AI & Enterprise

IBM, Arm form AI alliance to run Arm software on Z, LinuxONE mainframes

IBM and Arm are starting a strategic collaboration to run Arm-based software on IBM enterprise systems, The Register reported on Wednesday. The move aims to meet rising demand for AI and data-intensive workloads. The companies will work toward dual-architecture hardware development, combining the reliability, security and scalability of IBM Z and LinuxONE with Arm’s power-efficient computing and software ecosystem. The partnership will focus on virtualization, performance and efficiency, and shared technology layers across platforms.

Crypto

Cardano Foundation total assets fall 45 percent in a year

The Cardano Foundation's total assets fell 45 percent to 287.5 million Swiss francs from $659 million at end-2024, according to a report. The foundation said the main driver was a decline in Cardano's ADA price. Its year-end ADA holdings fell to 561 million tokens and bitcoin holdings to 656 BTC. Cash and financial assets rose to 25.5 percent, and 2025 spending totalled $29.7 million across technology, adoption and governance.