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Intel is set to lay off 15,000 employees, accounting for over 15 per cent of its workforce as part of a 10 billion dollars cost-cutting plan for 2025. 

Wimbledon will also use generative AI to provide coverage of a broader range of matches than was previously available, including wheelchair events, to offer more to Wimbledon’s diverse international audience.

The marketing and communications divisions are said to be impacted. However, the exact number of affected employees was not disclosed. Although IBM did not officially confirm the layoffs.

IBM buys Apptio for $4.6 bln. Sunny Gupta is the founder of Apptio who is a renowned entrepreneur and technology visionary. Gupta completes his bachelor in Computer Science from Stanford and MBA from Harvard.

The company announced 'Quantum Safe Explorer' to enable organisations to scan source and object code to locate cryptographic assets, dependencies, vulnerabilities and to build a CBOM.

SAP CEO Christian Klein, in a streamed video, called the layoffs "very targeted restructuring" that would help it focus on "areas where we are strongest to continue our accelerated growth".

Almost 60,000 employees with 209 companies globally have lost their jobs in the first month of 2023. SAP said on Thursday it planned to cut 3,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its global workforce. Tech giant IBM is laying off 3,900 employees.

IBM to lay off 3,900 employees after missing annual cash target. IBM joins a slew of tech companies such as Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and others in laying off thousands of employees amid the global economic headwinds. Earlier, Google laid off 12,000 employees globally.

Wipro's Chairman Rishad Premji had termed such behaviour by employees 'cheating'. IBM said employees joining the company sign an agreement saying they will be working only for IBM. Moonlighting refers to a person doing a second job secretly after regular office hours

IIT-Madras has become the first Indian institution to join IBM`s quantum network to advance skills IIT Madras will get cloud-based access to its most advanced quantum computing systems IBM Quantum and IIT Madras also jointly offered a course on quantum computing on the NPTEL Platform

Krishna said that the company has begun laying off employees. He stated that the company’s focus for months has been on looking after the safety and security of IBMers and their families. IBM suspended operations back in March but kept employees on the payroll.

35 per cent of companies globally reported using AI in their business. Organisations are 13 per cent more likely to have adopted AI in 2022. The survey was conducted from March 30-April 12, 2022.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday announced that 60-year-old Krishna has been elected as a Class B director, "representing the public with due but not exclusive consideration to the interests of agriculture, commerce, industry, services, labour, and consumers."

Candidates should know how to code in languages such as Java, Python, Node.js. They should also have a clear understanding of Software Development Life Cycle Concepts. Candidates who have obtained their graduation degree will be able to apply for the job.

Shares of the U.S. technology firm were down nearly 3% in early trading. Whitehurst, however, will continue to work as senior adviser to Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna. The company has been restructuring since Krishna took the reins a year ago.

IBM Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company will continue to support IBMers in India. Amazon's Amit Agarwal said the company continues to look for ways to help employees. Organisations across the spectrum have come forward to source and donate oxygenators, breathing machines, and ventilators.

PM said government is constantly working towards providing infrastructure, connectivity and regulatory environment to ensure that this technological shift is smooth. PM appreciated the role played by IBM, in association with CBSE, towards the launch of AI curriculum in 200 schools in India. Other areas of discussion included the issues of data security, cyber attacks, concerns around privacy, and health benefits of Yoga.

Arvind Krishna-led tech giant IBM has joined the league of companies who have started firing employees in tough Covid-19 times. The company confirmed the lay offs in a statement given to the media late Friday.