IBM is set to unveil its new OpenPower chip, Power9. With a partnership between Google and Rackspace, IBM’s Power9 can be a game changer in the server chip market, usually dominated by Intel. IBM made this announcement at IBM’s OpenPower Summit. Read more >>

Dell Inc., the American computer technology company that develops, supports, repairs, and sells computers and related services and products, will be creating their new Precision desktops with added power in order to provide their users with PC configurations that allow for a wide range of virtual reality content. Dell’s Precision desktops will feature a high-end graphics card as well as Intel’s latest Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips, which have up to 22 cores. Read more >>

Adobe decided to rename Adobe Flash Professional to Adobe Animate CC. New material using the new name will roll out in early 2016. The Animate CC will incorporate the native HTML5 Canvas and WebGL support. It has been almost two decades since Flash Professional was first released. Read more >>

Apple announced that they are starting two new programs aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of its manufacturing partners. This program is so effective that it will be able to prevent over 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution between 2015 and 2020. The 20 million metric tons are equivalent to taking 4 million passenger vehicles off the roads for one year. Read more >>

On August 10, 2015, Google announced that they are restructuring their business so that they are under the umbrella of new parent company Alphabet. This is big news but don’t worry, the Google search engine will still exist. Read more >>