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AI Regulations: Trump Repeals Biden’s Order, French Minister Critiques EU AI Act

January 22, 2025
AI regulation, Trump, EU
Walmart and IBM Team to Bolster Last-Mile Delivery
Delivery // January 15, 2025

Walmart has formed a partnership with IBM aimed at improving last-mile delivery for retailers. The collaboration will integrate Walmart’s GoLocal delivery service into IBM’s Sterling order management platform, the companies said in a Monday (Jan. 13) news release. IBM retail customers who sign up with Walmart GoLocal can now integrate Walmart...

Tech Giants Bet Big on AI as Data Shows Clear Winners
artificial intelligence // December 26, 2024

Companies embracing artificial intelligence (AI) are pulling ahead of competitors, with Bridgeline’s HawkSearch reporting new customers each week, IBM finding open-source AI users seeing higher returns, and MIT research showing advanced AI adopters outperforming industry peers. However, a Q4 loss at Bridgeline highlighted the sector’s...

IBM Says Optics Breakthrough Can Enhance AI Training
artificial intelligence // December 09, 2024

IBM said new optics technology research could improve how data centers train AI models. The researchers, the tech giant said Monday (Dec.9), have come up with a new process for co-packaged optics (CPO), the next generation of optics technology, to allow for connectivity within data...

Garanti BBVA Kripto Launches Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Cryptocurrency // October 23, 2024

Garanti BBVA Kripto enhanced the performance and security of its cryptocurrency asset trading platform by collaborating with Ripple and IBM. Following a pilot program in 2023, the company is debuting the platform for its entire customer base, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 23) press release....

Interviews & Exclusives
PYMNTS Crypto Basics Series: What’s a Permissioned Blockchain and How Does Centralized Decentralization Work?

February 17, 2022
Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency are words that most people have at least heard of since the industry exploded into the mainstream public consciousness in 2021. Over the course of this series of articles, we’ll be delving into the basics of the industry, providing an introduction to crypto that will give you a solid grounding in […]

Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

January 01, 2021
This year, the PYMNTS data and analytics team published 252 reports that tracked the data, innovations and disruptive thinking that are reshaping the payments and commerce business. The Trackers use...

IBM: Securing Virtual Cards Starts With Digital Onboarding

December 16, 2020
Corporate buyers and sellers continue to struggle with disruptions to cash flow and administrative processes that are being caused by the pandemic. This may make it more important than ever...

Quantifying Quantum Computing’s Value In Financial Services

August 28, 2020
The next great leap for computing may be a bit closer with the help of joint efforts between the U.S. government, the private sector — and hundreds of millions of...

Quick Reads
Walmart and IBM Team to Bolster Last-Mile Delivery

January 15, 2025
Walmart has formed a partnership with IBM aimed at improving last-mile delivery for retailers. The collaboration will integrate Walmart’s GoLocal delivery service into IBM’s Sterling order management platform, the companies said in a Monday (Jan. 13) news release. IBM retail customers who sign up with Walmart GoLocal can now integrate Walmart GoLocal’s suite of last-mile delivery solutions into their operations, the […]

IBM Says Optics Breakthrough Can Enhance AI Training

December 09, 2024
IBM said new optics technology research could improve how data centers train AI models. The researchers, the tech giant said Monday (Dec.9), have come up with a new process for...

Garanti BBVA Kripto Launches Crypto Asset Trading Platform

October 23, 2024
Garanti BBVA Kripto enhanced the performance and security of its cryptocurrency asset trading platform by collaborating with Ripple and IBM. Following a pilot program in 2023, the company is debuting...

IBM Debuts AI-Powered Threat Detection Tools

August 05, 2024
IBM has added generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its managed threat detection and response services. Built on the company’s watsonx data and AI platform, the new IBM Consulting Cybersecurity...