large number of weather data collection points, consumer and business applications and a staff of over 900 people.

Smaller, faster, more powerful computers?

Deep below Zurich, IBM has built the stillest, most shielded rooms in the world. By Sebastian Anthony.

All of our devices are getting a dose of “smart,” including our children’s toys.A NYC-based company is developing CogniToys—a line of fun and interactive educational toys packed with personalty, jokes and facts. Their premiere toy is a friendly green dinosaur that is the first toy ever to be powered by IBM Watson, the AI computer that won $1 million on Jeopardy!. The company, Elemental Path, launched their Kickstarter campaign today, but we stopped by their Midtown office last week where...